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:

April 20, 2024
Rayo Vallecano 15:15 Osasuna
Valencia 17:30 Real Betis
Girona 20:00 Cadiz
April 21, 2024
Getafe 13:00 Real Sociedad
Almeria 15:15 Villarreal
Alaves 17:30 Atlético de Madrid
Real Madrid 20:00 Barcelona
April 22, 2024
Sevilla 20:00 Mallorca
April 26, 2024
Real Sociedad 20:00 Real Madrid
April 27, 2024
Las Palmas 13:00 Girona
Almeria 15:15 Getafe
Alaves 17:30 Celta Vigo
Atlético de Madrid 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 28, 2024
Cadiz 13:00 Mallorca
Granada 15:15 Osasuna
Villarreal 17:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis 20:00 Sevilla
April 29, 2024
Barcelona 20:00 Valencia
May 3, 2024
Getafe 20:00 Athletic Bilbao

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 31 24 6 1 67 20 +47 78
2 Barcelona 31 21 7 3 62 34 +28 70
3 Girona 31 20 5 6 63 39 +24 65
4 Atlético de Madrid 31 19 4 8 59 36 +23 61
5 Athletic Bilbao 32 16 10 6 52 30 +22 58
6 Real Sociedad 31 13 11 7 45 33 +12 50
7 Valencia 31 13 8 10 34 32 +2 47
8 Real Betis 31 11 12 8 38 37 +1 45
9 Villarreal 31 10 9 12 49 54 -5 39
10 Getafe 31 9 12 10 37 43 -6 39
11 Osasuna 31 11 6 14 36 44 -8 39
12 Las Palmas 32 10 7 15 30 39 -9 37
13 Sevilla 31 8 10 13 39 44 -5 34
14 Alaves 31 8 8 15 26 38 -12 32
15 Mallorca 31 6 13 12 25 36 -11 31
16 Celta Vigo 32 7 10 15 37 47 -10 31
17 Rayo Vallecano 31 6 13 12 25 38 -13 31
18 Cadiz 31 4 13 14 21 41 -20 25
19 Granada 32 3 9 20 33 61 -28 18
20 Almeria 31 1 11 19 30 62 -32 14

Spanish Primera Results

April 20, 2024
Celta Vigo 4 - 1 Las Palmas
April 19, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Granada
April 15, 2024
Osasuna 0 - 1 Valencia
April 14, 2024
Real Sociedad 2 - 2 Almeria
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Villarreal
Granada 2 - 0 Alaves
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Sevilla
April 13, 2024
Cadiz 0 - 1 Barcelona
Mallorca 0 - 1 Real Madrid
Rayo Vallecano 0 - 0 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 3 - 1 Girona
April 12, 2024
Real Betis 2 - 1 Celta Vigo
April 4, 2024
Granada 0 - 1 Valencia
April 1, 2024
Villarreal 1 - 2 Atlético de Madrid
March 31, 2024
Real Madrid 2 - 0 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 0 - 1 Real Sociedad
Girona 3 - 2 Real Betis
Celta Vigo 0 - 0 Rayo Vallecano

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