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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:

January 3, 2025
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
January 10, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 21:00 Celta Vigo
January 11, 2025
Alaves 14:00 Girona
Real Valladolid 16:15 Real Betis
Espanyol 18:30 Leganes
Sevilla 21:00 Valencia
January 12, 2025
Las Palmas 14:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Osasuna
January 13, 2025
Real Sociedad 21:00 Villarreal
January 17, 2025
Espanyol 21:00 Real Valladolid
January 18, 2025
Osasuna 14:00 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 16:15 Atlético de Madrid
Celta Vigo 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 21:00 Barcelona
January 19, 2025
Real Betis 14:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 16:15 Las Palmas
Valencia 18:30 Real Sociedad
Girona 21:00 Sevilla
January 20, 2025
Villarreal 21:00 Mallorca

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atlético de Madrid 18 12 5 1 33 12 +21 41
2 Real Madrid 18 12 4 2 41 18 +23 40
3 Barcelona 19 12 2 5 51 22 +29 38
4 Athletic Bilbao 19 10 6 3 29 17 +12 36
5 Villarreal 18 8 6 4 34 30 +4 30
6 Mallorca 19 9 3 7 19 21 -2 30
7 Real Sociedad 18 7 4 7 16 13 +3 25
8 Girona 18 7 4 7 26 25 +1 25
9 Real Betis 18 6 7 5 21 22 -1 25
10 Osasuna 18 6 7 5 23 27 -4 25
11 Celta Vigo 18 7 3 8 27 28 -1 24
12 Rayo Vallecano 18 5 7 6 20 21 -1 22
13 Las Palmas 18 6 4 8 23 27 -4 22
14 Sevilla 18 6 4 8 20 27 -7 22
15 Leganes 18 4 6 8 17 28 -11 18
16 Alaves 18 4 5 9 21 30 -9 17
17 Getafe 18 3 7 8 11 15 -4 16
18 Espanyol 18 4 3 11 16 30 -14 15
19 Valencia 17 2 6 9 16 26 -10 12
20 Real Valladolid 18 3 3 12 12 37 -25 12

Spanish Primera Results

December 22, 2024
Real Betis 1 - 1 Rayo Vallecano
Las Palmas 1 - 0 Espanyol
Leganes 2 - 5 Villarreal
Real Madrid 4 - 2 Sevilla
Valencia 2 - 2 Alaves
December 21, 2024
Barcelona 1 - 2 Atlético de Madrid
Osasuna 1 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
Celta Vigo 2 - 0 Real Sociedad
Getafe 0 - 1 Mallorca
December 20, 2024
Girona 3 - 0 Real Valladolid
December 18, 2024
Espanyol 1 - 1 Valencia
Villarreal 1 - 1 Rayo Vallecano
December 15, 2024
Barcelona 0 - 1 Leganes
Real Sociedad 0 - 0 Las Palmas
Villarreal 1 - 2 Real Betis
Alaves 1 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Atlético de Madrid 1 - 0 Getafe

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