Man United vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions - Red Devils to see the tie out at home

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 07 May 2025

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Ralph Staniforth 07 May 2025

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Man United are unbeaten at home in the Europa League 2024/25.
United secured a decisive 3-0 win at Bilbao in the first leg.
Athletic Bilbao face form struggles and key player absences.

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Man United have won 4 of their last 5 home Europa League games (Getty)

Man United vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions

Manchester United are undefeated on home soil this season in the Europa League. They also lead 3-0 after the first leg, so things should be comfortable on Thursday.

Man United vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions
Head to Head
Man United Form
Man United Injuries & Team News
Athletic Bilbao Form
Athletic Bilbao Injuries & Team News

Man United have won 4 of their last 5 home Europa League games.
Man United won 3-0 against Bilbao last week.
Athletic Bilbao have lost 2 of their previous 4 matches.

Head to Head

Athletic Bilbao have won three of their five games against Manchester United, however, United were 3-0 winners in Spain last week.

Man United Form

Ruben Amorim’s Man United are undefeated in the 2024/25 Europa League. They have won seven of their last 10 games and four victories have come at Old Trafford.

United drew 2-2 with Lyon during their last home Europa League game and eventually won 5-4 after extra time. A 1-0 defeat at Wolves and a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth followed before United thrashed Athletic Bilbao 3-0.

The Red Devils couldn’t carry winning momentum into the Premier League and lost 4-3 at Brentford. Mason Mount scored first and United conceded three before Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo scored late.

Man United Injuries & Team News

Forward Chido Obi isn’t registered to feature in the Europa League.

Defenders Lisandro Martínez, Diogo Dalot and Matthijs de Ligt are ruled out.

Attacker Joshua Zirkzee and Toby Collyer are also unavailable due to injury.

Athletic Bilbao Form

Athletic Bilbao were on an eight-match unbeaten run before a recent dip in form. The La Liga outfit have failed to win in three of their last four matches.

This patchy run began with a 1-0 defeat at Real Madrid. The Lions then beat Las Palmas 1-0 and lost 3-0 at home against Man United in the Europa League.

Ernesto Valverde’s side played out a goalless draw at Real Sociedad on Sunday. Bilbao had just three shots, 40% possession and held out for a point.

Athletic Bilbao Injuries & Team News

Defender Dani Vivian is suspended.

Midfielder Oihan Sancet is injured and won’t feature on Thursday.

Verdict

Man Utd v Athletic Bilbao

Man United are in solid Europa League form and can defeat Athletic Bilbao at Old Trafford. There is value on a Red Devils home victory in the semi-final second leg.

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Ralph is from South Africa and studied Sports Science post school at ETA (Education Teachers Academy) in Cape Town.

He has always had a great passion for sport and this led him into the world of sports journalism, while coaching on the side. Since 2012 Ralph has worked as a journalist and covered many topics from business to sport.

Over the last seven years he has interviewed numerous top rugby and cricket players and coaches in South Africa.

Ralph has been betting on sports for the last ten years. He’s knowledgeable on numerous topics including football, rugby, cricket, tennis and golf.

He supports Manchester United (football), Cheetahs (rugby), Knights (cricket) and has a newly found appreciation for Dominic Thiem on the tennis courts.