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Match info:
Athletic Bilbao vs Elche
Competition – Spanish Primera Liga
Stadium – San Mames
Date: 31st October 2013
Kick-off time – 21:00 GMT+1
5th place Athletic Bilbao host 12th position Elche at the Estadio San Mamés this Thursday evening in the Spanish Primera Liga.
Recent form:
Athletic Bilbao – W W W D L W L
Elche – L W W W L L D
Bilbao have won 4 of their last 7 while Elche have won 3 of their last 7.
The Spanish Primera Table currently looks like this:
| # | 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 | Osasuna | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Celta Vigo | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Las Palmas | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 21 |
| 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 |
A win for Bilbao will move them to 4th place while a win for Elche could see them go as high as 8th.
Head-to-head
These two sides have not met in recent years so there is no history to go on.
Possible line-ups
Athletic Bilbao
Elche
Bookmakers make Athletic Bilbao strong favourites to come out on top in this match.
Odds: Bilbao (8/13) Draw (14/5) Elche (9/2)Gamingtips Prediction – Bilbao 2:1 Elche
Athletic Bilbao finished 12th in the Spanish Primera last season. They scored 44 goals in 38 games and conceded 65. Elche won the Spanish Segunda division last season and were promoted to the Spanish Primera. They scored 54 goals and conceded 27 (best defensive record in the Segunda division). Elche have made a reasonable to life in the Spanish Primera losing just 4 of their opening 10 games. Athletic Bilbao have won 6 of their opening 10 games and a win on Friday will push them into 4th position. Athletic Bilbao should have enough quality to overcome Elche but odds of 8/13 don’t suggest that bookmakers expect a dominant display. Elche have a chance if they can defend as well as they did last season. Bilbao conceded more than 1 goal per game on average so there is an outside chance of a shock result. 
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