Getafe vs Ath Bilbao prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-05-14 19:30.
[p]Getafe’s hopes of European qualification have been washed away by a dismal five-match losing run in La Liga that means they’re not yet safe from relegation. The Azulones will likely need just one more win to secure their top-flight status, but even that looks hard to come by at present considering they’ve scored just once across those five matches, with three of them ending in 1-0 defeats.[/p]
[p]They were thumped 3-0 by an in-form Valencia side most recently, and things don’t get any easier here as fourth-placed Athletic Club visit. The hosts have shown their mettle in this fixture in recent years with 11 of the last 15 league meetings ending all square (W2, L2), yet things haven’t been as rosy on home soil, where Getafe have won just one of the last ten meetings (D5, L4).[/p]
[p]Athletic Club were able to shake off the disappointment of a resounding UEFA Europa League semi-final defeat to Manchester United and return to winning ways against Basque rivals Alavés on Sunday. Ernesto Valverde’s men stand on the verge of securing qualification to next season’s Champions League, and they could even cross that finish line here with a win should results elsewhere go their way.[/p]
[p]Things certainly haven’t been easy for the Lions on the road lately, with their last five trips across all competitions producing no wins (D3, L2). Their last such success came back in mid-March against Sevilla (1-0), and just one goal scored on the road since then highlights the lack of firepower they possess in the absence of the Williams brothers, though top scorer Oihan Sancet at least returned to action this past weekend.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Getafe’s Mauro Arambarri missed the defeat to Valencia through suspension, as his yellow card tally (ten) exceeds his career-best goal count for a season (nine), with three of those strikes coming at home against sides sitting above Athletic Club in the La Liga table! Athletic’s Sancet can better that with 15 league strikes, including a first-half opener in the reverse fixture. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Getafe’s La Liga matches this season have averaged a league-low 1.86 total goals.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]