Athletic Bilbao is in great form, have 4 wins in a row and welcome Valencia at their San Mames Stadium. Bilbao played great in the Spanish Super Cup, which was played in Saudi Arabia, where they knocked out Atletico Madrid in the semifinals and lost to Real Madrid in the final, although they played a very good game. Coach Marcelinho is doing a very good job at the club, he has made a team that can beat any club in Spain and I think winning the Spanish Cup is their priority this season, given that they have knocked out both Barcelona and Real Madrid in the way. The host plays very "hard" football, with a lot of running and physical duels and it is very difficult for any team to play against them, especially at San Mames. Bilbao will play today without Nico Williams and Unai Vencedor who are injured.

The guests are coming to try to stay undefeated and they have been recording mixed results lately this season. Coach Jimenez is experimenting a lot with the formation, in the last game against Sociedad at home they played with 5 players in defence while against Cadiz they played with 4 defenders. I'm not sure how smart it is to constantly change the formation, especially the backline that has to be coordinated. Bryan Gil has come from Tottenham and he will be a very good reinforcement for Valencia, given that he is a fantastic player. Valencia will play without Gabriel Paulista, a very important player in defence while the first goalkeeper is Cillessen injury doubt. Both teams are playing well, they have quality individuals, but I think that Bilbao currently has a better momentum than Valencia, and after the victories over Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​they certainly had a high level of morale, so I would give the host advantage in this duel. I don't expect a lot of goals here, since two games are being played and I think it will be a very rough game, so yellow cards overcome into consideration here.

My prediction;

Outcome: Bilbao to win

Goals: under 2.5

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