Athletic Bilbao vs Slavia Prague Predictions

• Bilbao have won four of their seven home games in all comps (D2, L1).
• Both teams have scored in Slavia’s last three games, they have scored in nine consecutive fixtures.
• Both teams have scored in five of Bilbao’s last six.

Slavia a test for Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao entertain Slavia Prague in the Europa League on Thursday with both teams looking to continue their positive starts in the competition.

Both sides have four points from their opening two games but Bilbao have had the tougher fixtures so far.

The Spanish outfit are deserved favourites, but taking the prices into consideration the standout bet here looks to be both teams to score rather than a home win.

Slavia have scored in nine consecutive games and have shown they can compete against a perceived higher standard of opposition, having claimed a 1-1 draw at Ajax.

Bilbao have scored in eight straight games and have only failed to score in one of their fixtures this season. However, clean sheets have been an issue for the La Liga outfit as they have just one shutout in their last six.

Slavia have only lost once this season and that defeat came at Lille in Champions League qualifying. Bilbao are probably on a similar level to the French side, possibly even a little stronger, and they have been strong at the San Mames this season with four wins and just one defeat in seven games. A home win looks the more likely result but Slavia will be competitive so a hard fought 2-1 win for the Basque outfit looks a reasonable correct score prediction.