Athletic Bilbao vs Granada predictions for this Liga Santander clash on Friday at San Mames Stadium. Athletic Bilbao will be looking to get closer to the European places against a Granada side who arrive after suffering a heavy defeat. Read on for our free predictions and betting tips.
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao are not at their best at the moment; the Basque side are on a run of four consecutive matches without a win, with three draws and one defeat.
Athletic’s lack of goals is evident, in fact in the last four games they have only scored two goals, and so far, this season they have only scored 11 goals in 13 games, making them, along with Elche, the third lowest-scoring team.
It should be noted that although they are not a high-scoring team, they are the best team so far defensively, with only eight goals conceded in 13 games.
Granada
After an expected 1-4 home defeat to Real Madrid, Granada will be looking for three points against an opponent they have a good record against, having won three of their last five meetings.
With 20 goals conceded in 13 matches, Granada is one of the weakest teams in terms of defence. They have conceded six goals in just their last two matches.
Robert Martinez’s future as Granada coach is more in doubt than ever.
Athletic are not at their best at the moment, but, playing at home and being so strong defensively, it is very difficult to see how Granada can hurt them, and even less so with the way they are playing now. For this reason, we think Athletic will win this game, but we don’t think it will be by a very large score.