Espanyol vs Athletic Bilbao Match Preview: Spanish Primera Liga

Athletic Bilbao face Espanyol this Monday evening at the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat in the Spanish Primera Liga.

Espanyol are unbeaten so far this season – they started their campaign off with a 2:2 draw against Celta Vigo before winning 3:1 against Valencia, drawing 0:0 against Real Betis and most recently, defeating Granada 1:0.

Athletic Bilbao started their season with a 2:1 victory at Valladolid.  They followed that win up with another against Osasuna at home (2:0) before losing 3:1 to Real Madrid at the Bernabéu and most recently, defeating Celta Vigo 3:2 at home.

Recent form:

Espanyol – W L D W D D W

Athletic Bilbao – W L W W L W D

Espanyol have lost 1 in 7 (friendly vs West Ham) while Bilbao have lost 2 of their last 7.

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 40 times in recent years and Espanyol have been successful most often (Espanyol 16 wins, Bilbao 10 wins, 14 Draws).

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 4:0, 3:3, 3:3, 2:1, 2:1

Bookmakers slightly favour Espanyol in this tie.

Current betting odds: Espanyol (11/8) Draw (9/4) Athletic Bilbao (2/1)

Gamingtips Prediction – Espanyol 1:1 Athletic Bilbao 

Espanyol finished 13th in the Spanish Primera last season scoring 43 goals in 38 matches and conceding 52.

Athletic Bilbao finished 12th last season scoring 44 goals in 38 matches and conceding 65.

Both sides scored and conceded more than 1 goal per game on average last season and although the last 5 meetings have been very high scoring, we may see a very tight affair with few goals.

Espanyol will be looking to remain unbeaten while Bilbao will be looking to add another W to their record.

This game gets underway at 21:00 GMT+1