Athletic Bilbao vs Cadiz Prediction: Expect a win for the home team

The twentieth round of the Spanish La Liga will start on February 3 in Bilbao, where the local Athletic will host Cadiz. The Basques are the clear favorites in the pair, which is logical in the position of the opponents in the tournament.

The Basques have lost their last three La Liga matches: Real Sociedad, Real Madrid, and Celta. But in the Spanish Cup, Atletico Madrid is making excellent progress. The Basques are already in the semifinals. After the resumption of matches, Athletic hasn't won once in the championship, slipping to 9th place. Before the start of the 20th round, Athletic is 9th in the division, +7=5-7, 25:20, 5 points behind Betis, which is in the European Cup competitions. Athletic's home statistics are seventh in the league, with five wins and three losses in 10 games, with a goal difference of 12:6.

Cadiz has better results after the break than Athletic in La Liga. The southerners scored 8 points during this period and lost only to Sevilla in the away derby. At the same time, Cadiz beat Valencia and Mallorca and drew with Elche and Almeria. Despite the positive results, the southerners are only 18th in the Spanish championship standings, which means they are in the relegation zone with 19 points and one point behind Valladolid, who is saving 17th place. Cadiz's away statistics are 14th in the division, +2=2-5, 5:14 goal difference, just over two goals per away game on average. Also, note that all matches involving Cadiz after the break were draws.

Athletic is already 8 points behind Atletico, located in the top 4. The Basques are unlikely to compete for a place in the Champions League competitions. After a series of failures in the national championship, the first place for the Red and White came in the cup tournament, in which the Basques had already reached the semifinals. But for Cadiz, La Liga is the priority; the southerners need points. Otherwise, they will not get out of the relegation zone. At the same time, we noted both the draw statistics of Atletico at home this season and the low statistics of Cadiz, as well as the fact that the southerners have not reached TO (2.5) even once after the break. The main bet we give the option on the total under (2.5), while we believe that the Basques can still interrupt the negative statistics in La Liga after the season's resumption.