Athletic Club vs Villarreal: No goals from the guests

Villarreal is at the bottom. Rock bottom. There’s no way for these guys to score points in Bilbao. The maximum is to snatch a draw.

Athletic is two points ahead of Villarreal and is somewhere between the middle of the standings and the Eurocup zone. Except that Athletic is not the owner of the Europa League, and it is in a completely different demand. The Basques can easily play soccer with no worries. It is not that the team has no ambitions, just a completely different level of requirements.

It is worth noting that under Marcelino, Athletic concede very little. The team has conceded more than one goal this season only once. By the way, that was the only loss of the Athletic Club. In general, the Basque team is going very smoothly and a devastated Villarreal can hardly offer a decent opposition.

Villarreal beat Young Boys in the last round, but cannot beat anyone in La Liga at all. How are there only two wins in a season? For a Europa League finalist! For your understanding, the same amount of points as Villarreal was scored by Mallorca, the newcomer to the Primera División. Another newcomer, Espanyol, scored more points. Maybe it's time to ask Mr. Emery some serious questions?

I don't believe in Villarreal. They don’t look very good this season. A low-scoring team that is not so much focused on offense. I don't think they can score more than once against Athletic.

Villarreal Individual Total Under (1). What do you think of this one? I think that Villarreal will not score at all, but to be on the safe side, let’s take one goal. In general, we should expect a narrow victory for Athletic. Something like 1-0. Good luck everyone!