San Mamés Preview: Athletic vs. [Opponent] – Prediction & Analysis

He The last Monday of competition in this month of December forces Atheltic in their race to climb positions and get closer to Europe. The lions, despite having played one more day, are more than one victory away from an Espanyol that appears in San Mamés after stringing together four consecutive wins. The streak prevails compared to the saw teeth in the results graph that the red and white team presents this season.

The team left alive from the tricked playing field of O Couto and now, waiting for a Cup draw that will cross them with a Second, the lions want to straighten their path in the League. Valverde has to choose center back between the Monreal subsidiary and Lekue, who was the converted footballer against Ourense. The Txingurri recovers Robert Navarrobut he has already warned that Yuri and Laporte will not be fit to play against Osasuna.

The parakeets are settled in European positions and chain four consecutive wins: Sevilla, Celta, Rayo Vallecano and Getafe. In addition, Manolo González’s men also chain three games without conceding a goal, another of the secrets of this team. For the match, Espanyol He will not be able to count on Javi Puado and Ramón Terrats – injured – and with Charles Pickel, who is competing in the Africa Cup. Manolo González pointed out in a press conference that Ferrán Gómez will enter the call.

Guruzeta vs Kike García. Athletic has a problem with goals and has only scored 15 in this first round. Guruzeta is the usual striker and has done better in the Champions League (3 goals in 298 minutes) than in the League (1 goal in 950 minutes). But he scoring deficit extends to the entire offensive front. Everyone is in need of a change. In the other field, Espanyol presents Kike García, who has the second team with the most goals in Athletic (5) has done in his career in the First Division