Getafe - Athletic Club Bilbao predictions and free betting tips [03/05/2024]

On Friday 3rd May, as part of the 34th round of the Spanish La Liga, Getafe will host Athletic Bilbao on their home turf. The 'Lions' occupy the fifth position in the league table, six points behind the fierce top four teams, whereas the 'Azulones' are in the tenth position and still haven’t given up hope on finishing within the European zone.

Predicted Line-ups

Getafe: Soria; Carmona, Dakonam, Alderete, Rico; Moriba, Milla; Greenwood, Maksimovic, Rodriguez; Mata.
Athletic: Simon; De Marcos, Vivian, Paredes, Lekue; Vesga, Benat; I Williams, Sancet, N Williams; Guruzeta.

Getafe

Last weekend, Getafe brought back the smiles to their fans' faces after securing a hard-earned victory over Almeria, who are at the bottom of the table, with a score of 1:3. Mason Greenwood put the capital's team ahead in the middle of the first half, but the opponent soon restored parity on the scoreboard; however, already in the 48th minute, the Englishman scored his second goal, and Mata eventually put all doubts about the outcome of the match to rest.

This result ended a streak of three rounds without a victory for 'azulones', who earlier lost to Sevilla (0:1) and twice played out a draw – with Rayo Vallecano (0:0) and at home with Real Sociedad (1:1). Currently, Jose Bordalas' team occupy the 10th spot in the league table, six points behind the European zone. This season the green-and-blues have done quite well at home, amassing 29 points in 16 matches in front of their fans while bagging eight victories.

Athletic Bilbao

Athletic, presumably, missed their last chance to reduce the gap from Atletico Madrid in the race for the Champions League, suffering a heavy defeat of 3:1 from the 'mattress makers' last weekend. After the triumph in the Copa del Rey, Ernesto Valverde's pupils have seemingly strayed off the path in the championship: they spent three rounds without victories, including two draws – with Villarreal (1:1) and, above all, with Granada at home (1:1). As a result, the striped team found themselves six points from the top-4 with five matches left till the end of the campaign.

Nevertheless, the fifth place and automatic qualification to the group stage of the Europa League would be quite an achievement for the Basques, for they finished eighth in the previous two seasons, while they've not topped the seventh position since 2016. Notably, Athletic hold the sixth spot in terms of the total number of points collected on the road (20 in 16 meetings, 15 goals scored, 17 conceded).

Head to Head

In the last five La Liga matches against Athletic, Getafe hasn’t secured a victory, each of these matches ended in a draw (including 2:2 in the first round at San Mames at the beginning of this season).

Getafe vs Athletic Match Prediction

After the triumph in the Copa del Rey, Athletic appears to have dropped their tempo, and the Basques are now in a three-match streak, with the gap from the Champions League top four being six points. Getafe, on the contrary, suffered just one defeat in the past five rounds and are in good form. 'Azulones' will count on the support of home stands, so it's sensible to bet on the underdog’s not losing this match.

Goals Prediction

In three out of the previous four face-offs, these teams have exchanged goals. Both are desperately needing points, so they will not shut themselves off on their half of the field – I bet on 'both teams to score'.

Corner Prediction

Getafe will be playing at home and definitely won't be handing over the initiative to the opponents, thus I bet that the Azulones' individual total on corners will be over 3.5.

Yellow Cards Prediction

The hosts are one of the roughest teams in the La Liga in the current campaign (averaging 3 yellow cards per match). We confidently bet that the hosts won’t be outperformed in this aspect.

Score Prediction

I'm betting on an exact score of 1:1.