Sassuolo vs Athletic Bilbao Match Betting Preview

The Sassuolo vs Athletic Bilbao match will be played on Thursday, at the Citta del Tricolore stadium, Reggio Emilia. This is the first round match in Europa League group F. This group consists of Athletic Bilbao, Sassuolo, Genk and Rapid Vienna.

Sassuolo Betting News

Sassuolo didn’t have much trouble to qualify for Europa League for the first time in their club history. They had to eliminate two opponents on their road to the group phase and they did that – both Luzern and Crvena zvezda were defeated by 4:1 on aggregate, in a pretty comfortable fashion. However, they didn’t start Serie A as they were hoping for, since they are currently 17th on the table, with only 3 points after three matches. In addition, they are in a series of two defeats – even if it was fully expected they would lose the match in Torino against Juventus, they shocked their home supporters by losing to Pescara as well, by 3:0! This will be the third hard match in the row for them and their self confidence certainly isn’t on the highest level at the moment.

Athletic Bilbao Betting News

Athletic Bilbao qualified for Europa League directly, so they only played three competitive matches in the season so far. They didn’t have a good start in Primera, since they were defeated against Sporting Gijon by 2:1 in away match and against Barcelona by 1:0 in a home match, but they defeated Deportivo on a road by 1:0 and escaped from the bottom. They are currently sitting at 14th place on the table. Unlike Sassuolo, it seems that their crisis is behind them, which can be their advantage in this match.

Sassuolo vs Athletic Bilbao Match Betting Prediction

This will be the first competitive match between these two teams. They are favourites to finish in the top two in this group, but the loser in this match will have a tougher road ahead of them. So, we believe that both teams will settle for a draw here.

Match Betting Tip: Draw @3.30 at Bet365

: Posted in Europa League • Date: 24.09.2016