Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao Odds: Goals and corners on the menu in semi-final clash

Spanish Super Cup holders Athletic Bilbao will be dreaming of a place in their second successive final, but will have to overcome La Liga champions Atletico Madrid in their semi-final clash on Thursday.

Five points separate the pair in La Liga, with Atletico 4th and Bilbao five places lower on 28 points down in 9th. The two played out a goalless draw back in September; a game which saw six yellow cards in total, along with a red for Joao Felix.

Here at BettingOdds.com we've assessed the markets and provided you with our two best bets for the match, as well as which bookmaker has each tip best priced.

As mentioned previously, these two played out a stalemate earlier this term at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. As far as recent seasons go, this has been one of only two draws and a real anomaly in terms of no goals being scored in this fixture. Since the 18/19 campaign, three games have seen two goals scored, while the over 2.5 line has landed in the remaining four.

For a bit of further support to this idea, since last season, six out of nine of Bilbao's cup matches have seen over 2.5 goals in them. Considering that this one is being played at a neutral venue, it's also worth mentioning Atletico's 81.8% success rate for this bet when playing away from home.

Using their last meeting as a reference point again, there were 10 corners in that game - five apiece to be more specific. There wasn't an awful lot to separate them in September and that clash proved to be quite low on quality; Atletico managing just two shots on target in 90 minutes, while Bilbao failed to register any themselves.

In their five most recent La Liga matches, Atletico have racked up 33 corners, which averages out at 6.6 per game. During this time, they conceded a total of 25 corners which works out at five per game. Bilbao's numbers are quite similar in this department too, winning 31 corners in their last five and giving away 19 which works out at an average of 6.2 and 3.8 per game respectively.

With a place in the final at stake, expect a cagey affair in Saudi Arabia where attacks are thwarted in the final third rather frequently. This should result in a fair few corners and this #YourOdds price of 3/1 with William Hill seems too good to pass up.