Athletic Bilbao 2/1 to beat Huesca in Wednesday’s La Liga matchup

Competition: La Liga

Market: Athletic Bilbao win

Odds: 2/1 @ 888sport

Smelling a real chance to extend on their unbeaten run in midweek, Athletic Bilbao will make the trip to a struggling Huesca on Wednesday night.

Starting with the hosts, making an immediate return to losing ways over the weekend, Huesca find themselves firmly at the heart of a relegation scrap. In their 35 La Liga matchups so far this season, they have recorded just six wins, 12 draws and 17 defeats, scoring 33 and conceding 52 in return. Managing to muster themselves a points tally of 30, they open the midweek fixtures sat down in 18th and chasing a one-point deficit from breaking their way out of the bottom-three. As for their recent run of results, last seen over the weekend suffering a 2-1 defeat away at Cadiz, Huesca have lost four of their last five La Liga matchups, losing those four games by an aggregate score of 7-1. More concerning ahead of a must-win contest in midweek, it should be noted that Wednesday’s hosts have lost each of their last four straight meetings against Athletic Bilbao.

As for the visitors, while Bilbao might still be struggling to pick up maximum points with much stability, they do still find themselves dreaming of a late charge for the European spots. In their 35 La Liga matchups so far this season, they have recorded 11 wins, 13 draws and 11 defeats, scoring 46 and conceding 38 in return. Managing to muster themselves a points tally of 46, they open the midweek fixtures sat ninth in the table and five points adrift of breaking into the top-seven. As for their recent run of results, Athletic Bilbao are unbeaten in each of their last nine La Liga matchups on the spin, a run that goes back to the start of March. It’s also worth highlighting that along with their thumping record against Wednesday’s hosts, Bilbao have scored over 1.5 goals in three of their last four matchups.

Bet: Athletic Bilbao 2/1 to beat Huesca in Wednesday’s La Liga matchup @ 888sport