Published on 01/14/2025 1:30 p.m.
by David Ratabouil
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King’s Cup Prediction
Finalist in 2020 and 2021 and victorious in 2024, Athletic Bilbao has enjoyed the Copa del Rey in recent years…The San Mamés resident hopes to offer himself a new Basque derby to reach the 1/4 finals and see his dream of a new final coming closer to reality. Athletic Bilbao, undefeated against Osasuna for 4 duels, emerged victorious 3 times away (0-2 and 1-2) then on neutral ground in a friendly (2-1).
Athletic Bilbao, well established in the Top 4 of this Liga (6 points ahead of 5th Villarreal), has not lost in the Spanish championship for 10 days (6 wins and 4 draws) and has just taken 10 points in the last 4 days against Real Madrid (2-1), against Villarreal (2-0), Alavés (1-1) and Osasuna (1-2) on December 21 last year. Eliminated by FC Barcelona (0-2) in the 1/2 final of the Spanish Super Cup on January 8, Bilbao remained in a qualification on penalties for the Copa del Rey on the field of UD Logrones (0- 0, 3 tab 4) 4 days ago.
-Osasuna is stuck in the soft underbelly of the ranking in 11th place, 5 lengths behind the European places. Finalist for this Copa del Rey in 2023, Osasuna, after a quiet victory in Chiclana (0-5), had difficulty eliminating Ceuta (2-3) and Tenerife (1-2) in the next two rounds. In La Liga, Vicente Moreno’s team has not won for two months and lost the last two days against Athletic Bilbao (1-2) and in the Spanish capital against Atlético Madrid (1-0) on last weekend.
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