Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Prediction & Picks - LaLiga

Prediction published on 8/29/24, 1:00 PM  by Carlos Zabala | Modified on 8/29/24 at 4:03 PM in LaLiga Picks

Atletico Madrid will face Athletic Club at the always difficult San Mames stadium having lost against them in 4 of the last 5 clashes there. However, Athletic Club, whose objective is to at least secure a place in the Champions League, had a slow start this season, only being able to add 4 of 9 possible points in the first three rounds of La Liga, although with Prados' goal they achieved a first important victory with a score of 1-0 against Valencia at San Mames. The score fell short against an evident superiority of Athletic Club that completely neutralized Valencia's attack and in fact they could not register a single shot on goal in the entire match.

Atletico Madrid looks solid with a very well-armed squad for this new season, they have already scored 5 goals and kept a clean sheet in the last two games. But once again Simeone's team has not yet made the step to turn draws into victories that would put them on equal terms with Real Madrid and Barcelona. Atletico Madrid absolutely dominated Spain in the last match, shooting 25 times, but none of them ended in a goal. Koke, who played the full 90 minutes, was not as brilliant this time as in the 3-0 victory against Girona.