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Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 12th Apr, 20:00 BST, San Mamés, Bilbao

Marcelino García Toral pays counterpart Ernesto Valverde Tejedor a visit on Sunday night in the La Liga, as their Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao charges go head to head at the San Mamés. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with La Liga performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 76% chance of A.Bilbao and Villarreal delivering at least 2 goals in this La Liga tie. Recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it seems the bookies like the look of it as a tip too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.29.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 38% chance of Villarreal coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
A.Bilbao
37%
13/10
4%
-
Draw
26%
5/2
3%
-
Villarreal
38%
15/8
5%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
Villarreal 1-0
9%
9/1
5%
-
A.Bilbao 1-0
9%
8/1-
Villarreal 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
-
A.Bilbao 2-1
8%
17/2-
Draw 0-0
6%
11/1
9%
-
Villarreal 2-0
6%
14/1-
A.Bilbao 2-0
6%
11/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Villarreal 3-1
4%
20/1-
A.Bilbao 3-1
4%
18/1-
Villarreal 3-0
3%
28/1-
A.Bilbao 3-0
3%
22/1-
Villarreal 3-2
3%
28/1-
A.Bilbao 3-2
3%
25/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
10/11
6%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
10/11
5%
-
Home 1st Goal
48%
5/6
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
21/20
3%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
11/1
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
56%
4/6
2%
-
BTTS - No
44%
11/10
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
18%
7/2
5%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
4%
-
BTTS - Away Win
19%
9/2-
Home/draw
62%
2/5-
Away/draw
63%
4/7
3%
-
Home/away
74%
2/7
1%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/7
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
11/4
7%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
11/5-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
4/11-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
5/1
8%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/8
1%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
12/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/20
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/1
9%
-
Home DNB
55%
4/6
3%
-
Away DNB
56%
11/10
5%
-
A.Bilbao win to nil
19%
10/3-
Villarreal win to nil
19%
9/2
10%
-
A.Bilbao / A.Bilbao
22%
11/4
6%
-
A.Bilbao / Villarreal
3%
25/1-
A.Bilbao / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / A.Bilbao
14%
5/1-
Draw / Villarreal
13%
11/2-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Villarreal / A.Bilbao
4%
22/1
12%
-
Villarreal / Villarreal
17%
15/4
6%
-
Villarreal / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

A.Bilbao have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 1 and won 3. A.Bilbao have conceded 18 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

A.Bilbao have played 15 games at home, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 19 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Villarreal lay in 3rd place on 58 points in the La Liga league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 18, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 52 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Villarreal have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Villarreal have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
A.Bilbao
Villarreal
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona2924145073 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1A
2
Real Madrid2922343769 
l
 
0-3A
May 24
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
3
Villarreal2918472058 
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
-
-
4
A.Madrid2917662157 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
May 24
l
 
2-0A
5
Real Betis2911117744 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
6
Celta2910118641 
May 17
l
 
2-0A
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
7
R.Sociedad2910811-138 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-2A
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-3F
8
Getafe2911513-638 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 5
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
9
A.Bilbao2911513-938 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
10
Osasuna2910712-137 
Apr 22
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
11
Espanyol2910712-837 
l
 
1-2F
May 13
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-2F
12
Valencia299812-1035 
May 10
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
13
Girona2981011-1334 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
5-0F
Apr 6
14
R.Vallecano2971111-732 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-0F
May 17
15
Alaves298714-1131 
l
 
0-1A
May 3
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
16
Sevilla298714-1231 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1F
May 13
w
 
1-2F
17
Elche2961112-829 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-3F
18
Mallorca297715-1328 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-1F
May 10
19
Levante296815-1426 
w
 
4-2F
w
 
0-2F
May 3
w
 
0-1F
20
Real Oviedo294916-2821 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-0F
Apr 22
Win / draw / win form
A.Bilbao 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
A.Bilbao2 - 1Real Betis
A.Bilbao0 - 1Barcelona
A.Bilbao2 - 1Elche
A.Bilbao4 - 2Levante
A.Bilbao1 - 1R.Sociedad
A.Bilbao1 - 2Espanyol
A.Bilbao1 - 0A.Madrid
A.Bilbao0 - 3Real Madrid
A.Bilbao1 - 0Real Oviedo
A.Bilbao0 - 1Getafe
A.Bilbao2 - 1Mallorca
A.Bilbao1 - 1Girona
A.Bilbao0 - 1Alaves
A.Bilbao1 - 0R.Vallecano
A.Bilbao3 - 2Sevilla
A.Bilbao0 - 3Barcelona
A.Bilbao1 - 0Alaves
A.Bilbao1 - 0Las Palmas
A.Bilbao3 - 1R.Vallecano
A.Bilbao0 - 0Osasuna
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HA.Bilbao2 - 1Real Betis
AA.Bilbao0 - 3Girona
HA.Bilbao0 - 1Barcelona
AA.Bilbao1 - 1R.Vallecano
HA.Bilbao2 - 1Elche
AA.Bilbao2 - 1Real Oviedo
HA.Bilbao4 - 2Levante
HA.Bilbao1 - 1R.Sociedad
AA.Bilbao1 - 2Sevilla
AA.Bilbao2 - 3Mallorca
AA.Bilbao1 - 1Osasuna
HA.Bilbao1 - 2Espanyol
AA.Bilbao0 - 2Celta
HA.Bilbao1 - 0A.Madrid
HA.Bilbao0 - 3Real Madrid
AA.Bilbao2 - 0Levante
AA.Bilbao0 - 4Barcelona
HA.Bilbao1 - 0Real Oviedo
AA.Bilbao2 - 3R.Sociedad
HA.Bilbao0 - 1Getafe
Villarreal 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Alaves1 - 1Villarreal
Barcelona4 - 1Villarreal
Levante0 - 1Villarreal
Getafe2 - 1Villarreal
Osasuna2 - 2Villarreal
Real Betis2 - 0Villarreal
Elche1 - 3Villarreal
R.Sociedad2 - 3Villarreal
Espanyol0 - 2Villarreal
Valencia0 - 2Villarreal
Real Madrid3 - 1Villarreal
Sevilla1 - 2Villarreal
A.Madrid2 - 0Villarreal
Celta1 - 1Villarreal
Barcelona2 - 3Villarreal
Girona0 - 1Villarreal
Celta3 - 0Villarreal
Real Betis1 - 2Villarreal
Getafe1 - 2Villarreal
Alaves1 - 0Villarreal
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HVillarreal3 - 1R.Sociedad
AVillarreal1 - 1Alaves
HVillarreal2 - 1Elche
AVillarreal1 - 4Barcelona
HVillarreal2 - 1Valencia
AVillarreal1 - 0Levante
AVillarreal1 - 2Getafe
HVillarreal4 - 1Espanyol
AVillarreal2 - 2Osasuna
HVillarreal0 - 2Real Madrid
AVillarreal0 - 2Real Betis
HVillarreal3 - 1Alaves
AVillarreal3 - 1Elche
HVillarreal0 - 2Barcelona
HVillarreal2 - 0Getafe
AVillarreal3 - 2R.Sociedad
HVillarreal2 - 1Mallorca
AVillarreal2 - 0Espanyol
HVillarreal4 - 0R.Vallecano
AVillarreal2 - 0Valencia
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
A.Bilbao have not lost to Villarreal in 6 consecutive home league meetings
League games at A.Bilbao since 2015
A.Bilbao
Villarreal
Goals: Scored
14
7
Games: Scored
9 / 11
5 / 11
Clean sheets
6 / 11
2 / 11
ATH
6
D
4
VIL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT A.Bilbao
A.Bilbao2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
A.Bilbao1 - 0
A.Bilbao2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
A.Bilbao1 - 0
0 - 3Villarreal
Draw1 - 1Draw
A.Bilbao1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
A.Bilbao4 - 0
League games at Villarreal since 2015
Villarreal
A.Bilbao
Goals: Scored
20
12
Games: Scored
10 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
2 / 12
ATH
2
D
5
VIL
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Villarreal
Villarreal1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 3A.Bilbao
Villarreal5 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3A.Bilbao
Villarreal3 - 1
Villarreal3 - 1
Villarreal2 - 0
Goal Statistics
A.Bilbao 9th Villarreal 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that A.Bilbao will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Villarreal will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-21
A.Bilbao have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted
+5
Villarreal’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2025/2026 season
A.Bilbao
PG (predicted goals)
Villarreal
1.4
1.4
Attack rating
ATH
VIL
35%
better
view stats
Games scored19
25
Failed to score10
4
Scored first12
19
Goals scored32
54
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.9
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal9
5
Conversion rate for11
19
Avg. XG for1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+35%
Defence rating
ATH
VIL
21%
better
view stats
Games conceded24
21
Clean sheets5
8
Conceded first16
10
Goals conceded41
34
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against18%
14%
Avg. XG against1
1.3
KickOff rating
+21%

A.Bilbao v Villarreal La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

A.Bilbao La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29649
U SimónG GuruzetaI WilliamsI Galarreta
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
U Simón GLK29
1
-
M. Jauregizar Alboniga MID282
3
-
I Galarreta MID2611
9
-
G Guruzeta FWD2661
3
1
Y Berchiche DEF253
3
-
D Vivian DEF241
8
1
Álex Berenguer FWD2423
4
-
R Navarro FWD2451
1
-
J Areso DEF231
3
-
O Sancet MID223
4
1
I Williams FWD2124
1
-
A. Rego Mora MID201
5
-
U Gómez MID2011
1
1
M Vesga MID19
-
N Williams FWD1942
2
-
A Laporte DEF181
2
-
A Paredes DEF171
4
-
A Gorosabel DEF161
2
-
N Serrano  FWD131
-
U. Iruretagoiena Lertxundi FWD11
2
-
I Lekue DEF9
2
1
A. Boiro Boiro DEF9
2
-
M. Sannadi Harrouch FWD81
1
-
B Prados MID2
1
-
?. Padilla Pérez GLK1
1
Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26959
L JúniorA MoleiroS ComesañaS Mouriño
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Moleiro FWD2894
3
-
N Pépé FWD2854
3
-
S Comesaña MID2735
4
1
T Buchanan FWD2761
7
-
L Júnior GLK261
3
-
R Veiga DEF25
3
1
D Parejo MID24
2
-
G Mikautadze FWD2495
1
-
S Cardona DEF233
4
-
P Gueye MID2342
7
-
T Oluwaseyi FWD2321
1
-
S Mouriño DEF2212
8
1
A Pedraza DEF2212
6
-
T Partey MID19
-
R Marín DEF181
1
-
A Pérez FWD1823
3
-
P. Navarro Badenes DEF17
3
-
G Moreno FWD158
-
J Foyth DEF13
2
-
I Akhomach FWD9
-
M Solomon FWD611
-
A Tenas GLK3
-
A Altimira DEF1
-