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Athletic Bilbao v Valencia Betting Tips: Latest odds, team news, preview and predictions

Athletic Bilbao welcome Valencia to San Mames on Wednesaday evening for what should be a closely contested La Liga game in the Basque Country.

In the last two years only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico have been able to win a league match in Bilbao, and Valencia will have to produce a strong performance to pick up their third consecutive league victory.

Latest odds

Athletic are unbeaten at home in La Liga since October and dabblebet offer the Basques at 13/8 (2.38) to record a win.

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Valencia, meanwhile, have failed to win any of their last six away games against Athletic in all competitions and Los Che are priced at 7/4 (2.75) to end that run. The draw can be backed at 9/4 (3.25).

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Team news

Athletic will be missing midfielder Mikel Rico, who remains sidelined with an injury picked up in the Europa League last week. Iker Muniain remains a long term absentee.

Valencia are waiting to see whether Geoffrey Kondogbia and Andreas Pereira are fit enough to return to action, with neither player risked in Sunday's win over Real Sociedad.

Goals hard to come by in Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao have the lowest total of home goals scored in the division, with Jose Ziganda's side netting just ten times in 12 games.

However, they also boast the third best defensive record in their own stadium having conceded just seven times, with San Mames seeing the fewest goals scored this season of any stadium in La Liga. 

Preview and predictions

Despite Valencia conceding in each of their last 13 league games, they have a good chance of keeping a clean sheet against the misfiring Bilbao outfit.

Under 2.5 goals in the game is priced at 4/5 (1.80) with this selection paying out in ten of Athletic's 12 home games this term

 Opposing both teams to score at evens (2.00) is also worthy of consideration, given that this selection too has proved to be a regular winner in Bilbao during the current campaign. 

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