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Torino FC hosts Athletic Bilbao in a big match for the hosts, who have waited a long time to play among the big boys in the European spring.
Torino finished only 1 point behind Club Brugge in the group stages … clearly surpassing Copenhagen and HJK. The hosts played good football in this European campaign and it was obvious that they were very motivated to do well. Domestically, at the moment Torino is on the 9th place in the Serie A and is riding some excellent form … a series of 4 consecutive wins was stopped by a 1-1 home draw vs. Cagliari in the weekend, but it has to be said that Torino was awful in that clash and probably deserved to lose. For sure the hosts will try to get back to their normal form today and forget that performance vs. Cagliari.
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Bilbao has not won in the last three games, struggling to score and was held to a 0-0 draw by Granada in the last weekend. The visitors had a lot of expectations from this season but they were not able to produce … not domestically and not in the Champions League. Standing on the 13th place in La Liga, Athletic Bilbao doesn’t have anything left to fight for aside from the Europa League, so they will be focused at max for today.
This looks like a draw to me. Of course, Bilbao has more individual talent, but they are not in good form and struggled all season … also playing away is not their speciality. On the other hand Torino played a poor game over the weekend and is the type of team that draws a lot … hard to defeat, but lacking that killer instinct. My tip here will be the draw, a very good percentage – bet in my opinion. Most likely both teams will be satisfied with a tied score. Correct score prediction: Torino – Athletic Bilbao 1-1.
Pick: Draw
Odds: 3.20 @ Bet365
Stake: 5
Possible profit: 11
Event date: 19 February
