Last season, Athletic Club won a trophy for the first time in over 40 years as they won the Copa del Rey against Real Mallorca in the final in Seville. They also finished fifth with an entertaining style of football that consists of an exciting attacking quartet but there are some injury issues for this weekend that we will get to.

The Sky Blues started their campaign with successive victories over Alaves and Valencia, before losing their next two against Villarreal and Osasuna, but they were back to winning ways last weekend, beating Real Valladolid 3-1, with Borja Iglesias scoring his third league goal of the season.

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Our football predictions expert shares his top three bets and forecasts for Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid ahead of this clash in La Liga this weekend.

Spain’s UEFA EURO 2024 starting goalkeeper Unai Simon has been sidelined with injury throughout the season so far and he remains sidelined with a wrist issue. As well as Unai Simon, key centre-back Yeray Alvarez is dealing with a hamstring injury and Mikel Jauregizar is also unavailable due to suspension after last week’s red card.

Real Madrid will aim to extend their winning streak to four games in all competitions when they battle Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday evening.Los Blancos spluttered during their Champions League

Real Madrid will play their first league game of the season on matchday 3 of Liga F. Las Blancas await Athletic Club from Bilbao. Las Blancas had Espanyol and Real Betis as their first two challenges of the season,