In a weekend match in week 17, on Sat Dec 11th, Athletic Club hosts Sevilla in a clash of these two mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 9th placed Athletic Club, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Getafe. Neither Getafe nor Athletic Club could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Athletic Club is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Sevilla, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Villarreal. Lucas Ocampos struck first for Sevilla in the 16th minute on a feed from Marcos Acuña, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Villarreal couldn’t muster any offence and Sevilla ran away with the shutout win. Sevilla should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Athletic Club won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sevilla’s most prolific scorer has been Lucas Ocampos. The Argentinian midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Luis Maximiano and Raúl García are the top scorers for Athletic Club in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Athletic Club will be without Íñigo Martínez, Asier Villalibre, Yuri, Peru Nolaskoain and Dani Vivian, while Youssef En-Nesyri, Suso and Navas are unavailable to play for Sevilla.