Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Athletic Bilbao
Match Time & Date:
01/05/2025
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
Manchester United
Athletic Bilbao will be aiming to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Las Palmas when they take on Manchester United in the Europa League semis, first leg. The Lions are a real force to be reckoned with at home and it is no wonder the bookies see them as favourites to win Thursday’s clash. Fit-again ace Nico Williams returns to the starting XI, while Oihan Sancet is a major doubt after suffering a muscle injury at the weekend.
The Red Devils, on the other hand, set up a meeting with Athletic Club by beating Olympique Lyon in the double-header. Manchester United are having a Premier League campaign to forget and given Athletic Bilbao’s impressive home record, we predict that Ruben Amorim’s men are going to return to England empty-handed. Both Amat Diallo and Matthijs de Ligt are rated doubtful for the first leg, while all Diogo Dalot, Lisandro Martinez, Joshua Zirkzee remain in the recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Bruno Fernandes):
Bruno Fernandes is a Portuguese footballer who used to play for Novara before joining Udinese in a co-ownership deal in the summer of 2013. The Portuguese midfielder scored his first goal for the club in a 3-3 draw with Napoli on 7 December, 2013.
Three years later he signed a deal with Sampdoria for a fee of €7 million. Fernandes moved to Sampdoria in order to replace Roberto who reinforced Villarreal. Soriano He played 33 games for the Zebrette in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring three goals for the club, while providing four assists for his teammates.
Fernandes is a central midfielder, but he is capable of playing as a secondary striker as well. He was born in Maia, Portugal on 8 September, 1994 and he began his youth career at Infesta. Fernandes has seven caps for Portugal U21 team and he has played 4 matches for the U23 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.
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