Overview: Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao – prediction, team news, alignments

Villarreal Will aim to continue its solid start of the 2025-26 campaign when they welcome Athletic bilbao At the Ceramica stadium on Saturday evening.

The yellow submarine is third in the The table leagueWith 13 points of their first six games in the campaign, while Athletic is fifth, collecting 10 points from their first six games of 2025-2026.

Correspondence overview

Villarreal will seek a third consecutive Liga victory on Saturday, after winning as many points in their last two games, overcoming Osasuna and Seville 2-1 since their first match in the Champions League.

The yellow submarine was Beaten 1-0 by Tottenham Hotspur In their first European match of the season, when they also lost against Atletico Madrid at La Liga, but four of their seven games this season brought victories, so it was a solid start to the campaign for Marcelinoside.

Villarreal is third in the La Liga table, five points from Real Madrid leaders, and they will expect to challenge a place among the first four in the division at the end of the season.

The yellow submarine won only 18 of their 56 previous games against Athletic in all competitions, while they were victorious in one of their last 13 games with the Basque outfit.

Last season, Villarreal only took one point of their two games with Athletic, undergoing a 2-0 defeat in San Mames before the two teams played a draw tirelessly in April 2025.

Athletic will enter this match in the back of a disappointing result, having been held in a 1-1 draw by Girona in San Mames on Tuesday evening.

Ernesto ValverdeThe team has a record of three victories, a draw and two defeats of their first six games in the campaign, with 10 points leaving them in fifth place in the table, three points behind Villarreal, third.

The Lions opened their 2025-26 campaign with three consecutive victories on Seville, Rayo Vallecano and Real Betis, before losing three games in a row against Alaves, Arsenal and Valence.

Athletics is actually on a series of four games without victory in all competitions, so there is a pressure on them in front of this match, but Villarreal Away is one of the most difficult devices in the division.

The Basque outfit locked the horns with Villarreal to La Liga at 50 times, recording only 15 victories and two of the last three championship games between the two games finished All Square.

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Team news

Villarreal has a long list of injuries right now, with Logan Costa, Willy Kambwala, Juan Foyth and Pau Cabanes of this weekend.

In the meantime, Will come perzGerard Moreno, Ilias Akhomach and Santi Comana are all doubts, so the local team could be without the services of eight players for confrontation with athletics.

Tajon Buchanan is the top scorer in Villarreal this season, finding the bottom of the net three times, and there will be a place again in the large area for the 26 -year -old.

As for Athletic, Dani Vivian and Alex Padilla are again available as a result of suspensions, when there is a chance that Nico Williams will come back to the team after an injury problem.

However, Benat Prados and Unai Egiluz will certainly miss the match because of their own concerns.

Alex Berenguer could operate in the middle on Saturday, while there will be another place in post number 10 for Oihan Sancet, which is currently linked to a premier League move.

Villarreal possible to start possible:

Junior; Mourino, Veiga, Marin, S Cardona; Buchanan, Party, Gueye, Salomon; Mikautadze, pepe

Possible athletic bilbao starting alignment:

Simon; Areo, Paredes, Vivian, Berchiche; Ruiz de Galarreta, Jaucregizar; I Williams, Schet, Navarro; Berengue

We say: Villarreal 2-1 Athletic bilbao

Athletics needs a great result, with the lions in difficulty recently, and Villarreal will miss important players, but we support the yellow submarine to navigate the three points.

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