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Athletic Club vs Elche match preview
After suffering a potentially seriously damaging defeat in mid-week, this game is simply must win if Athletic Club are to remain in the hunt for European qualification.
On Thursday night, Ernesto Valverde’s team put in an underwhelming display, beaten 2-0 by local-rivals Osasuna at El Sadar.
This saw Athletic slip down to eighth, thereby vacating the Europa Conference League spot, with Osasuna now above them on head-to-head record.
The Lions have not featured in UEFA competition since 2017/18 and, having lost four of their last six, look set to miss out once again.
Given that Athletic’s final day fixture is against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu, failure to win here would all but end their top seven hopes.
Visitors Elche meanwhile are enjoying their longest unbeaten run of the season, coming some weeks after their relegation to the Segunda División was confirmed.
This means Sebastián Beccacece’s team have accumulated eight points from their last five outings, with two of Elche’s four victories this season coming during this period.
Nevertheless, Athletic Club will surely fancy their chances of victory at San Mamés.
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