Athletic stay on 6th position after they were defeated 4-1 by Barcelona last weekend. The hosts will be confident and try to get all three points against Almeria on Sunday evening. Bilbao have a competitive workforce and coach Caparros duty is to get the maximum performance out of the players they have. Led by forward Fernando Llorente and Bilbao legend Joseba Etxeberria, Los Leones finished a disappointing thirteenth last season, only two points above possible relegation. But this season is different and they play very well especially at San Mames.

Almeria are in solid form and they won three games from their last seven. They lie in 12th place in the table on 37 points after recording nine wins, ten draws and eleven defeats. They drew 1-1 with Mallorca last round. The departure of Bruno, Mane and Carlos Garcia left the defence in a little disarray. On the other side, coach Hugo Sanchez has shown an ability to breed confidence in his team to avoid relegation to the second tier.
I think Athletic will narrowly win this game…home win