On Thursday night, 3 games in the Spanish La Liga will happen and one of the matches will be between Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao. After 18 games, Sevilla has 3 wins, 7 draws, 8 losses, a total of 16 points and 16th place while Athletic has 10 wins, 5 draws, 3 losses, a total of 35 points and 5th place. In this game, I predict that Athletic won't lose.

It isn't the best stretch for Sevilla as they have 1 win and 4 losses in the last 5 games. The only win was on the road against Granada. While Sevilla scored 3 goals, they had an xG of 0.49 while the opponents had 0.94 and no goals. If we take into consideration all tournaments, Sevilla has 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 4 home games. Overall this season, Sevilla has 2 wins and 4 draws in 7 home games, a total of 13 goals scored and 13 conceded. Sevilla's generated xG at home is 12.3 while xGA is 13.7.

Athletic is having a good streak because the team has 7 wins and 3 draws in the last 10 games. Before Christmas, Athletic dominated and beat Las Palmas (1:0) but the score should be bigger because Athletic generated xG of 3.56. Before this game, Bilbao beat Atletico 2:0 at home. In the last 5 road games, Athletic has 3 wins and 2 draws and they even got a point against Girona. Overall this season, Athletic has 3 wins and 3 draws in 8 road games, a total of 9 goals scored and 8 conceded. Athletic's generated xG on the road is 10.9 while xGA is 9.7.

Sevilla has several injury concerns ahead of Thursday's fixture, including Dodi Lukebakio, Joan Jordan and Jesus Navas. They could also be without the services of Orjan Nyland, Marcos Acuna, Loic Bade, Mariano Diaz and Erik Lamela. In addition to a lengthy injury list, Sanchez Flores is unable to call upon forward Youssef En-Nesyri, who is away with Morocco preparing for the African Cup of Nations.

As for Athletic, midfielder Dani Garcia remains sidelined with an injury issue that has kept him out of action since November. Yeray Alvarez and Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta are both rated doubtful, while Inaki Williams is with the Ghana squad ahead of the African Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast.

At this point of the season, Athletic is playing much better. The team from Bilbao is just 3 points behind the 4th-placed Barcelona so they need to get every single point they can get. It won't be easy but I see Bilbao getting at least a point.

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周四晚上，西甲将有三场比赛，其中一场是塞维利亚和毕尔巴鄂竞技。18场比赛后，塞维利亚3胜7平8负，积16分排名第16，而竞技10胜5平3负，积35分排名第5。在这场比赛中，我预测竞技队不会输。

塞维利亚最近5场比赛1胜4负，这并不是他们最好的状态。唯一的胜利是在客场对阵格拉纳达。虽然塞维利亚打进3球，但他们的xG值为0.49，而对手的xG值为0.94，没有进球。如果我们考虑到所有的比赛，塞维利亚在最近的4场主场比赛中2平2负。本赛季塞维利亚在7场主场比赛中取得2胜4平的成绩，进13球失13球。塞维利亚主场产生的xG是12.3，而xGA是13.7。

竞技队最近10场比赛取得了7胜3平的好成绩。圣诞节前，竞技占据优势，以1:0击败拉斯帕尔马斯，但比分应该更大，因为竞技产生了3.56的xG。在这场比赛之前，毕尔巴鄂在主场2:0击败马竞。在最近的5场客场比赛中，竞技取得了3胜2平的成绩，他们甚至在对阵赫罗纳的比赛中拿到了1分。本赛季，竞技在8场客场比赛中取得3胜3平的成绩，进9球丢8球。Athletic在路上产生的xG为10.9，而xGA为9.7。

在周四的比赛之前，塞维利亚有几位伤情令人担忧，包括多迪·卢卡巴基奥、琼·乔丹和热苏斯·纳瓦斯。他们也可能没有尼兰、阿库纳、巴德、迪亚兹和拉梅拉。除了长长的伤病名单之外，桑切斯·弗洛雷斯还无法召唤前锋恩内塞里，他正在摩洛哥备战非洲国家杯。

至于竞技，中场达尼·加西亚仍然因为伤病缺阵，他从去年11月开始就没有参加比赛。阿尔瓦雷斯和加拉雷塔的伤情都不确定，而威廉姆斯将随加纳队参加在科特迪瓦举行的非洲国家杯。

在这个赛季的这个阶段，竞技的表现要好得多。这支来自毕尔巴鄂的球队只落后排名第四的巴塞罗那3分，所以他们需要得到他们能得到的每一分。这并不容易，但我认为毕尔巴鄂至少能拿到一分。

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