It is fourth from top against fourth from bottom in La Liga as Athletic Bilbao welcome Las Palmas to the San Mames Barria on Wednesday evening.
The hosts are aiming to keep their place in the top four, which would yield a UEFA Champions League (UCL) place for next season, while an alternative route would be to win the UEFA Europa League (UEL), where they face a two-legged semi-final against Manchester United.
Bilbao narrowly lost 1-0 away to Real Madrid last time out, their first defeat in nine games in all competitions. At home though, they are unbeaten since January, and have won their previous two matches.
In contrast to Bilbao, Las Palmas are hoping to avoid relegation as they sit just one point above the drop zone. They did impressively beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home last time out though, and are aiming for three wins in a row.
Bilbao have won the previous three H2Hs though, and are unbeaten in the last four. Nonetheless, the hosts will be favourites to take home all three points.
How the bookies view it: Bilbao big favourites
As expected, Bilbao are 1/3 odds-on favourites with BoyleSports to win this one, while a draw is priced at 7/2 with the same bookmaker. A Las Palmas victory is priced as far out as 13/2.
Recent head-to-head: Bilbao edge five-goal thriller
In the reverse fixture in September, Bilbao edged a thriller 3-2 thanks to goals from Oihan Sancet, Aitor Paredes and Nico Williams, with Nico's older brother Inaki bagging himself all three assists. Sandro Ramirez and Alex Munoz netted for the hosts, while Mikel Jauregizar was also sent off for the vicitors.
Players to watch: Strikers should make difference
I Williams was so influential in the reverse fixture, and he can be backed at 7/4 with BoyleSports to score anytime for Bilbao.
Equally, Fabio Silva has been in good form for Las Palmas, recently reaching double figures for league goals.
Predicted lineups
N Williams could be rested again for Bilbao ahead of a crucial UEL semi-final, while Sancet, a scorer in the reverse fixture, could return to the starting XI.
Las Palmas number one Jasper Cillessen remains out, so Dinko Horkas should continue in between the sticks.
Athletic Bilbao: Simon, De Marcos, Vivian, Yeray, Lekue, Ruiz, Jauregizar, Djalo, Sancet, Gomez, I Williams.
Las Palmas: Horkas, Viti, Suarez, McKenna, Marmol, Munoz, Essugo, Bajcetic, Moleiro, McBurnie, Silva.
Anything else catch the eye?
Bilbao are unsurprisingly heavy favourites to win, so we need to be clever in terms of the markets we explore. The handicap market could be one to look at, with the hosts at 21/20 with BoyleSports to win with a -1 handicap.
The same bookmaker are also offering a price boost of 5/2 for Bilbao to win both halves, which is also worthy of a punt in our eyes.
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