Both teams will be motivated to make a positive impression on Monday, most notably Athletic because of their high-profile change in leadership. Mallorca may have their moments at San Mames, but we feel that the home side will edge this contest by the odd goal in three.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Athletic Bilbao win with a probability of 57.74%. A draw had a probability of 25.4% and a win for Mallorca had a probability of 16.87%.
The most likely scoreline for an Athletic Bilbao win was 1-0 with a probability of 16.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.58%) and 2-1 (8.92%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.44%), while for a Mallorca win it was 0-1 (7.34%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 10.4% likelihood.