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Villarreal will increase their chances of entering the Champions League against Athletic Club in La Cerámica. The people of Bilbao are still arriving with options to reach the European positions for next season.
Valverde’s men arrive with the sensitive loss of Íñigo Martínez behind them, and the doubt of Muniain, who is among cotton.
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Quique Setién recovers artillery with Gerard Moreno, but he won’t be able to count on Raúl Albiol in the center of defence.
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- Villarreal have played eight games in a row without beating Athletic Club in LaLiga (5D 3D), their worst league game without a win against the Biscay team and their worst current run without a win against the same league rivals.
- Athletic have scored points in their last five away games against Villarreal in LaLiga (W1 D4), after just two of their previous 12 league visits against the groguet team (D2).
- Athletic have drawn in their last four games away from home against Villarreal in LaLiga, only Real Madrid between 2018 and 2022 (five) have added more consecutive away games against the yellow team in the competition (Seville also four in 2007).
- Villarreal have lost three of their last eight LaLiga home games (W4 D1), as many losses as in their previous 23 home games in the competition (W14 D6 D3).
- Athletic have gone five consecutive games without losing in LaLiga (3F 2E), their best unbeaten streak as a visitor in the league since November 2021 with Marcelino García Toral (7L 1F 6E).
- Only Barcelona (63%) and Real Madrid (61%) have averaged more ball possession than Villarreal (59%) in LaLiga since the arrival of Quique Setién to the groguet bench at the end of October 2022.
- Athletic Club is the team that has completed the most recoveries in LaLiga this season (333), with six goals after these matches, a record only surpassed by Getafe and Atlético de Madrid (eight, three other teams have six as well) .
- Villarreal striker Nicolas Jackson has scored five goals in his last six La Liga games, after netting just twice in his first 24 league appearances.
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Baena scores the first goal of the match
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Unai Simón evades the first goal
Eleven confirmed from Villarreal
Eleven confirmed by Athletic
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