Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla Prediction and Betting Preview, 31 Oct 2020

Here's our Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla Prediction analysis:

Having succumbed to a narrow defeat on the last matchday, Sevilla will be looking to return to winning ways when they lock horns with Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames Stadium on Saturday evening.

Match status: 2020-21 La Liga - Matchweek 8
Kick-off: Saturday 31 Oct 2020, 04:15pm CET
 Venue: San Mamés (Bilbao)

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Ordinarily top teams in the Spanish La Liga, Bilbao and Sevilla are really struggling to get going this season. There may be reasonable explanation as to why Sevilla have been so slow off the blocks – perhaps their involvement in the Europa League final.

Playing a couple more games after the 2019/2020 La Liga season ended, Los Palanganas were left with a shortened break to prepare for the new term. Now in a precarious situation, Sevilla will need nothing but victory here, to climb up the standings.

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Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla Team News

As explained earlier, Sevilla’s initial struggles in the domestic league can be explained easily, but we cannot fathom the exact cause for Athletic Bilbao’s poor start to the season. They are one of better sides in Spain, and should right up there, competing for European places.

However, ATH have been embarrassing so far, picking up only six points in as many games to occupy 16^th-spot on the standings. They have failed to rise from last season’s slump that saw them finish in the league’s bottom-tier.

Bilbao were last seen in action last weekend against Osasuna on away soil, and couldn’t muster a win to revive their faltering campaign. Despite dictating play all through the game, their lack of cutting edge in attack saw many promising efforts come to naught.

They were duly punished for their profligacy in the 81^st minute as Osasuna’s Garcia expertly tucked home a spot-kick into the bottom corner of the net to seal all three points. Bilbao will feel hard done by that result, and will have a good chance to set the record straight against Sevilla.

Far from the brilliant side that dominated Europe last season to clinch the Europa League title, Sevilla are struggling this term. They may be squeezing out results in the Champions League, but their form in the domestic league is quite disturbing.

Two wins, two losses and a draw from their opening fixtures, Sevilla are not in the best shape at the moment. The whole footballing world was at a stand-still on the last matchday, as Eibar secured an unlikely win over Los Palanganas.

Lopetegui must have been livid with his players after the game, probably questioning their mentality. We saw an immediate response from Sevilla, in the Champions League though, as the Spanish side fought hard to dispatch Rennes. Count on Los Nervionenses to deliver a superb performance here.

Injured or Suspended Players

Athletic Bilbao: Peru Nolaskoain and Yuri Berchiche.

Sevilla: Oussama Idrissi.

Pre-Match Odds

Athletic Bilbao: 3.064
Draw: 3.104
Sevilla: 2.725

All odds are with 1xBet and are subject to change.
All odds are for Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla Predictions with 1xBet and are subject to change.

Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla Predictions

Sevilla are on a two-game losing streak in the league as they struggle to balance domestic football with their European commitments. However, their CL win over Rennes must have given them a major confidence boost heading into the weekend.

They will be desperate for a result against this Bilbao side that cannot seem to grab a win to save their lives. Feel free to wager an outright win for Lopetegui’s men.