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Betting tips for Ath Bilbao vs Villarreal - 19.11.2017

The Lions hope to have taken a breath at the international break when they host Villarreal at the Nuevo San Mamés in one of the star matches of the 12th round of the Santander League 17-18. Athletic Club de Bilbao does not have a good form. The team from Vizcaya misses Ernesto Valverde, with whom he finished last season occupying the 7th position in the Santander League. The victory of FC Barcelona in the final of the Copa del Rey ended up getting into the Europa League this season, having had an outstanding participation last year.

The Basque team, one of the three Spanish clubs to have never lost the category (the others are two are Real Madrid and FC Barcelona) has a budget of 171.7 million euros for this campaign. The march of Ernesto Valverde to FC Barcelona prompted the promotion of Ziganda from the branch team, with the change in the bench being the main novelty, together with the return of several of the players who acted on loan last season (Herrerín, Kike Sola, Iriondo, Ager Aketxe, Vesga ...).

Qualified to play one more season in the group stage of the Europa League after eliminating Romanian Dinamo Bucharest (4-1 overall) and Panathinaikos (4-2) in the two previous rounds, the Biscayans do not pass through a good time, adding up only 5 of the first 12 points. In the Santander League, the Ziganda team is 15th, adding 11 points in eleven games (3 wins, 2 draws and six losses), three of them consecutively after beating Sevilla 1-0.

laliga santander Villarreal broke their losing streak as visitors, winning 0-2 a decisive game in Prague, which leaves him as leader of their group in the Europa League. The Castellon team had not been able to win in their last two home games after having taken some momentum after the dismissal of Fran Escribá and the arrival of Javier Calleja to the bench. The Castellonenses fell in Copa del Rey in Ponferrada (1-0) in the first leg of the 1/16 final, and tied in the final minutes in the Metropolitan Wanda, which leaves them in 6th position in the Santander League, with 17 points in the first 10 matches.

The Yellow Submarine will have something more than 180 million budget this campaign, which dreams of getting back into the Champions League. The Castellonans have invested 42 million euros in the signings of 4 players: the Portuguese defender Rubén Semedo, for which they have paid 14 million euros to Sporting CP; the Turkish forward Enes Ünal, for which they pay another 14 million to Manchester City; the midfielder Pablo Fornals, for which they have paid the 12 million euros of his clause of rescission to Malaga; and the definitive purchase of goalkeeper Andrés Fernández to FC Porto, for which they have paid 2 million euros.

After winning 6 of the first 11 games of the season, the Yellow Submarine is 5th with 20 points, having won 4 of the last 5 matches he has played in the league after dismissing Fran Escribá.



The Lions have won 3 of the last 5 duels, but the historical results favor Castellón (16 wins, 9 draws, with 11 Basque wins). The forecast is that the visitors will take this game, putting Ziganda on the brink of dismissal.

Ath Bilbao vs Villarreal Prediction: X/1 5.00

Ath Bilbao vs Villarreal betting tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Ath Bilbao vs Villarreal  final score recommendations: 2-1 10.00