Mallorca will take a trip to Bilbao to come up against Athletic Bilbao on matchday 23 of 38 in the 2023/2024 Spanish La Liga.
Date: 02/02/2024
Time: 21:00
Stadium: San Mamés
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Mallorca are dreadful away from home, having lost six of their last ten La Liga away matches, and as a result, they are likely to struggle in Bilbao because Athletic Bilbao won eight and drew two of their last ten La Liga home matches. Given their previous results, we predict Athletic Bilbao to win 2-0.
We predict under 2.5 goals for the Athletic Bilbao vs Mallorca match because seven of Bilbao’s last ten matches across all competitions ended with less than three goals, while seven of Mallorca’s last ten matches ended similarly.
Athletic Bilbao failed to bounce back to winning ways when they were forced to share the spoils with Cadiz away from home last time out. They raised many eyebrows when they succumbed to a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Valencia away, but it is relatively understandable why they remain the favourites to get the maximum points off Mallorca on Friday. A win may not take them back into the top four, but it will obviously increase the gap between 5th and 6th to 9 points.
Mallorca are in dire form, having only managed one win in their last five league matches. They lost 1-0 at home recently to Real Betis and their dire away form suggests that they are likely to extend their winless run in the league to five games when they face Athletic Bilbao
Predicted Starting Lineups
Athletic Bilbao: Simon, Lekue, Vivian, Paredes, Berchiche, Herrera, Prados, Williams, Sancet, Williams, Guruzeta
Mallorca: Herrera, Pena, Cruz, Garcia, Areso, Ibanez, Torro, Gomez, Jose, Budimir, Moncayola