Betting tips for Espanyol vs Ath Bilbao 14.01.2018

After winning in Málaga in the Liga and Valencia in the last 6 days, the Pericos resume the Liga at home in 2018, seeking their third consecutive victory against the irregular Athletic Club de Bilbao in the match of the 19th round of the Santander League. which closes 2017 for both sets, corresponding to day 17 of the Santander League.

Espanyol occupies the 15th position in the table, adding 23 points in the first 18 games played. The parakeet team broke their bad start of the season with an important victory against Real Celta (2-1 in the 4th round), which continued with a draw at Villarreal (0-0) and another win at home, against Deportivo de La Coruña (4-1). However, the Catalan team lost in their visit to the Santiago Bernabéu just before the international break (2-0). The goalless draw at home, against Levante, and the draw of the next game in Anoeta (1-1) gave way to a home win against Real Betis (1-0) and the surprising defeat in Vitoria before the break November (1-0). After the resumption, the team fell at home against Valencia (0-2), beat Getafe (1-0) days later and since then has only added one point after losing in Ipurúa (3-1), at home against Girona, and draw in Las Palmas (2-2), before firing the 2017 defeating Atlético de Madrid (1-0). The victory in La Rosaleda (0-1) and the comeback in the Cup in the Ciutat de Valencia (0-2) make the Barcelonans come to this game full.

This is the second season with Quique Sánchez Flores in charge, an ambitious project in which the Barcelona club has invested in the return of one of its maximum standards of the last decade, striker Sergio García. After confirming the definitive purchase of Diego Lopez to AC Milan and Pablo Piatti to Valencia, the parakeet team has been reinforced with another excellent veteran, the former Madrid Real Esteban Granero, who comes free from Real Sociedad. Also comes the white canterano Mario Hermoso, a central 22 years who shone at Real Madrid Castilla last season. As for the chapter of casualties, the forward Mamadou Sylla, sold to KAS Eupen for 2.3 million; left-back Rubén Duarte, transferred to Alavés for 400,000 euros; and the midfielder Joan Jordán, who goes to Eibar for 100000 euros. In addition, Víctor Álvarez goes free to the Russian Arsenal Tula, the goal Roberto is transferred to Málaga; of letting free the Andalusians José Antonio Reyes and Salva Sevilla, while finally, Felipe Caicedo was transferred to Lazio.


laliga santanderEl Athletic Club de Bilbao remain in the positions of the middle of the table, occupying the 9th position in the Santander League after adding 24 points in 18 games.

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 the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, the elimination against Formentera of Second Division B did a lot of damage to the Lions, who added 4 draws and three victories in the last 5 league matches.

Espanyol vs Ath Bilbao  Prediction:X/1 4.50

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

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