Athletic Bilbao will be out for revenge over Girona on Saturday after losing to this same opponent earlier this season.
Girona is chasing consecutive wins for the first time in 2025 ahead of Saturday’s trip to San Mames, where it will take on an Athletic Bilbao side desperate to join La Liga’s elite. Los Leones sit fourth in Spain’s top flight for the time being and sits just four points below Barcelona directly above, having struggled to display enough consistency to truly trouble this season’s title contenders thus far. In fact, almost one month has passed since Ernesto Valverde’s men last triumphed in La Liga, though it’s been more than four months since they last lost in the competition.
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Game Date: February 8, 2024
Start Time: 8 a.m. ET
Game Venue: San Mames, Bilbao, Spain
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And wouldn’t you know, Girona’s 2-1 win over Athletic back in early October just so happened to be the last time Los Leones failed to take even one point from a league fixture.
Cristhian Stuani’s last-minute penalty sealed a dramatic win for the hosts on that occasion, while Aitor Paredes was shown his marching orders for the Basque contenders.
Athletic twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Real Betis last time out, with Aitor Paredes and Oihan Sancet grabbing the goals for Valverde’s side:
Girona, meanwhile, moved up to seventh after beating Las Palmas 2-1 last time out, where goals from Abel Ruiz and Yaser Asprilla made the difference.
It’s been one month since Michel’s men last put together successive wins split across New Year’s, having lost nine of their last 13 games across all competitions (including penalty shootouts).
It was back during the 2022/23 campaign that Girona last beat Athletic at both home and away, while Los Leones haven’t returned that same favor since the 2018/19 season.
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