In this 4th week match, on Sun Sep 4th, Espanyol will travel to Bilbao to battle Athletic Club in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. Athletic Club is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Cádiz. Williams scored the first goal for Athletic Club in the 24th minute, then Gorka Guruzeta added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Lekue In the end, Cádiz couldn’t muster any offence and Athletic Club ran away with the shutout win. Athletic Club is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Espanyol, recorded a 1-3 loss against Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior struck first for Real Madrid in the 12th minute, but Joselu got the equalizer for Espanyol in the 43rd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Athletic Club won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Espanyol is fortunate enough to have Joselu in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Both Alex Berenguer and Gorka Guruzeta have been the hottest scorers for Athletic Club in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Athletic Club will be without Íñigo Martínez, Yuri and Mikel Balenziaga, while Raúl de Tomás, Sergi Gómez and Adrià Pedrosa are unavailable to play for Diego Martínez Penas’s team.