Athletic Bilbao striker Iñaki Williams. (Photo : Getty Images)
Middling side Athletic Bilbao (9-7-5, 32 points) and lowly club Deportivo de La Coruna (4-9-7, 19 points) are set to clash at the San Mamés Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 11 in a 2016-2017 La Liga season match.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:30 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Athletic Bilbao is struggling at the moment with four winless performances in their last five outings, including three draws and one defeat. The team is settled in the ninth spot in the overall standings, tied on points with Eibar and Espanyol but has the lowest goal differential of the three squads.
Los Leones is coming off a disappointing 0-3 rout at the hands of defending champions FC Barcelona on the road at the Nou Camp last Saturday, as per Sports Mole.
Head coach Ernesto Valverde's squad was overpowered by the Blaugrana even though the hosts rested one of their top goalscorers in Luis Suárez.
Filling in for Suárez was Paco Alcacer, who scored the opening goal in the 18th minute, before strikes by Lionel Messi and Aleix Vida in the 40th and 67th finalized the count in favor of the hosts.
Meanwhile, Deportivo La Coruna was romped by contending side Eibar, 1-3, on the road at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium in their most recent La Liga fixture on Jan. 28, via SkySports.
Eibar midfielder Adrian Gonzales broke the deadlock early in the fourth minute of the match before teammate Sergi Enrich double the lead 11 minutes later.
Turkish midfielder Emre Colak was able to put head coach Gaizka Garitano's side on the board with a goal in the 19th minute, but the hosts sealed the game in the 72nd with their third goal courtesy of French defender Florian Lejeune.
The loss snapped a four-game unbeaten run for Deportivo as the team is now settled in the 15th spot of the league table.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-0 bounce back victory for Athletic Bilbao.
Athletic Bilbao starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Iraizoz; de Marcos, Alvarez, Laporte, Balenziaga; San Jose, Iturraspe; Lekue, Garcia, Muniain; Williams
Deportivo La Coruna starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Tyton; Juanfran, Arribas, Sidnei, Navarro; Guilherme, Borges; Gil, Colak, Gama; Andone
