Athletic is my favorite here.

They have been doing great in the beginning of the season, but are in bad form now. In my opinion they are now underperforming a bit, due to back luck in some games/actions and some difficult matches against strong teams. But the team has a lot of potential as shown in the first rounds, making a great football.

At home they are a very intense team and difficult to beat. They have huge crowd support and the team is always playing with a lot of pressure and high pace there, so it’s very difficult for the rivals to stop them.

They are not out of european positions and two points below, so this game it’s important to continue in the fight for those positions and because they have won just one of the last 6 games. Key player and captain Muniain is back from injury and totally available.

On the other hand, Valladolid is doing great and now are in a quiet position. At home they achieved 13 of the 17 points they have so far, while the visitors just achieved a draw against Sevilla (in awful form in relegation zone) in the first round and a victory 2:3 against Getafe (who missed a penalty and it’s a relegation team). They lost the rest of away games (4).

They have played against two teams with a similar style to Athletic at home (lot of pace, fast football, high pressure…):

• Real Sociedad at home, where they won 1:0 but the guests totally outplayed them, with two goals disallowed by VAR, 20 shots, 75% possession…
• Osasuna away, where lost 2:0 and this is a very similar game to what I’m expecting. Osasuna put a lot of intensity at home, attacking from everywhere and being very similar to what Athletic Bilbao use to do at home. Osasuna totally outplayed them, scored two goals in 20 minutes, made 20 shots (10 on target) and then had full control of the game. Valladolid weren’t able to stop them.

I’m expecting a strong start and a good performance by Athletic, who needs points more than Valladolid and has more quality. Furthermore, they are a strong home team and should be able to win against a team who concede a lot and it’s easy to dominate.

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我最喜欢运动。

他们在赛季初表现很好，但现在状态很差。在我看来，他们现在表现欠佳，这是由于一些比赛/行动的运气不佳，以及一些与强队的艰难比赛。但这支球队有很大的潜力，正如在第一轮比赛中所显示的，他们会踢出一场伟大的足球。

在主场，他们是一支非常激烈的球队，很难被击败。他们有大量的球迷支持，球队总是在那里有很大的压力和高节奏的比赛，所以对手很难阻止他们。

他们并没有脱离欧洲联赛的位置，而且还落后两分，所以这场比赛继续为这些位置而战是很重要的，因为他们在过去的6场比赛中只赢了一场。关键球员兼队长穆尼亚因伤愈复出，完全可以上场。

另一方面，瓦拉多利德做得很好，现在处于一个安静的位置。在主场，他们拿到了17分中的13分，而客队在首轮刚刚战平塞维利亚(在降级区状态糟糕)，并以2:3击败赫塔菲(赫塔菲罚丢点球，属于降级球队)。他们输掉了剩下的4场客场比赛。

他们在主场对阵过两支与竞技风格相似的球队(节奏快，速度快，压力大……)

我期待着竞技队有一个强劲的开局和出色的表现，他们比瓦拉多利德更需要积分，也更有实力。此外，他们是一支强大的主队，应该能够战胜一支经常失球的球队，而且很容易占据统治地位。