Stadium regulars at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo haven’t seen many home wins this season, with Almería lying uncomfortably in the 17th place. The visiting Athletic Club will try to shield their higher league position in this match.
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Athletic Club when visiting Almería as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Almería form and stats
8 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Almería have to build on here at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo in the La Liga.
In their previous game, the manager Sicilia led his Almería to a defeat away at Atletico Madrid. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten through three league matches.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Valencia in a game that was won 2-1.Some goal stats: A review of the 13 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them had goals from both teams.
There will be little rest for Almería after this match as they are travelling to Getafe for a La Liga game in only four days.
Almería have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo with 23 goals in 15 league matches. Almería have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Athletic Club in their La Liga matches away. Athletic Club has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing from Williams (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Real Sociedad in their previous game. Williams has scored at least one goal for this team three fixtures in a row. The know-how! Midfield player Williams was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Williams scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Espanyol.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Athletic Club have scored 20 goals in 14 league games away. As opposed to that, Club have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Athletic Club have won or drawn the last 9 fixtures (8-1-0) facing Almería.The most recent past meeting between these sides is the Athletic Club - Almería 4-0 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Sancet Tirapu 8 goals |  I. Williams Arthuer 8 goals |
Almería missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Almería | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 35 | 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 17 | 20 | 40 |
| 50 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 83% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 59% |
| 55% | 53% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 48% |
| 34% | 33% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 34% |
| 10% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 7% | 14% |
| 66% | 67% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 57% | 38% |
| 7% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 21% | 38% |
| 28% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 11.8 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 12.5 | 14.8 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 30% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | 29% |
| 14.7 | 13.5 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 12.5 | 10.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Athletic Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 29 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 44 | 73 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 60 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 51 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 43 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Girona | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 38 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 35 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -23 | 32 |
| 15 | Getafe | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 31 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -19 | 31 |
| 17 | Almería | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -15 | 30 |
| 18 | Valencia | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -14 | 27 |
| 20 | Elche | 29 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 34 | -39 | 13 |
