Predictions La Liga - Getafe vs Athletic Bilbao

La Liga - Getafe vs Athletic Bilbao
Match Time: 04-05-2024 03:00 Saturday (GMT+8)
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Getafe

Getafe have finished 15th in each of their last three campaigns in Spain's top flight, so there has been a huge improvement this season, with the capital outfit currently sitting in 10th position in the division.

Jose Bordalas's side are only actually six points behind seventh-placed Real Betis, so a late push for Europe cannot be ruled out, and they will enter this match off the back of a 3-1 success at Almeria.

Getafe have only lost one of their last five games in Spain's top flight, and a positive result on Friday would lead them nicely into their next fixture against struggling Cadiz on May 12.

The Deep Blue Ones have been strong at home this season, picking up 29 points from their 16 matches in front of their own fans, recording eight victories in the process.

Getafe are unbeaten in their last five La Liga games against Athletic, meanwhile, with each of those fixtures finishing level, including a 2-2 draw in the reverse match at San Mames earlier this season.

Athletic Bilbao

Athletic have won just one of their last 13 La Liga matches against Getafe, meanwhile, with that success coming on home soil in January 2021, and 10 of their last 13 league meetings have ended all square.

A draw is no good for the Lions on Friday, though, with a win required if they are to remain in the hunt for a top-four finish, as a damaging 3-1 loss occurred to Atletico last time out.

Athletic are fifth in the table, six points behind fourth-placed Atletico with five games left, so they will need to be almost perfect in the final stages of the campaign and then hope that Atletico slip up.

That said, fifth, and automatic qualification for the group stage of next season's Europa League, would represent a strong campaign for Ernesto Valverde's side.

The Basque outfit have finished eighth in their last two La Liga campaigns, while they have not been higher than seventh since 2015-16, with their last top-four finish occurring 10 years ago.

Athletic have played their best football at San Mames this season, but the Copa del Rey winners have also picked up a respectable 20 points from their 16 matches on their travels.

Prediction: Getafe 1-1 Athletic Bilbao