But it is totally normal of course. Because these teams are very close to each other in the standings. They have very similar statistics expect the number of goals scored. Athletic Bilbao have been more productive about that so far. But I think they will have big difficulties in this game as for scoring multiple goals. I'm expecting a more controlled game from both sides. My expectation is a draw with goals like 1-1 as well. I don't expect Betis to lose here by benefiting from home stadium advantage.
Athletic Bilbao is having good season, and surely they want to win this match because they have challenging fight for the fourth spot with Real Sociedad and Atlético Madrid both are doing good job but if we have draw or win for the home team Betis then surely this could be not good for them because things could be change very quickly in La Liga in this season.
I don’t see any difference between the performance of Real Bettis and Athletic Bilbao right now. I think this match is going to end in a goalless draw. The only advantage for Athletic Bilbo is that they have better attacking power and they have proved that with quite a lot amount of goals this season.
But the problem is defending from both teams had been bad so far. So, based on the defending I have to change my prediction to 1-1. I also think that real Bettis might have some advantage because it is going to be a home match for them.