Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Preview

This season has been less than impressive for both of these teams especially when you consider how much they overachieved last season.

They have both been eliminated from the Europa League and they may struggle to get in there at the end of this season.

Villarreal may still be sixth in the league table, but they have already lost as many games as they did for the whole of last season.

Their record is still a lot better than that of Athletic who are going to end this season in one of their worst positions since the turn of the century.

Bilbao have netted an average of a goal per game this season with the ageing Aduritz one of the major reasons.

Inaki Williams is still yet to come in with the goals on a regular basis and they would be hoping this season can end soon so they can get a good front man.

Athletic bilbao have lost 53% of their away matches this season while picking up less than one point per game on their travels.

Villarreal beat Atletico Madrid in their most recent home game, and although they have also lost to Malaga recently, they would be confident of another win in this game.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Villarreal

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Villarreal		2-1		Atletico Madrid	18 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Las Palmas		0-2		Villarreal	11 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Villarreal		0-2		Girona	3 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Eibar		1-0		Villarreal	28 Feb, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Villarreal		1-0		Getafe	25 Feb, 2018	Spanish Primera División

Athletic Bilbao

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Athletic Bilbao		1-1		Celta Vigo	31 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Barcelona		2-0		Athletic Bilbao	18 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Athletic Bilbao		1-2		Marseille	15 Mar, 2018	UEFA Europa League
W	Athletic Bilbao		2-0		Leganes	11 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Marseille		3-1		Athletic Bilbao	8 Mar, 2018	UEFA Europa League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Athletic Bilbao		1-1		Villarreal	19 Nov, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Villarreal		3-1		Athletic Bilbao	7 Apr, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao		1-0		Villarreal	20 Nov, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao		0-0		Villarreal	6 Feb, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Villarreal		0-1		Athletic Bilbao	13 Jan, 2016	Spanish Copa del Rey

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results