Ath. Bilbao vs ElchePrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Athletic Club reach the fifth round ninth on six points: four matches, two wins and two defeats, six goals scored and five conceded. In Bilbao the record reads one win and one defeat in two games, four goals scored and three conceded, and the away record is identical, one win and one defeat with two goals scored and two conceded. Their recent outings describe a stop-start run: a 3-0 over Atletico Madrid and a 2-0 away at Celta Vigo sit alongside a 0-2 at Barcelona, a 1-3 at home to Sevilla and a 1-3 away at Zaragoza. Elche are nineteenth on one point from three rounds: one draw and two defeats, three goals scored and nine conceded. Their only home game ended in a heavy 0-5, while the two away trips brought a draw and a defeat, three goals scored and four conceded. Recent outings include a 2-3 at Racing Santander, the 0-5 against Barcelona, a 1-1 at Deportivo La Coruna, a 2-2 with Cordoba and a 2-2 with Al Ain. The head-to-head record leans towards the Basques without being one-sided: on 20 February 2026 Athletic Club won 2-1, on 19 October 2025 the game at Elche finished 0-0, on 28 May 2023 Elche won 1-0 in Bilbao, on 11 September 2022 Athletic Club won 4-1 away and on 3 April 2022 they closed it out 2-1 at home. The LaLiga average is 2.91 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.