Athletic Club will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Villarreal.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at Salzburg. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Athletic Club form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Athletic Club at their home stadium (San Mamés Barria) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Club, who won 4-0 against Cadiz (placed 15th). Before that, Athletic Club drew at home versus Levante.
As mentioned above, Athletic Club "killed" Cadiz in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A decent goal production from Athletic Club in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Club have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Villarreal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. Visiting Villarreal has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's the second away game in a row for Villarreal, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Salzburg in the Europa League last time out. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Real Betis.
After this away game Villarreal return home for a Europa League game against Salzburg. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Villarreal have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Villarreal have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Villarreal - Club 1-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Club won three, Villarreal won two and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Balaguero 13 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |  A. Berenguer Remiro 5 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Athletic Club | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 32 |
| 26 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 83% |
| 77% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 83% |
| 45% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 48% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 30% |
| 9% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 65% |
| 23% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 26% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 11.1 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 46% | 56% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 39% | 35% |
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 31 | 55 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 46 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 38 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 23 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 33 |
| 8 | Granada | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 9 | Celta de Vigo | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 28 |
| 11 | Levante | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Valencia | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Getafe | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | Cadiz | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -19 | 24 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alavés | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 17 | Eibar | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 21 |
| 19 | Elche | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 18 |
| 20 | Huesca | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -15 | 16 |