Comments and predictions for Athletic Bilbao vs Girona: Home team wins sweetly

Latest Athletic Bilbao vs Girona team information

Athletic are without Benat Prados and Unai Egiluz through injury, Alex Padilla is serving a three-match suspension, and Yeray Alvarez has been handed a 10-month ban for doping.

Aymeric Laporte is likely to make his first start since returning, with Vivian suspended following his red card against Valencia.

Nico Williams is unlikely to feature in Tuesday's home game as he continues to recover from a groin injury.

On Girona's side, they do not have the services of Juan Carlos, David Lopez, Ricard Artero and Thomas Lemar; while Joel Roca is with the Spanish U20 team at the World Cup.

The medical team will have to assess the condition of Viktor Tsygankov, who has missed the last three games with a thigh injury.

Witsel and Reis are suspended for the midweek trip after both picked up red cards in the heavy defeat to Levante.

Latest expected lineup Athletic Bilbao vs Girona

Athletic Bilbao:

Simon; Gorosabel, Paredes, Laporte, Berchiche; Vesga, Jauregizar; I. Williams, Gomez, Berenguer; Guruzeta

Girona:

Gazzaniga; Martinez, Frances, Blind, Moreno; Martin, Solis, Ounahi; Asprilla, Gil, Vanat

Latest football commentary Athletic Bilbao vs Girona

After finishing fourth last season, Athletic started the new season in style with three consecutive wins against Sevilla, Rayo Vallecano and Real Betis.

However, Nico Williams' injury coincided with a slump in form, which saw Athletic lose three games in a row without scoring a goal.

Los Leones suffered a 1-0 defeat to Basque rivals Alaves, then lost 2-0 in their Champions League opener against Arsenal.

The clash with Valencia on Saturday was still level at 0-0 when Dani Vivian was sent off just after the official kick-off, a turning point that allowed Los Che to score twice in the final 20 minutes and seal a 2-0 win.

Despite their slump, Athletic are still favourites to host struggling Girona, especially as they have won four of their five home La Liga games, including a 3-0 win at San Mames last season.

During that run, Athletic scored at least two goals in four games and kept three clean sheets.

After finishing just one point above the relegation zone last season, Girona continue to face a difficult prospect in La Liga, having lost four of their opening five games.

The Catalans lost their first three games by a combined score of 1-10, before being held to a 1-1 draw by Celta Vigo at Balaidos after conceding an injury-time penalty.

While the draw in Galicia offered some positive signs, Saturday's heavy defeat to newcomers Levante was a mental blow.

Axel Witsel and Vitor Reis were sent off, with Etta Eyong scoring in between, before nine Girona players conceded three more goals in the second half and fell to a 4-0 defeat.

A poor start has left Girona bottom of the table, one of four teams yet to win a game this season, putting huge pressure on coach Michel to quickly turn things around.

The manager will be hoping his players can replicate Girona's only La Liga win at San Mames in February 2023, when two own goals and an Aleix Garcia strike gave them a 3-2 win.

Latest score prediction Athletic Bilbao vs Girona

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

• Sportsmole:Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Girona

• WhoScore:Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Girona
• Our newspaper predicts:Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Girona

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