Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid - prediction, team news, lineups

By Matt Law | 03 Sep 2026 17:08, Last updated: 03 Sep 2026 17:10

Atletico Madrid volition beryllium bidding to determination onto 10 points successful the La Liga table erstwhile they proceed their run distant to Athletic Bilbao connected Saturday afternoon.

Diego Simeone's broadside are presently 3rd successful the division, portion Athletic person 3 points to amusement from their opening 3 matches, which has near them successful 12th position.

Match preview

Athletic opened their 2026-27 La Liga run with successive defeats to Sevilla and Barcelona, but they did negociate to unafraid each 3 points against Celta Vigo past clip out, signaling a 2-0 triumph courtesy of goals from Alex Berenguer and Robert Navarro.

The Lions had a disappointing 2025-26 La Liga season, finishing down successful 12th spot successful the division, truthful Edin Terzic's broadside volition not play successful Europe this term.

The club's Basque-only argumentation successful the transportation marketplace meant that nary caller signings arrived during the caller window, but determination were a fig of departures, including Unai Gomez, Unai Vencedor, Mikel Vesga and Andoni Gorosabel.

Athletic recorded a 1-0 triumph implicit Atletico successful the corresponding lucifer past season, but they person mislaid 4 of their past 5 games with Simeone's side.

The past gathering betwixt the 2 sides took spot successful the Spanish superior backmost successful April, with Atletico signaling a 3-2 victory.

Atletico opened their 2026-27 La Liga run with a 2-0 triumph implicit Malaga, earlier drafting 2-2 with Villarreal successful their archetypal location crippled of the season.

Simeone's broadside past recorded a 3-1 triumph implicit Sevilla successful their past game, with 7 points from 3 matches leaving them successful 3rd presumption successful the table.

The Red and Whites volition proceed their league play this play earlier heading to England adjacent week for their Champions League league signifier opener against Liverpool.

Atletico made 5 caller signings implicit the summer, with Morten Hjulmand, Lee Kang-in, Cristian Romero, Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David arriving to boost the squad.

Simeone's squad besides managed to support clasp of Julian Alvarez amid beardown involvement from Barcelona and Arsenal, but it remains to beryllium seen whether the Argentina planetary is progressive here.

Athletic Bilbao La Liga form:

Atletico Madrid La Liga form:

Team News

Athletic volition beryllium without the services of Unai Egiluz and Peio Canales done injury, portion Benat Prados and Dani Vivian are some large doubts.

Nico Williams is again apt to diagnostic disconnected the bench, arsenic helium builds backmost to afloat fitness, with Navarro and Berenguer expected to proceed successful the wide areas.

Inaki Williams was awesome arsenic the cardinal striker against Celta Vigo, truthful the 32-year-old should proceed done the middle, portion Oihan Sancet is apt to diagnostic successful the fig 10 spot.

As for Atletico, Alvarez is backmost successful training, and determination is each accidental that the Argentine volition beryllium connected the seat for the team's league crippled astatine San Mames.

Alexander Sorloth remains a uncertainty done injury, truthful Alex Baena could beryllium fixed the motion done the mediate pursuing his brace successful the occurrence implicit Sevilla past clip out.

David is successful contention to marque his debut for the Red and Whites connected Saturday.

Athletic Bilbao imaginable starting lineup:

Simon; Areso, Paredes, Laporte, Berchiche; Ruiz de Galarreta, Gerenabarrena; Navarro, Sancet, Berenguer; I Williams

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Llorente, Hancko, Pubill, Grimaldo; Barrios, Hjulmand; Simeone, Kang-in, Lookman; Baena

We say: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Atletico Madrid

Athletic are bully capable to marque this an uncomfortable lucifer for Atletico, but we are inactive expecting Simeone's broadside to navigate their mode to each 3 points.

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