Last Friday’s victory over Almería allowed Athletic to end the ninth day of the League in fifth position in the standings. The victory achieved yesterday by Atlético de Madrid against Real in the Metropolitano removed Valverde’s team from the Champions zone, but, on the other hand, allowed them to once again be ahead of the San Sebastian team in the table. The lions, from this point of view at least, thus regained lost ground after falling in the derby.
Coincidentally, the Bilbao team will face the tenth round of the championship, which will be held after the new FIFA break, with the same score as last year at this stage of the competition. Athletic, in other words, currently have 17 points from nine games. The previous campaign also reached this point in the League with the same score.
Those 17 points, however, left Valverde’s team sixth in the table, two points adrift of fourth-placed Betis. Now, as the fifth with the same sum; The final Champions spot, occupied by Atlético after their victory over Real, remains two points apart, although with one caveat: Simeone’s team have one more game to play due to the postponement of their match against Seville due to in bad weather conditions.
The same 5-2-2
In the last League, Athletic reached 17 points from nine games by winning five games, drawing two and losing the other two. The lions then beat Valencia, Rayo and Almería at home and Cádiz and Elche away; They signed draws at San Mamés against Mallorca and at Pizjuán against Betis; and lost 0-1 in front of their fans against Espanyol and Atlético de Madrid.
The balance of the current campaign is also 17 points from nine games shared with five wins, two draws and more losses. The rojiblancos beat Betis, Cádiz and Almería at home and Osasuna and Alavés away; They were drawn in Mallorca and against Getafe in San Mamés; and they kneel against Real Madrid as locals and against Real as visitors.
Of these 17 points, both in the 2022-23 League and currently, ten have been added on their own field and the remaining seven at home. As the difference between the two campaigns up to this stage of the competition, Valverde’s Athletic have scored more goals and conceded fewer then than now. The Lions have scored 16 goals in this championship, one less than a year ago, and have conceded nine, two more than in the previous campaign.
Source: La Verdad
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