In this week 7 match on Sep 30th, Athletic Club will play host to Almería in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. 4th placed Athletic Club is fresh off their 3-2 win against Rayo Vallecano. Oscar Trejo struck first for Rayo Vallecano in the 5th minute on a feed from Sergio Camello, then Williams got the equalizer for Athletic Club in the 14th minute on a feed from Dani García Finally they completed the comback in the 28th minute on a goal by Oihan Sancet to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Athletic Club should be reasonably happy with their performance, while almería sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Mallorca. Pablo Maffeo struck first for Mallorca in the 25th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Almería was frustrated by Mallorca’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mallorca ended the match with the shutout victory. Almería looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Almería’s most prolific scorer has been Umar Sadiq. The Nigerian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Athletic Club’s top weapon lately has been Alex Berenguer, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches
Ander Herrera, Yeray, Mikel Vesga, Yuri, Mikel Balenziaga and Dani Vivian are unavailable to play for Athletic Club, while Almería will be without Iván Martos, Cesar de la Hoz Lopez and Nieto Zarzoso.