Athletic Bilbao will be bidding to return to winning ways in Spain's top flight when they welcome Valencia to San Mames on Sunday night.
The Basque outfit will enter the contest off the back of a 1-0 defeat to the reigning champions Barcelona, while Valencia beat Cadiz 2-0 last time out to end a four-game winless run in the league.
The loss was Athletic's third in the league this season, but it has still been a positive start to the campaign for the Basque outfit, who have a record of five wins, two draws and three defeats from 10 matches, with a total of 17 points leaving them in sixth position in the table.
The Lions will be pleased to be back on home soil this weekend, as they have won three and drawn one of their last four matches at San Mames, including a 3-0 success over Almeria last time out in front of their own fans.
Ernesto Valverde's side finished eighth in La Liga last season, but they were fourth as recently as 2013-14 and also claimed fifth in 2015-16, so a push for the European positions is not beyond them.
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