Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Prediction, Tips & Odds – 29.02.2024
Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Prediction 29.02.2024. The second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final between Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid will be played on Thursday.
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Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Odds
Athletic Bilbao Team News
Athletic Bilbao is having a good season so far. They are 5th in La Liga with 49 points and just three points behind Atletico Madrid and in the quarter-final of Copa del Rey with a 1-0 lead against Atletico Madrid.
They have been in good form recently. Bilbao suffered just one defeat in the last seven games in all competitions and that defeat was against Betis on Sunday.
In the last seven games, they kept four clean sheets and failed to score twice.
Bilbao is a good defensive team. They have the second-highest number of clean sheets in the league and only Real Madrid conceded fewer goals.
They are fantastic at home. In the league, they suffered only one defeat and that defeat happened in August. They have been undefeated at home for almost seven months. They are in the run of nine consecutive wins at home.
They kept five clean sheets in those nine games.
Bilbao had fantastic results in Copa del Rey in the last few seasons. They played in two semi-finals and two finals in the previous two seasons. But they failed to win this tournament.
Their last trophy in Copa del Rey came in 1984.
Atletico Madrid Team News
Atletico Madrid hasn’t been in good form recently. They have just one win in the last six games in all competitions and since February they started to struggle.
In La Liga they are 4th in the table, in the Champions League they suffered a defeat in the first leg against Inter and in the Copa del Rey, they suffered a home defeat to Athletic Bilbao.
The next two weeks will be decisive for them. They have a second leg against Bilbao, a second leg against Inter and two important games in La Liga against Betis and Cadiz.
Four of their last six games in all competitions ended with under 2.5 goals and Atletico ended three games without scoring. Also, they kept only one clean sheet in the last seven games.
Away from home, they are awful. Atletico has won just two games away from home since November and suffered six defeats in 10 games.
Atletico hasn’t been in the semifinal of Copa del Rey since 2017.
Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid H2H
07.02.24 – Atletico Madrid : Athletic Bilbao – 0:1
16.12.23 – Athletic Bilbao : Atletico Madrid – 2:0
19.02.23 – Atletico Madrid : Athletic Bilbao – 1:0
15.10.22 – Athletic Bilbao : Atletico Madrid – 0:1
Injuries and suspensions
Athletic Bilbao: Ander Herrera, Inigo Lekue.
Atletico Madrid: Cezar Azpilicueta, Jose Gimenez, Antoan Griezmann, Thomas Lemar.
Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Prediction
Athletic have a 1-0 lead after the first game. Their mission is to stay undefeated in this game and to qualify for the semi-final.
Atletico must attack, but we believe that this game can be a very close one and we don’t expect too many goals.
Kick-off Time: Thursday, 29.02.2024, 9:30 PM Local Time (GMT +1) / 21:30 CET
Prediction: Under 2.5 Goals
Odds: 1.69
Sportsbook: Ivibet
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