La Liga: Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico
At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 1, 2022, the 34th round of La Liga, Athletic Bilbao will face the "Bed Sheets" Atletico at home. Athletic Bilbao has performed average this season, after 33 rounds of league, achieved 12 wins, 12 draws and 9 losses, ranking 8th in the league with 48 points, as of now there is a 9-point gap from the European Theater, in the case of only 5 rounds of la Liga wins, the team's chances of impacting the European theater are probably not large, and the war intention is debatable. From the data point of view, Bilba scored 39 goals in 33 league rounds, conceded 34 goals, and the offensive and defensive performance was not ideal.
Athletic Bilbao has been very jumpy recently, even if the state recovery is difficult to last, the team last round of league away games against Cadiz, the possession rate of 42%, 9 shots on goal 7 shots on target, the number of shots on goal is only 1/3 of the opponent, fortunately with Garcia, Munyain and Besga 3 people goals, the final victory was 3-2. However, it is worth noting that the main center-back Besga was sent off in this game, 2 yellows and 1 red were sent off, and this game will be suspended. In addition, Gimenez, Lemar and João Felix were all wounded, and the battle was probably not worthy of participation.
At the beginning of the season, although Atletico increased the intensity of reinforcements and poached Griezmann from Barca again, the team's results were not ideal, after 33 rounds of league, achieved 18 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, ranked 4th in the league with 61 points, in the case of few remaining fixtures, the defense of the title has been completely hopeless, and retaining the Champions League qualification is the team's primary goal. At present, the Sheets Legion is 4 points higher than Real Betis behind him, the lead is not obvious, and in the next 4 league games, they have to face 3 teams such as Sevilla, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, which is a hard battle for Atletico.
Since Atletico Madrid was eliminated by Manchester City in the Champions League, the team's strategic focus has returned to the league, and 2 rounds of matches have achieved 1 win and 1 draw, although it has not reached the ideal state, but it is not a small gain, after all, these 4 points are the team's lead. At the pre-match press conference, Atletico boss Simeone also talked about the team's schedule, saying, "For the team, the remaining five rounds will be the final. The minimum goal he has set this season is to lead the team to the top four of the table and win a Place in the Champions League. ”
In terms of past encounters between the two teams, Athletic Bilbao has won 3 wins, drawn 2 and lost 5 times in the past 10 times against Atletico, and there is no advantage in the past, but it is worth noting that Atletico madrid have failed to take advantage of the last 3 times, and they have lost 1-2 in the Western Super Cup. In terms of recent situation, athletic Bilbao's state is very abrupt, has conceded goals in 9 consecutive games, which shows that the backline is not perfect; and although Atletico currently has a 4-point advantage, but the follow-up games have 3 hard stubble, whether the Champions League qualification of the sheets army can be saved is still unknown, so this round of points is not low.