I dont see Athletic Bilbao losing here.

Betis was in great form and have a great squad, but things are very different here.

Firstly, their performances in the friendlies played during the WC break have been terrible, including an awful defeat 5:0 against Colo Colo, 4:0 vs River Plate or 0:3 at home against Atalanta last week. This was a continuation of the bad performance in their last league round against Valencia, where lost 3:0.

So Betis clearly isn’t in their best moment of the season, although they have quality enough to make it much better. Secondly, they have some problems with injuries. For this match they have out key midfielder Guido, starter CB Pezzella and rotation CB Edgar.

Furthermore, their last CB available in the first team Victor Ruiz has flu so is doubtful, and according to some newspapers, a youngster from B team (Felix) could make his debut in professional football today.

Furthermore, key striker Borja Iglesias has been linked with Atletico de Madrid and probably won’t be at 100% to avoid injuries and lose their potential transfer.

Historically, Betis use to struggle in the first game after long breaks.

On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao is in great form. In La Liga they have been showing a great level, being a very intense team, difficult to beat, strong at the back and dangerous upfront. They made great performances in the friendlies during the WC, winning all of them and followed by another victory in the Cup last week (while for Betis this will be their first official game as they didn't play that round in the Cup).

The preparation of Athletic has been much better, they lost just 4-5 players in the WC break (one is the goalkeeper), while Betis lost half of their squad, so coach couldn’t train normally and prepare this match at 100%, as opposed to Athletic.

With Betis at their best level they of course can beat Athletic, but seeing their friendlies plus their last game against Valencia, I dont really think that they will be at their best here. With that, Athletic will be able to create danger in defense, because Athletic continues at their best level with high pressure and intensity, which is Betis’ weak point right now.

Betis is a team who needs the ball and control the game to gain confidence, but Athletic is one of those kind of teams who doesnt allow rivals to control the game. They like to set a high pace which will be very difficult to follow by Betis.

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我不认为毕尔巴鄂竞技会输。

贝蒂斯的状态很好，阵容也很强大，但这里的情况很不一样。

首先，他们在WC间歇期的友谊赛中表现糟糕，包括5:0惨败科洛科洛，4:0输给河床，以及上周主场0:3输给亚特兰大。这是他们在上一轮对阵瓦伦西亚的糟糕表现的延续，在瓦伦西亚3:0失利。

所以贝蒂斯显然没有在他们本赛季的最佳时刻，尽管他们有足够的实力让它变得更好。其次，他们有一些伤病问题。本场比赛，他们将派出主力中场圭多，首发后腰佩泽拉和轮换后腰埃德加。

此外，他们在一线队的最后一名中卫维克多·鲁伊斯(Victor Ruiz)得了流感，所以不确定，根据一些报纸的报道，B队的一名年轻人(菲利克斯)可能在今天首次参加职业足球比赛。

此外，主要前锋博尔哈·伊格莱西亚斯已经和马德里竞技联系在一起，他可能无法100%避免伤病，失去潜在的转会机会。

从历史上看，贝蒂斯在长时间休息后的第一场比赛中表现不佳。

另一方面，毕尔巴鄂竞技的状态很好。在西甲，他们已经展示了一个伟大的水平，是一支非常激烈的球队，很难被击败，强大的后防线和危险的前场。他们在世界杯期间的友谊赛中表现出色，赢得了所有友谊赛，随后在上周的杯赛中又取得了一场胜利(而对于贝蒂斯来说，这将是他们的第一场正式比赛，因为他们没有参加那轮杯赛)。

竞技的准备工作做得更好，他们在WC间歇期只损失了4-5名球员(其中一名是门将)，而贝蒂斯损失了一半的球员，所以教练无法正常训练，无法100%地准备这场比赛，而竞技则相反。

贝蒂斯处于最好的状态，他们当然可以击败竞技，但看到他们的友谊赛和上一场对阵瓦伦西亚的比赛，我真的不认为他们会在这里发挥出最好的状态。有了这些，阿斯塔将能够在防守中制造危险，因为阿斯塔将继续保持他们的最佳水平，高压和强度，这是贝蒂斯目前的弱点。

贝蒂斯是一支需要球权和控制比赛来获得信心的球队，但阿博特是那种不允许对手控制比赛的球队。他们喜欢设定一个很高的节奏，这将是贝蒂斯很难跟上。