A rival with great danger for Athletic visits Bilbao

Athletic already know how Míchel’s Girona spend it as a visitor. Last Liga, without going further, they took three points from San Mamés in a match in which the lions scored two own goals and in which Unai Simón had to be substituted at half-time due to injury. The Gironins were then fighting to keep the category. Now they arrive in Bilbao with a ten-point lead over the lions and after suffering their first defeat away from home in the Liga the previous matchday.

The numbers for Girona are impressive. Valverde’s men, it is true, were not bad in their visit to Montilivi in ​​the first round, although they had to settle for the final 1-1. We will have to see what the response is now from Míchel’s team at San Mamés.

The Catalan team’s league record away from home was almost perfect until the last day of December. The albirrojos started the championship by adding a point in their visit to Anoeta (1-1) and since then they have successively defeated Sevilla (1-2), Granada (2-4), Villarreal (1- 2), Cádiz (0). -1), Osasuna (2-4), Rayo (1-2), and Barça (2-4). Amazing.

Míchel’s team said goodbye to 2023 by signing a draw against Betis in Villamarín (1-1). Since then things have not been far from Montilivi. Their next outing, in Athletic’s fashion, ended in a draw (0-0) with Almería. Later they got three points from Balaídos (0-1) and on the last day they resolutely fell at the Bernabéu (4-0).

27 points out

That was the only defeat that appeared in Girona’s locker away from their stadium. The balance of points added since the start of League away at home is 27 points, the result of 8 wins, 3 draws and the aforementioned defeat to the Real Madrid fiefdom. Míchel’s men, who have a total of 56 points, 10 more than Athletic, have added 27 of them away from home. Another fact to consider is that his scoring record from Montilivi is 22 goals, the same as the leader of Madrid and Barça as visitors.