Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao

 Last Game
Nov 21, 2009 Barcelona, T 1-1 
 
 Next Game
Nov 29, 2009 at Almería, 11:00 am 
Last Meeting: Jan 25, 2009, L 1-2 
 Team Report
Next Match: at home to Barcelona, November 21

Europe: UEFA Europa League (Group L)

Athletic Bilbao began the season in style, winning the first three matches to sit joint tip of the table alongside Barcelona and Real Madrid. The Basques then dropped into the bottom half of the table after picking up just one point from the next five games, but have won their last two since then to move back up to eighth place. Joaquin Caparros' side now sits just a point behind sixth-placed Mallorca, but faces a difficult match at home to league leader Barcelona on Saturday. Veteran forward Joseba Etxeberria will be keen to score in that match, having netted against every other Primera Division outfit but never against the Catalans. Gorka Iraizoz, Fernando Llorente, Gaizka Toquero and Iker Muniain should all shake off their respective injuries in time for Saturday's match, but Aitor Ocio is set to miss out again.

last updated on Nov 19 (updates weekly by PA SportsTicker) 
 Scores & Fixtures
 Last Five Games
 Date Opponent Result
 Sun, Oct 18 Sporting de Gijón L 1-2
 Sun, Oct 25 at Getafe L 0-2
 Sat, Oct 31 Atlético Madrid W 1-0
 Sun, Nov 8 at Racing Santander W 2-0
 Sat, Nov 21 Barcelona D 1-1
 Next Five Games
 Date Opponent Time
 Sun, Nov 29 at Almería 11:00 am EST
 Sun, Dec 6 Valencia 11:00 am EST
 Sun, Dec 13 at Zaragoza 11:00 am EST
 Sun, Dec 20 Osasuna 11:00 am EST
 Sun, Jan 3 at Mallorca 11:00 am EST
 Full Schedule
 
 2009-10 Table
 Team W D L Pts
 Real Madrid 9 1 1 28
 Barcelona 8 3 0 27
 Sevilla 8 1 2 25
 Deportivo La Coruña 7 1 3 22
 Valencia 6 3 1 21
 Mallorca 5 2 3 17
 Athletic Bilbao 5 2 4 17
 Sporting de Gijón 4 4 2 16
 Espanyol Barcelona 3 4 3 13
 Osasuna 3 3 4 12
 Almería 3 3 4 12
 Getafe 4 0 6 12
 Zaragoza 3 2 5 11
 Valladolid 2 4 4 10
 Tenerife 3 1 7 10
 Villarreal 2 3 5 9
 Racing Santander 1 4 6 7
 Atlético Madrid 1 4 6 7
 Xerez 1 3 6 6
 Málaga 1 2 7 5
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