Comments and predictions for Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid: Attacking in droves

Latest Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid squad information

Athletic Bilbao are currently without four players through injury, including Yuri Berchiche, Aitor Paredes, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta and Unai Simon.

The Basques have no fresh injury concerns after the Valencia game, but are expected to make a few changes to their starting lineup. Nico Williams and Mikel Vesga are likely to be included in the starting lineup, while Djalo could continue on the left wing. Nico Williams is likely to operate as a false striker against Atletico Madrid.

As for Atletico Madrid, Marcos Paulo is still out, but the capital club are fit and have plenty of options, especially in midfield and attack. There are expected to be some changes to the starting lineup against Espanyol, with Antoine Griezmann and Jose Gimenez expected to return to the starting line-up. Samuel Lino could return to his full-back role, while Griezmann could play deeper to allow Sorloth and Alvarez to take up the main striker roles. New signings Lenglet and Gallagher are likely to remain on the bench for this match.

Latest predicted lineup Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid

Athletic Bilbao:

Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Vivian, Yeray, Boiro; Vesga, Prados; I Williams, Sancet, Djalo; N Williams

Atletico Madrid:

Oblak; Molina, Le Normand, Witsel, Gimenez, Lino; De Paul, Koke, Griezmann; Sorloth, Alvarez

Latest football commentary Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid

Athletic Bilbao began the 2024-25 La Liga season with a 1-1 draw against Getafe on August 15 and then suffered a 2-1 defeat to Barcelona, ​​creating significant pressure ahead of Wednesday's game against Valencia at San Mames.

Despite a lacklustre display, Athletic took all three points thanks to Benat Prados' 45th-minute strike. With four points from three games, Ernesto Valverde's side are now 10th in the table and will be looking to pick up another three points before the September international break.

Athletic made three summer signings, the most notable of which was Alvaro Djalo. However, their biggest success may have been keeping hold of Nico Williams, despite interest from Barcelona, ​​Arsenal and Liverpool. The Basque side lost 3-1 to Atletico when the two sides last met in April, but won the corresponding fixture 2-0 last season.

Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid are unbeaten in La Liga this season but have struggled for form. They drew 2-2 with Villarreal in their opening game, then won 3-0 at Girona, but were held to a 0-0 draw by Espanyol at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday night. Diego Simeone's side are fourth in the table with five points from three games and return to action after the international break with a home game against Valencia.

Atletico Madrid have been active in the transfer market this summer, signing Julian Alvarez, Conor Gallagher, Robin Le Normand, Alexander Sorloth, Juan Musso and Clement Lenglet to bolster their squad. Joao Felix is ​​the biggest name to leave in terms of transfer fee, along with the sales of players such as Samu Omorodion, Alvaro Morata and Caglar Soyuncu. Predicting Saturday's game is a tough call, and despite there not being a draw between the two teams since September 2021, this match is expected to end in a draw.

Score prediction Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madridas follows:

• Sportsmole:Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Atletico Madrid

• WhoScore:Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Atletico Madrid
• Our newspaper predicts:Athletic Bilbao 2-2 Atletico Madrid

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