H2H: Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla – Prediction (La Liga

H2H: Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla – Comparison.

Curiously, Athletic defender Ander Capa opened the scoring within 30 minutes in both LL H2Hs last season. Searching for his first goal since week one, Sevilla’s Munir El Haddadi has scored in four of his last six LL appearances against Bilbao. Fourteen of Athletic’s last 16 competitive home matches have produced under 2.5 goals.

Athletic Bilbao Insights.

Another chapter will be written in the long and storied H2H history between Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla, with the ledger of results having produced just two draws across the last 24 competitive contests. Interestingly, that appears set to continue, with just one draw from the 11 combined La Liga (LL) matches involving either side this season. Athletic will be looking to avenge the 2-1 H2H home defeat from last season that ended a streak of nine consecutive LL home wins against Sevilla. However they have now been shut out in four of their six LL fixtures this season at any venue, but an equally impenetrable defence has resulted in five 0-0 HT scores from those six contests, and as such, the second half has been the highest scoring half in Athletic’s last eight LL encounters.

Sevilla Insights.

Similarly, just one team has secured a HT/FT double in Sevilla’s first five games of the LL campaign, with four of the nine match goals in their fixtures being registered after the 75th minute. In fact, three of the five opening goals recorded in their matches were netted in the second half. With that in mind, Sevilla appear unlikely to record a first-half goal in a LL trip to Bilbao for the first time since 2009/10, but with just three of their last nine fixtures in all competitions witnessing the team that scored first go on to win, doing so doesn’t appear to be the be all and end all for their fortunes.