Newcastle have made a promising start to their Champions League campaign and have a good chance to kick on when entertaining Athletic Bilbao.
The Spanish side got the better of Qarabag at home in the last round of European fixtures, but have generally struggled both in this competition and LaLiga of late, especially on the road, with four defeats and a draw from five away trips.
We like 13/10 for the Magpies to win by more than one clear goal on the handicaps list for our first Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao prediction .
Betting Odds
Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao Result - 25/26 Champions League
Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao Betting Odds – Champions League 2025/26
Result | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
Newcastle | 4/11 | 73.3% |
Athletic Bilbao | 8/1 | 11.1% |
Draw | 10/3 | 23.1% |
Liverpool are favoured to make the Anfield crowd count with odds of 13/10 to win this fixture in the Champions League. Real Madrid can be backed as 17/10 second favourites while the draw is currently priced at 11/4
*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.
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How To Watch
How To Watch Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao
This match will be shown live on TNT Sports 2 and is scheduled to kick off at 20:00 GMT on Wednesday night.
Head To Head
Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao Head-To-Head Record
These teams clashed in the old UEFA Cup way back in 1994, when Newcastle won 3-2 but Athletic ultimately went through on the away goals rule after a 1-0 victory in Bilbao.
Newcastle Form Guide
United’s domestic form has been disappointing this term, and Sunday’s 3-1 loss away to struggling West Ham left them languishing in 13th place in the Premier League table. There has been much more to like about their Champions League efforts, though, despite kicking off with a 2-1 home defeat by Barcelona.
Newcastle got back on track with an emphatic 4-0 triumph away to Union St Gilloise and built on that by beating Benfica 3-0 at St James’ Park. Anthony Gordon has scored in all three European fixtures so far and is quoted at 7/4 to strike at any time again here in the Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao odds.
Athletic Bilbao Form Guide
Club legend Ernesto Valverde is in his third spell as Athletic manager and led them to Copa del Rey glory in 2023/24, giving them a first major trophy in 40 years. Fourth place in LaLiga last term was another fine effort, but dreams of winning the Europa League in their own stadium were crushed by a 7-1 aggregate loss to Manchester United.
This season started brightly with a hat-trick of LaLiga victories, but since then the record is a worrying two wins, two draws and seven defeats. Arsenal were too strong in a 2-0 Bilbao success, and Athletic then went down 4-1 away to Borussia Dortmund.
Beating Qarabag 3-1 at San Mames was a boost, but subsequent back-to-back LaLiga losses against Getafe and Real Sociedad do not read well. On the plus side, Valverde’s men haven’t been behind at half-time in their last five games. It was 0-0 at the break when they faced the Gunners back in mid-September and only 1-0 in Dortmund after the opening period.
Let’s add a BOYLE Sports price boost of 10/3 for Draw HT/Newcastle FT to our Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao betting tips.
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