Athletic Bilbao vs Girona Prediction: The Lions will do everything possible to take revenge for their defeat

In the first match of Sunday's pool of the 23rd round of the Spanish La Liga, Athletic will face Girona. In the first round of the draw the Catalans beat the Basques with a score of 2:1. It is obvious that now the Lions from Bilbao will do everything possible to take revenge for that defeat.

In the last round of La Liga, Athletic lost in Madrid almost to their clubmates from the capital with a score of 0:1. Before that, the Basques beat Valencia away and Cadiz on their field. Before the start of Saturday's pool, Athletic is in seventh position in La Liga with 32 points, two points less than Rayo Vallecano, who are in the Eurocup competitions. Athletic retained in the Spanish Cup. However, in La Liga, the Basques will also try to keep up with teams from the Eurocup competitions. Athletic has the fourth home statistics in the division, +6=2-3, 16:7 goal difference.

After the season's resumption, Girona scored 11 points in eight games, not such a bad result for the Catalans, which allows this team to stay firmly in the middle of the standings, specifically in the 11th position. Girona has 27 points, five more than Cadiz, located in the relegation zone. Girona's away statistics are only 17th in the division, with 6 points from 10 games, +1=3-6, 10:16 goal difference.

The field factor matters greatly in the confrontation between Athletic and Girona; the home team won 80% of the matches. Athletic has won 100% of its games against the Catalan club in Bilbao. In the 2022/23 season, Athletic is one of the strongest teams at home in the division, while Girona looks weak in away matches. As for the outcome, much evidence suggests that the Basques will win on Sunday. As for the total - the teams between them have never reached a total over (3.5).