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Mid-table Athletic Bilbao and fourth-placed Valencia will go head-to-head in the midweek round 26 of La Liga (LL).
Athletic have had an indifferent season (W7, D10, L8). Going into this round they find themselves with a comforting lead on the relegation places (12 points), but also with a large chasm between themselves and the places granting European qualification (eight points).
The Basque side secured a win in the Europa League round of 16 against Spartak Moscow, however, and a difficult clash with Marseille awaits next week.
Valencia recently broke out of a streak of six straight losses (all competitions) and have since recorded three LL wins in a row- consolidating their hold on the important fourth place. Eliminated from other competitions, the league is their sole focus.
The visitors enter the match knowing they have not won at San Mames since 2013 (D2, L4).
Soccer Picks Players
Man, myth, legend; Athletic striker Aritz Aduriz is going strong at the age of 37 and has eight LL goals this season. He played for Valencia from 2010-2012, but enjoys playing against them even more: he’s scored 11 goals in 19 games against ‘Los Che’.
Santi Mina became Valencias top scorer with a brace in the last round, and he’s also the most efficient player in LL. His 11 league goals have come from just 26 attempts, which is the highest conversion rate of all (42.3)!
Soccer Picks Strategy
Four of the last five head to head games have ended over 2.5 goals.
San Mames is the stadium that has seen the fewest goals this LL season. 1.4 goals is the average per match here, by some distance the lowest in the league.
Valencia have won all ten games where they’ve been ahead at half time.
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Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia double chance 1X
Odds: 1.50
