There will be not that many football matches on the upcoming Monday and the central one of the day will be the Basque derby between Eibar and Athletic from Bilbao. Apart from the fact, that this is a derby, the match is also interesting, because both competitors are fighting to get into the Europa League zone, i.e. Eibar and Athletic are competitors.
After 32 played rounds, Eibar are on the eighth position in the peloton. The team has 50 points in the asset and is losing three points to Athletic, which are, in their turn, on the sixth position. Eibar have had 16 matches at their home ground, in which they managed to win nine times with three draws and four defeats. Eibar managed to win thrice with one draw and one defeat within the last five matches.
The team from Bilbao is on the sixth position after 32 rounds. Athletic have 53 points in the asset. The future guests have had 15 away matches within the Spanish Primera, in which they got four wins with two ties and nine losses. Within the last five matches Athletic won thrice against Osasuna, Espanyol and Las Palmas with two defeats from Real and Villarreal.
Eibar perform extraordinary at their home ground and the team has decent chances on entering the Europa League zone and will put maximum effort to win against Athletic in the upcoming game. It should be noted, that Athletic are more experienced, than Eibar, have better player roster, but the team doesn’t look so good in away games, which is clearly seen in the statistics of the team in the current season.
Prediction for the match: Eibar not to lose.
