Real Mallorca vs Athletic Bilbao Preview & Prediction | 2024-25 Spanish Primera
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These have been two of the more entertaining and intriguing teams to watch so far this season and it should well be quite a fun watch for the neutral in the Balearic Islands on Monday.
KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Monday 28th October, 2024 - UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 4:00pm / US PT – 1:00pm
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so Real Mallorca vs Athletic Bilbao may be televised on one of their affiliated channels
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN+
REAL MALLORCA PREVIEW: MARVELLOUS MALLORCA
Over the summer, Javier Aguirre departed Real Mallorca for the Mexican national team and he was replaced by former Osasuna boss Jago Arrasate with the plan being to evolve their style of football to become more attacking and more proactive.
The Balearic Islanders are challenging for a top seven finish and European qualification this season and they come into this one on the back of a slender 1-0 defeat of Rayo Vallecano last weekend with a winning goal from Kosovo international Vedat Muriqi.
ATHLETIC BILBAO PREVIEW: FUN ATHLETIC
Former Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde is blessed with a very entertaining and attacking Athletic Club squad and team that can get on the front foot very well with their abundance of options such as Nico Williams, Inaki Williams and Oihan Sancet.
Athletic come into this one on the back of a slender 1-0 defeat of Slavia Prague in the league phase of the UEFA Europa League in midweek with a winning strike from Nico Williams. They have suffered just one defeat in their last nine matches across all competitions.
REAL MALLORCA TEAM NEWS: NO DEFINITE ABSENTEES
Real Mallorca have no definite or confirmed absentees for this weekend’s visit of Athletic to the Balearic Islanders with a couple of injury doubts as both Ivan Cuellar and Japan international Takuma Asano among those.
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Greif; Pablo Maffeo, Valjent, Antonio Raillo, Johan Mojica; Ruben Navarro, Manu Morlanes, Samu Costa, Sergi Darder; Muriqi, Larin
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE: Ivan Cuellar (Injured), Takuma Asano (Injured)
ATHLETIC BILBAO TEAM NEWS: STILL NO UNAI SIMON
Athletic Club have no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues so will be able to name an unchanged eleven for this one. They do remain without their first-choice goalkeeper Unai Simon for this weekend’s trip to the Balearics.
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Julen Agirrezabala; Oscar de Marcos, Dani Vivian, Unai Nunez, Yuri Berchiche; Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Mikel Vesga; Inaki Williams, Alex Berenguer, Nico Williams; Gorka Guruzeta
UNAVAILABLE: Unai Simon (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
REAL MALLORCA VS ATHLETIC BILBAO PREDICTION
Real Mallorca have only scored ten goals in their ten games so far this season but, as mentioned, they play an entertaining style of football and with two big men up-front in Vedat Muriqi and Cyle Larin. Athletic Club have so much quality in attack and some genuinely wondrous patterns of play that make them thrilling to watch, too. This should be a really good game for the neutral on Monday.
REAL MALLORCA VS ATHLETIC BILBAO TIP: OVER 2.5 GOALS
