Athletic Bilbao vs Villarreal
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – San Mamés
Date: 19th November 2017
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
This game is historically one of the closest fixtures in the Spanish calendar with both teams always looking to get a Europa League spot at the end of the season.
Although Villarreal are the stronger team heading into this fixture, it is always hard to beat Athletic Bilbao when they play at home.
However, these are tough times for Athletic who have only taken 4 points from their last 8 games.
Their decline should be predictable as it has been a long time since they made a quality addition to their squad with their preference for Basque players to blame for their lack of transfer activity.
While they are reliant on an ageing Aritz Aduriitz who turns 37 this season in their attack, they have been impressive at home defensively as they have kept a clean sheet in 60% of their home games with only Barcelona and Atletico Madrid scoring there.
Villarreal will face a tough task breaking down Bilbao but they are also a solid side defensively and they will be looking to keep a blunt Bilbao attack at bay too.
When they both met last season, each team won on their own perch but Villarreal have lost 4 of their last 5 visits here.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Athletic Bilbao
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
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L | Celta Vigo | 3-1 | Athletic Bilbao | Nov 5, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
W | Athletic Bilbao | 1-0 | Östersunds FK | Nov 2, 2017 | UEFA Europa League | ||
L | Athletic Bilbao | 0-2 | Barcelona | Oct 28, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
D | SD Formentera | 1-1 | Athletic Bilbao | Oct 25, 2017 | Spanish Copa del Rey | ||
L | Leganes | 1-0 | Athletic Bilbao | Oct 22, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
Villarreal
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
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W | Villarreal | 2-0 | Málaga | Nov 5, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
W | Slavia Prague | 0-2 | Villarreal | Nov 2, 2017 | UEFA Europa League | ||
D | Atletico Madrid | 1-1 | Villarreal | Oct 28, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
L | Ponferradina | 1-0 | Villarreal | Oct 25, 2017 | Spanish Copa del Rey | ||
W | Villarreal | 4-0 | Las Palmas | Oct 22, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
H2H
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Villarreal | 3-1 | Athletic Bilbao | Apr 7, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Athletic Bilbao | 1-0 | Villarreal | Nov 20, 2016 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Athletic Bilbao | 0-0 | Villarreal | Feb 6, 2016 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Villarreal | 0-1 | Athletic Bilbao | Jan 13, 2016 | Spanish Copa del Rey | ||
Athletic Bilbao | 3-2 | Villarreal | Jan 6, 2016 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
March 29, 2024 | ||
Cadiz | 21:00 | Granada |
March 30, 2024 | ||
Getafe | 14:00 | Sevilla |
Almeria | 16:15 | Osasuna |
Valencia | 18:30 | Mallorca |
Barcelona | 21:00 | Las Palmas |
March 31, 2024 | ||
Celta Vigo | 12:00 | Rayo Vallecano |
Girona | 14:15 | Real Betis |
Alaves | 16:30 | Real Sociedad |
Real Madrid | 19:00 | Athletic Bilbao |
April 1, 2024 | ||
Villarreal | 19:00 | Atlético de Madrid |
April 4, 2024 | ||
Granada | 18:00 | Valencia |
April 12, 2024 | ||
Real Betis | 19:00 | Celta Vigo |
April 13, 2024 | ||
Atlético de Madrid | 12:00 | Girona |
Rayo Vallecano | 14:15 | Getafe |
Mallorca | 16:30 | Real Madrid |
Cadiz | 19:00 | Barcelona |
April 14, 2024 | ||
Las Palmas | 12:00 | Sevilla |
Granada | 14:15 | Alaves |
Athletic Bilbao | 16:30 | Villarreal |
Real Sociedad | 19:00 | Almeria |
Spanish Primera Table
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 29 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 20 | +44 | 72 |
2 | Barcelona | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 64 |
3 | Girona | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 62 |
4 | Athletic Bilbao | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 56 |
5 | Atlético de Madrid | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 55 |
6 | Real Sociedad | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 46 |
7 | Real Betis | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 42 |
8 | Valencia | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 32 | +0 | 40 |
9 | Villarreal | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 51 | -4 | 38 |
10 | Getafe | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 42 | -5 | 38 |
11 | Las Palmas | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 37 |
12 | Osasuna | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 43 | -10 | 36 |
13 | Alaves | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 35 | -9 | 32 |
14 | Mallorca | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 35 | -10 | 30 |
15 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 38 | -13 | 29 |
16 | Sevilla | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 28 |
17 | Celta Vigo | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 44 | -12 | 27 |
18 | Cadiz | 29 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 40 | -20 | 22 |
19 | Granada | 28 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 58 | -28 | 14 |
20 | Almeria | 29 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 57 | -29 | 13 |
Spanish Primera Results
March 17, 2024 | ||
Atlético de Madrid | 0 - 3 | Barcelona |
Rayo Vallecano | 2 - 0 | Real Betis |
Villarreal | 1 - 0 | Valencia |
Las Palmas | 0 - 1 | Almeria |
Sevilla | 1 - 2 | Celta Vigo |
March 16, 2024 | ||
Athletic Bilbao | 2 - 0 | Alaves |
Getafe | 1 - 0 | Girona |
Osasuna | 2 - 4 | Real Madrid |
Mallorca | 1 - 0 | Granada |
March 15, 2024 | ||
Real Sociedad | 2 - 0 | Cadiz |
March 11, 2024 | ||
Almeria | 2 - 2 | Sevilla |
March 10, 2024 | ||
Real Betis | 2 - 3 | Villarreal |
Real Madrid | 4 - 0 | Celta Vigo |
Las Palmas | 0 - 2 | Athletic Bilbao |
Alaves | 1 - 0 | Rayo Vallecano |
March 9, 2024 | ||
Girona | 2 - 0 | Osasuna |
Granada | 2 - 3 | Real Sociedad |
Cadiz | 2 - 0 | Atlético de Madrid |
Valencia | 1 - 0 | Getafe |
March 8, 2024 | ||
Barcelona | 1 - 0 | Mallorca |