Athletic Bilbao vs Real Betis Preview

Athletic Bilbao vs Real Betis

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – San Mamés

Date: 5th May 2018

Kick-off time – 15:15 GMT

The fact that Betis will finish this season ahead of Athletic Bilbao has taken many La Liga followers by surprise.

What is even more shocking is that they could actually secure Champions League football if Valencia falters on the run-in.

Betis secured Europa League football last Monday when they defeated Malaga, and the 53,000 fans that came to watch that game showed their appreciation for what Quique Setién has done for them this season.

They have won seven of their last eight games, a record better than that of Barcelona and Real Madrid in the same period of time.

Athletic Bilbao have been underwhelming this season and they come into this game having collected just 8 points from their last 8 games with one point coming from their last four games.

In their last four home games, Bilbao have lost to Marseille, Levante and Deportivo La Coruna – their fans would be wishing this season can end now so the club can change their manager.

Athletic have a good record in this fixture with 4 wins from their last 5 games and 4 wins from the last 4 times they have hosted Betis.

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

Athletic Bilbao

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Real Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Bilbao 28 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Athletic Bilbao 1-3 Levante 23 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
D Real Madrid 1-1 Athletic Bilbao 18 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Athletic Bilbao 2-3 Deportivo La Coruña 14 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Villarreal 1-3 Athletic Bilbao 9 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División

Real Betis

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Atletico Madrid 0-0 Real Betis 22 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Real Betis 1-0 Las Palmas 19 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Girona 0-1 Real Betis 13 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Real Betis 2-0 Eibar 7 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Getafe 0-1 Real Betis 2 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Real Betis 0-2 Athletic Bilbao 22 Dec, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Real Betis 27 Apr, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Real Betis 1-0 Athletic Bilbao 11 Dec, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao 3-1 Real Betis 13 Mar, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Real Betis 1-3 Athletic Bilbao 1 Nov, 2015 Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

November 2, 2024
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
November 22, 2024
Getafe 21:00 Real Valladolid
November 23, 2024
Valencia 14:00 Real Betis
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Alaves
Las Palmas 18:30 Mallorca
Girona 18:30 Espanyol
Celta Vigo 21:00 Barcelona
November 24, 2024
Osasuna 14:00 Villarreal
Sevilla 16:15 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 18:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 21:00 Real Sociedad
November 29, 2024
Mallorca 21:00 Valencia
November 30, 2024
Barcelona 14:00 Las Palmas
Alaves 16:15 Leganes
Espanyol 18:30 Celta Vigo
Real Valladolid 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
December 1, 2024
Villarreal 14:00 Girona
Real Madrid 16:15 Getafe
Rayo Vallecano 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Real Sociedad 21:00 Real Betis

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 13 11 0 2 40 12 +28 33
2 Real Madrid 12 8 3 1 25 11 +14 27
3 Atlético de Madrid 13 7 5 1 19 7 +12 26
4 Villarreal 12 7 3 2 23 19 +4 24
5 Osasuna 13 6 3 4 17 20 -3 21
6 Athletic Bilbao 13 5 5 3 19 13 +6 20
7 Real Betis 13 5 5 3 14 12 +2 20
8 Real Sociedad 13 5 3 5 11 10 +1 18
9 Mallorca 13 5 3 5 10 10 +0 18
10 Girona 13 5 3 5 16 17 -1 18
11 Celta Vigo 13 5 2 6 20 22 -2 17
12 Rayo Vallecano 12 4 4 4 13 13 +0 16
13 Sevilla 13 4 3 6 12 18 -6 15
14 Leganes 13 3 5 5 13 16 -3 14
15 Alaves 13 4 1 8 14 22 -8 13
16 Las Palmas 13 3 3 7 16 22 -6 12
17 Getafe 13 1 7 5 8 11 -3 10
18 Espanyol 12 3 1 8 11 22 -11 10
19 Real Valladolid 13 2 3 8 10 25 -15 9
20 Valencia 11 1 4 6 8 17 -9 7

Spanish Primera Results

November 10, 2024
Real Sociedad 1 - 0 Barcelona
Real Valladolid 1 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 0 - 1 Girona
Mallorca 0 - 1 Atlético de Madrid
Real Betis 2 - 2 Celta Vigo
November 9, 2024
Leganes 1 - 0 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Alaves
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Osasuna
November 8, 2024
Rayo Vallecano 1 - 3 Las Palmas
November 4, 2024
Celta Vigo 1 - 0 Getafe
November 3, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Real Betis
Sevilla 0 - 2 Real Sociedad
Barcelona 3 - 1 Espanyol
Atlético de Madrid 2 - 0 Las Palmas
November 2, 2024
Girona 4 - 3 Leganes
Osasuna 1 - 0 Real Valladolid
November 1, 2024
Alaves 1 - 0 Mallorca
October 28, 2024
Mallorca 0 - 0 Athletic Bilbao

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