Athletic Bilbao came agonizingly close to securing a famous win at the Bernabeu in their last league game after taking a 1-0 lead late into the game against Real Madrid, but predictably, Christiano Ronaldo ruined their party to see the game end 1-1.<\/p>\n
That result is still a credible one considering how poor a season the Basque outfit have had.<\/p>\n
Bilbao are currently 13th on the league table, and next season they would have to focus solely on domestic competitions, but they would need to spend big especially on their attack if they want to return to Europe after next season.<\/p>\n
Levante come into this game fresh from helping to relegate Malaga following a late 1-0 win which helped their own survival bid. That win gave them a 7 points cushion on 18th placed Depotivo, but they would want to win here as their run-in looks relatively tricky.<\/p>\n
Bilbao have only lost 19% of their home matches this season, with two of those three losses coming against the teams inside the La Liga top two.<\/p>\n
They were on a run of ten home games without a defeat before they slipped against Deportivo, that would be seen as just a glitch and they would look to get the better of Levante in this match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Athletic Bilbao came agonizingly close to securing a famous win at the Bernabeu in their last league game after taking a 1-0 lead late into the game against Real Madrid, but predictably, Christiano Ronaldo ruined their party to see the game end 1-1. That result is still a credible one considering how poor a season the Basque outfit have had. Bilbao are currently 13th on the league table, and next season they would have to focus solely on domestic competitions, but they would need to spend big especially on their attack if they want to return to Europe after next season. Levante come into this game fresh from helping to relegate Malaga following a late 1-0 win which helped their own survival bid. That win gave them a 7 points cushion on 18th placed Depotivo, but they would want to win here as their run-in looks relatively tricky. Bilbao have only lost 19% of their home matches this season, with two of those three losses coming against the teams inside the La Liga top two. They were on a run of ten home games without a defeat before they slipped against Deportivo, that would be seen as just a glitch and they would look to get the better of Levante in this match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,123,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-prediction","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n