Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Athletic Bilbao and Elche, taking place on Sunday, 28 May 2023, at The Estadio San Mamés in Bilbao.
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Athletic Bilbao, Recent FormThe Athletic Bilbao squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 2-0 away defeat against Osasuna, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They came away from that fixture with 52% of the possession and clocked up 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. By comparison, Osasuna managed 8 attempts on goal, with 3 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Ernesto Valverde will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 4 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 11 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. Of their last 6 games played at home, they've have been unable to score in 4 games and only kept 2 clean sheets.
They will be looking to try and improve on a largely bad set of recent results that have seen them defeated in 4 of their last 6 league matches, with just a single victory recorded. It's fair to say they'll need a serious change of form if they want to start moving up the table.
Elche, Recent FormAn important point secured against Sevilla will have left Elche quite happy with their 1-1 draw. In that game they had 72% possession and managed 20 attempts on goal, with 7 on target, compared to Sevilla who had 9 attempts and 3 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 5 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but playing away from home, they have conceded a goal in 17 of their 18 games this season.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 6 games.
The last time these two teams met Athletic Bilbao enforced their superiority over Elche with a comfortable 1-4 win.
Los Franjiverdes have some indifferent league form when it comes to away matches against Athletic; they have shipped at least 1 goal in their last 4 games away to them.
Elche have lost the last 2 times they've faced Athletic in the league and have failed to win in their last 3 encounters.
Álex Berenguer has scored in each of Athletic's last 2 league games against Elche.
Athletic manager Ernesto Valverde has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Yeray Álvarez (Physical discomfort), Dani García (Knee), Ander Herrera (Hamstring), Iñigo Martínez (Muscle) and Jon Morcillo (Shoulder) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With only José Carmona (Hamstring) and Omar Mascarell (Muscle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Sebastián Beccacece will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Athletic Bilbao Playing at home | Elche Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 0.6 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 2.1 |
| 25' | Time first goal scored | 54' |
| 38' | Time first goal conceded | 36' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.7 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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