The LaLiga Matchday 28 is to be played at San Mamés on Saturday at 6.30 p.m. CET.
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Atleti travels to Bilbao to face Athletic Club on Saturday at 6.30 p.m. CET. The game against Gaizka Gartiano’s side is to be played at San Mamés.
– Our team has played Athletic Club 163 times in the league, registering 74 wins, 29 draws and 60 defeats.
– Atleti (84) and Athletic Club (88) are the sides that have conceded the least amount of shots on goal in the current LaLiga season.
– Antoine Griezmann has scored eight league goals against the Bilbao team throughout his professional career, making the Basque side his favourite ‘victim’ alongside Real Valladolid.
– Moreover, the Frenchman has given an assist in each of his last four LaLiga matches against Athletic Club.
– Our team hasn’t lost any of the last 11 games against the Basque side (9W, 2D).
– Since he became our coach, Simeone has only lost one of his 17 matches against Athletic Club in all competitions (14W, 2D, 1L).
– We are the team that has scored the most goals from outside the box in the current LaLiga season (eight, the same as FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano). Gaizka Garitano’s side has scored the least amount (one).
– Out of the 39 goals we’ve scored so far, 16 have been scored with the right foot, 15 with the left, six with the head, one with the pelvic area and one has been an own goal. Athletic Club have scored 26, out of which 19 were netted with the right foot, three with the left, three with the head and one was an own goal.
– Oblak and Griezmann have played all of our LaLiga games this season (27), whereas Vitolo is our player who has come on as a substitute the most times (11).
– Iñaki Williams has played all of Athletic Club’s 27 matches, while San José has come on from the bench the most times (15).
