Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Levante and Athletic Club take on each other at Estadi Ciutat de Valencia in the opening match of the La Liga day 25. Los Levantinos defeated Atletico Madrid 2-0 at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano at the weekend, but it has to be noted that los Rojiblancos missed number of clear-cut opportunities to score in Saturday’s showdown. As always, a man to watch in the home team will be experienced attacker Morales, who found the net in the triumph over Atletico Madrid, but the hosts face a difficult task in Friday’s football match.
The Lions have been in a fine form of late, with the team rolling over Cadiz 4-0 on the road, while sharing the spoils with Villarreal. Athletic Club aim to keep their Europa League hopes alive, but beating Levante on the road is easier said than done. Even though both Nunez and Vesga return from suspension, share of spoils is on the cards at Estadi Ciutat de Valencia.
Highlighted Player (Coke):
Coke began his professional career at Rayo Vallecano, playing 180 games for the capital club between 2005 and 2011. The pacey full back joined Sevilla in June, 2011 and he made a right decision when he moved to the fellow La Liga side.
The Spanish footballer, who is capable of playing as both full back and a winger, won three UEFA Europa League trophies with los Sevillanos (2014, 2015, 2016) and he made it to the Spanish Cup final in the 2015/2016 season with the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan outfit. Sevilla, though, failed to make life difficult for Barcelona in the title game. After spending five years in Andalusia, Coke signed a three-year contract with Schalke on 31 July, 2016 for a fee of €5 million.
However, before the start of the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign he suffered a serious injury in a warm-up game against Bologna. Speaking of his international career, Coke has one cap for Spain U16, but he has yet to make his debut for the first team.
Highlighted Team (Athletic Bilbao):
Athletic Club (mostly known as Athletic de Bilbao) is a Spanish football club from the Bask region which is playing currently in the Primera Division. The club from Bilbao is playing in the highest Spanish division since its founded in 1928 and is next to Real Madrid and FC Barcelona for a longest period of time in the Primera Division. Athletic de Bilbao used to play until 2012 in the San Mames stadium (also known as La Catedral).
Since 2013 the club is playing in anew stadium. Athletic Bilbao is known for its rivalry with Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid was founded by Bask students in Madrid. The old relationship between both teams is visible in the red blue jerseys of both teams.
The second team Athletic de Bilbao is playing in the Segunda Division B in Spain. Athletic Bilbao won the Primera Division 8 times, the Copa del Rey 24 times, the Spanish super cup 2 times. Athletic de Bilbao didn’t won any prizes in Europe yet but managed to be the runner up in 1977 and 2012 in the UEFA cup.