Football Previews
Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – Estadio de la Cerámica
Date: 9th April 2018
Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
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:
| September 1, 2018 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 17:30 | Athletic Bilbao |
| September 26, 2018 | ||
| Leganés | 19:00 | Barcelona |
| Athletic Bilbao | 19:00 | Villarreal |
| Sevilla | 21:00 | Real Madrid |
| Valencia | 21:00 | Celta de Vigo |
| September 27, 2018 | ||
| Real Valladolid | 19:00 | Levante |
| Deportivo Alavés | 19:00 | Getafe |
| Girona | 21:00 | Real Betis |
| September 28, 2018 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 20:00 | Espanyol |
| September 29, 2018 | ||
| Real Sociedad | 12:00 | Valencia |
| Barcelona | 15:15 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Eibar | 17:30 | Sevilla |
| Real Madrid | 19:45 | Atlético de Madrid |
| September 30, 2018 | ||
| Huesca | 11:00 | Girona |
| Villarreal | 15:15 | Real Valladolid |
| Levante | 17:30 | Deportivo Alavés |
| Real Betis | 19:45 | Leganés |
| October 1, 2018 | ||
| Celta de Vigo | 20:00 | Getafe |
| October 5, 2018 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 20:00 | Real Sociedad |
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 13 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 |
| 3 | Atlético de Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 |
| 4 | Deportivo Alavés | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 5 | Espanyol | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 |
| 6 | Celta de Vigo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | +0 | 8 |
| 8 | Girona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Sevilla | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 |
| 10 | Getafe | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 7 |
| 11 | Eibar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Athletic Bilbao | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Villarreal | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Valencia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Levante | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Rayo Vallecano | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Huesca | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 4 |
| 19 | Real Valladolid | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Leganés | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
Spanish Primera Results
| September 25, 2018 | ||
| Atlético de Madrid | 3 - 0 | Huesca |
| Real Sociedad | 2 - 2 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Espanyol | 1 - 0 | Eibar |
| September 23, 2018 | ||
| Barcelona | 2 - 2 | Girona |
| Real Betis | 2 - 2 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Villarreal | 0 - 0 | Valencia |
| Levante | 2 - 6 | Sevilla |
| September 22, 2018 | ||
| Real Madrid | 1 - 0 | Espanyol |
| Getafe | 0 - 2 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Eibar | 1 - 0 | Leganés |
| Celta de Vigo | 3 - 3 | Real Valladolid |
| Rayo Vallecano | 1 - 5 | Deportivo Alavés |
| September 21, 2018 | ||
| Huesca | 0 - 1 | Real Sociedad |
| September 17, 2018 | ||
| Girona | 3 - 2 | Celta de Vigo |
| September 16, 2018 | ||
| Sevilla | 0 - 2 | Getafe |
| Real Valladolid | 0 - 1 | Deportivo Alavés |
| Espanyol | 1 - 0 | Levante |
| Leganés | 0 - 1 | Villarreal |
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