Athletic Bilbao will be looking to halt a five-game winless run in all competitions when they continue their La Liga campaign away to relegation-threatened Real Valladolid on Friday night.

The visitors will enter the contest off the back of a 1-0 home defeat to Barcelona, while Real Valladolid shared the points with bottom-of-the-table Elche last time out.

Players to watch: Loanee recruit Cyle Larin has asserted himself as Valladolid’s greatest attacking threat, having registered four of the club’s six goals since his debut in January.

Athletic will be hoping Gorka Guruzeta can be inspired by the double he scored in the reverse H2H, for those were his last two competitive goals.

Hot stat: Valladolid’s 25 LL matches this season have produced 15 half-time draws – the equal-most in the division. The ten half-time leaders have an unbeaten W9, D1 full-time record!

Real Valladolid La Liga form:

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Athletic Bilbao La Liga form:

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Athletic Bilbao form (all competitions):

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Real Valladolid possible starting lineup:

Asenjo; Fresneda, Fernandez, El Yamiq, Olaza; Plata, Aguado, Perez, Sanchez, Plano; Marin

Athletic Bilbao possible starting lineup:

Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Vivian, I Martinez, Balenziaga; D Garcia, Vesga; Muniain, Sancet, N Williams; I Williams

Real Valladolid 1-1 Athletic Bilbao

These two teams have not shared the points at the home of Real Valladolid since February 2013, but we are backing a stalemate on Friday night. Athletic’s recent form has been disappointing, so it is difficult to back them to win, and Real Valladolid certainly have enough about them to claim a share of the spoils in this match.