Genk vs Athletic Bilbao Match preview

EUROPA LEAGUE

20 October 2016 • 20:05 • Cristal Arena, Genk

Genk

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Genk had a bad start this season and manager Peter Maes can´t be satisfied with their 9th place in the Jupiler Pro League. But their performances in the Europa League are much better and after the first defeat 3-2 against Rapid Vienna, Genk won their next match against Sassuolo 3-1. Great form has Leon Bailey, who has scored 3 goals in those 2 matches. Genk´s team market value is 45,05 Mill. €.

Stats

In the last 5 matches of Genk have been scored 20 goals.

Genk have scored 12 goals in the last 5 matches.

Genk have won 4 of the last 5 home matches.

There have been over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 5 matches.

Athletic Bilbao...

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Athletic Bilbao are very special team in the transfer market. Ernesto Valverde brought players only from Athletic´s academy and therefore we can see almost the same team as was the last season. Despite the fact that they are playing together for a long time, so they had a bad form right from the beginning.

Bilbao have lost their first two league matches against Gijon and Barcelona, but in the next match Bilbao defeated La Coruňa 0-1. Then Bilbao mishandled their first Europa League match against Sassuolo and lost 3-0. But since that match, Athletic Bilbao won 5 of the last 6 competitive matches and especially Aritz Aduriz finally woke up and scored 5 goals in those matches. Athletic Bilbao´s team market value is 146,10 Mill. €.

Stats

• Athletic Bilbao have conceded a goal in 5 of the last 6 competitive matches.
• Athletic Bilbao have lost 3 of the last 5 Europa League matches.
• Athletic Bilbao have won 6 of the last 7 matches.
• There have been over 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 5 matches.

Prediction

Athletic Bilbao are very strong team and because all teams in the group F  have 3 points, so this match is very important for Ernesto Valverde´s team, which has great ambitions. Genk have a lot of young players with huge potencial, but Athletic Bilbao should beat them mainly thanks to their experience and quality. The whole team is playing very well lately and how I said, they need all 3 points from this match and therefore I have no doubt about their victory. I also expect a lot of goals.