Game: Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Location: San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain
TV: Fubo
The Meringues (10-3-1) are hitting the road to San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain on Wednesday where they will try to defeat Athletic Bilbao (7-5-3). Athletic Bilbao are priced at +132 while the Meringues are at -160. The total is set at 3. The goaltenders who are expected to start are Julen Agirrezabala for Athletic Bilbao and Thibaut Courtois for Real Madrid.
The Lions sit at 27th in goals expected having 20.9, and the squad’s expected goals against are 14.1. Athletic Club has relinquished 14 goals while allowing 0.93 G/90, and opponents have 45 shots on target on them. This team’s differential on goals is at 8 by means of 22 goals put in the net and 14 goals given up. They have tallied 4 clean sheets, which has them sitting at a rate of 26.7% for the season. Athletic Bilbao has a total of 32 SVs and also have earned a save percentage of 68.9% for the season. Athletic Bilbao has recorded 31 yellow card warnings so far this year in addition to 3 red cards. On the year, the club is sitting with an average of 1.73 pts per fixture (26 points) and are 10th in Big 5 Soccer with 20 assists.
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The Meringues are averaging 2.4 points per match while totaling 22 assists and 1 red card. The Meringues have recorded a clean sheet % of 50.0% on the season and 20 yellow cards. Real Madrid ranks 8th when talking about goals against having 11, and the team’s goal difference is at 19. This year, the Meringues have a save rate of 68.6% (35 SoT against), and also sit at 4th among Big 5 teams with 33 pts. The club’s goals against per 90 is at 0.79 with 25 saves, and they have accumulated 7 shut outs. Real Madrid has accounted for 30 goals and the squad’s goals expected for the season is at 27.1.
Agirrezabala has seen the pitch for a total of 2,299 mins and has tallied 56 stops during his soccer career. The goalkeeper born in Spain has had 79 shots tried against him in 25 starts. The guy who will defend the goal for Athletic Club is Julen Agirrezabala. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 0.90 (23 total goals allowed) and he has earned a save percentage of 70.9%. Agirrezabala (10-9-6 record in his career) has recorded 9 clean sheets, which gives him a 35.3%% shutout rate.
During his professional soccer career, Courtois has conceded 364 goals and has racked up 985 stops in 418 starting assignments. He has earned a save % of 73.1% and his shutout rate is currently 43.3%%. Thibaut Courtois will be looking after the goal for Real Madrid. He has conceded 0.88 goals per 90 while he holds a record of 259-87-69. Courtois has 180 clean sheets while defending 1,348 shots attempted against him in 37,406 career minutes.
Oihan Sancet is one member of the side who can make an impact for Athletic Club. Sancet has started 108 contests during his career and he scores 0.25 goals per 90 mins. The midfielder born in Spain has earned 26 goals scored in 8,924 professional minutes. He has totaled 16 assists while earning 68 points so far in his career.
Real Madrid has a player in Vinicius Junior, who defenders will be preparing for in this game. He has collected 251 points so far in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 65 times. The forward hailing from Brazil has earned 20,438 professional minutes and has earned 93 goals. He sports an average of 0.40 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 225 games during his soccer career.
Who will win tonight’s soccer game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn’s Pick: Take Athletic Bilbao (-160)
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