Football Previews
Alaves vs Athletic Bilbao
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – Estadio de Mendizorroza
Date: 7th May 2017
Kick-off time – 11:00 GMT
Live in-play betting – bet365
10th placed Alaves will hope to continue their good run with at least a point against this impressive Athletic Bilbao team.
Alaves have had a good season so far – they are currently 10th in the league table with 48 points from 35 games.
They trail 9th placed Espanyol by only 2 points and a win in this game could see them topple Espanyol.
They are currently unbeaten in their last 4 league games and they have lost only 3 of their last 10 league games.
They have won 3 of their last 6 home games, and took 4 points from their last 2 home games.
Athletic Bilbao are currently 6th in the league table with 62 points from 35 league games.
They are currently on a run of 4 straight league wins and they have lost only 2 of their last 10 games, winning the remaining 8.
Away from home, they have also been in good form – they have won 4 of their last 5 away games, and they have scored at least 1 goal in those 5 matches.
Bookmakers make Bilbao slight odds-on favourites to come out on top in this tie (1.85).
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
| Alavés last 5 matches (most recent first): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/04/17 | (a)Real Betis | 1-4 | W |
| 27/04/17 | (h)Eibar | 0-0 | D |
| 23/04/17 | (a)Las Palmas | 1-1 | D |
| 17/04/17 | (h)Villarreal | 2-1 | W |
| 08/04/17 | (a)Espanyol | 1-0 | L |
| Athletic Bilbao last 5 matches (most recent first): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/04/17 | (a)Celta Vigo | 0-3 | W |
| 27/04/17 | (h)Real Betis | 2-1 | W |
| 24/04/17 | (a)Eibar | 0-1 | W |
| 14/04/17 | (h)Las Palmas | 5-1 | W |
| 07/04/17 | (a)Villarreal | 3-1 | L |
Last time they met: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Alavés
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athletic Bilbao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlético de Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 4 | Celta de Vigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 5 | Deportivo Alavés | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 6 | Deportivo De La Coruña | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 7 | Eibar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 8 | Espanyol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 9 | Getafe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 10 | Girona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 12 | Leganés | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 13 | Levante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 14 | Málaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 15 | Real Betis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 16 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 17 | Real Sociedad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 19 | Valencia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 20 | Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
