Athletic – Espanyol. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Spanish championship

On December 22, San Mames will host a match of the 17th round of the Spanish Primera, in which Atlético will face Espanyol.

The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with the La Liga betting partner betting announces the upcoming match!

Athletic

The team now faced a rather unpleasant dilemma. On the one hand, everyone understands how great Valverde’s achievements and merits are. Especially in the current, already regular, his term at San Mames. Of course, the first victory in exactly forty years in the Copa del Rey stands out. And last season was good: fourth place in the Premier League at the semifinals of the Europa League.

On the other hand, objectively, now the club is in a crisis, and it has dragged on. Only in the cup, everything is fine – Ourense played there this week. But the return to the Champions League turned out to be a failure, and it is already clear that there is almost no chance of making it to the playoffs. Yes, there are now more defeats than victories in the Premier League. Including in the last round, Celtic lost 0:2. However, for now it is still possible to stay close to the Eurocup zone, so there is something to fight for and why add.

Español

The club was relegated not so long ago, and once again, in Segunda. It seems that it was possible to return immediately, but only through face-to-face matches. And then they managed to prevent another drop, however, Leganes was relegated in the spring by just a couple of points – 42 against 40. However, this was attributed to Manolo Gonzalez.

Now this coach and his wards claim the title of the main sensation of this season. Moreover, by the winter, it was possible to gain even more momentum: in the last round, they scored 1:0 on the field of Getafe, and this is the fourth victory in a row in the Primera – this allowed them to hold on to the fifth position. True, in the cup they lost to Atlético Baleares, but perhaps they simply removed the additional load in order to focus on the main goal.

Statistics of personal meetings

In the last six matches, the Basques won four times with only one defeat.

Forecast

Bookmakers still consider the Basques a clear favorite. But it seems that now the guests from Catalonia will be able not to lose (coefficient – 1.95).