La Liga Primera Predictions – Athletic Club Bilbao vs Real Betis
Sunday’s matches in La Liga Primera give us four mouth-watering matches featuring some of the top clubs in the division. The first game see’s Athletic Club take on Real Betis, two teams who you would say had very different seasons but who ended up within 2 points of each other at the end.
Bilbao under the tutelage of the fantastic manager Marcelo Bielsa played some of the best football in Europe last year. This seen them brush aside huge clubs like Manchester United and Schalke 04 before losing in the final to Athletico Madrid. They also made the Copa Del Ray final, losing to Barcelona. These cup runs seemed to be too much for Bilbao as their league form suffered and any chance they had of making the Champions League fell away, they eventually finished 10th.
Betis had a solid season but fell away at the end of the year. They finished 13th, 6 points clear of the drop but only won one of their last five games. With a better run it they could easily have been top 10. Betis are making full use of the loan market having brought in 3 players to supplement their squad, they will expect a strong season ahead and to finish ahead of last year’s position.
Total Goals
With Bilbao’s attacking philosophy we can expect some goals in this game with over 2.5 goals being a favourite to the under. Over 2.5 is best price at 1.93 with under at 1.99. Bielsa will have his team well drilled and they will be attacking from the first whistle.
Asian Handicap
The Asian market has priced Athletic Club -0.5 at 1.95 with Betis +0.5 at 2.05. I feel this is a very good price for Athletic with their current squad and would expect them to have too much for Betis. I’ll be backing Athletic Club Bilbao -0.5 @ 1.95
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