On Oct 30th, Athletic Club and Villarreal will play a match in Bilbao in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Athletic Club recorded a 0-4 loss against Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé struck first for Barcelona in the 12th minute, then Sergi Roberto added another in the 18th minute In the end, Athletic Club couldn’t muster any offence and Barcelona ran away with the shutout win. Athletic Club should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Villarreal is fresh off their 2-1 win against Almería. Melero struck first for Almería in the 31st minute, but Álex Baena got the equalizer for Villarreal in the 56th minute But luckily in the 94th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Nicolas Jackson. Villarreal is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Athletic Club won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Arnaut Danjuma has been the most effective weapon for Villarreal lately. The Dutch attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Athletic Club is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Mikel Vesga and Williams each having 2 goals in their last 5
Yuri and Dani Vivian are unavailable to play for Athletic Club, while Gerard Moreno and Pedraza are unavailable to play for Unai Emery Etxegoien’s team.