Athletic Club have delivered great football this season, being 6th spot in the table. Villarreal have a view both ways from their 7th spot.
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Villarreal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Villarreal could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club have collected 10 points from their La Liga home games so far after 3-1-2.
Athletic Club lost their last game at FC Barcelona (placed 2nd) after a 0-4 scoreline. Club were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The attacker Williams won the honour of being "man of the match" for Athletic Club with the rating of 6.6/10. Williams dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Getafe that finished 2-2.Athletic Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, Athletic Club have conceded only 4 goals.
Villarreal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Villarreal has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Villarreal delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture. Defender Moreno was the best team player with a rating of 8.01. Moreno served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Almeria in the La Liga.Take note: 9 of the latest 11 league fixtures featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa Conference League trip to Lech Poznan.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Villarreal as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Villarreal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Athletic Club have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (2-5-0) when playing Villarreal.Top Goalscorers
  I. Williams Arthuer 4 goals |   Á. Baena 4 goals |  O. Sancet Tirapu 3 goals |
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| Athletic Club | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 91% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 82% |
| 64% | 33% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 64% |
| 55% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 29% | 36% |
| 55% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 57% | 55% |
| 36% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 71% | 45% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16.5 | 17.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 31% | 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 18% | 25% |
| 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Villarreal 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 | Real Madrid | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | FC Barcelona | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Valencia | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Almeria | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Getafe | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Girona | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 19 | Cádiz | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 7 |
| 20 | Elche | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -18 | 4 |
