Athletic receives Betis on Sunday with the aim of closing an eight-game winning streak against a denied rival in Bilbao in recent years after losing in its eight visits to the new San Mamés, seven of them in league competition and one in the Copa del Rey. The last Verdiblanca victory in the capital of Biscay dates back to the farewell to the disappeared Cathedral, on August 19, 2012, in which Bielsa’s league debut was in charge of the rojiblanco team..
The team led then by Pepe Mel started that 2012-13 campaign with a spectacular 3-5 recorded with goals from Molina (2), Rubén Castro, Pozuelo and Beñat that neutralized the local goals of San José, who scored two, and De Marcos. . The eight subsequent games, all already at the stadium that opened in September 2013, resulted in a local victory.
Athletic began the series with the 2-1 of the 2013-2014 season materialized with the goals of De Marcos and San José for the rojiblancos and Jorge Molina for the verdiblancos. The streak continued with the 3-1 of the 2015-2016 (Sabin Merino 2 and Rico / Rubén Castro); 2-1 of 2016-2017 (Aduriz, penalty and Muniain / Rubén Castro); 2-0 in 2017-2018 (Muniain and Aduriz), 1-0 in 2018-2019 (Muniain) and 2019-2020 (Iñigo Martínez) and 4-0 last season (Víctor Ruiz, own door, Capa, Muniain and Berenguer).
In addition, both teams met in Bilbao on January 15, 2014 in the second leg of the Copa del Rey round of 16 in a match that resulted in a 2-0 victory for the rojiblanco team after a double by Mikel Rico. The balance of the 55 Athletic-Betis league games played in the Biscayan capital is 32 local wins, 7 visitors and 16 draws
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