Getafe host an Athletic side on a roll

Getafe CF and Athletic Club face off on matchday 13 of Liga BBVA. Ernesto Valverde’s men, who are experiencing their best form of the season, are fighting to carry on moving up the table and build on their recent impressive results: they are now five unbeaten.

Meanwhile the Madrid side, despite the fact the visitors are on a roll, need to get back to winning ways following a 2-1 defeat to Villarreal that would keep them safely in mid-table.

Team News The home side's boss Cosmin Contra is without the injured Álvaro Vázquez and the suspended Alexis. Meanwhile Juan Valera will be a doubt for the tie against an Athletic side that have only won once at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. For the visitors Andoni Iraola and Guillermo Fernández are doubtful, while Xabi Etxeita will miss out for Ernesto Valverde’s side with a muscle injury.

View from the dugout "We have to go out with the view to winning at home and I’ve transmitted that to my players. We know that it will be a difficult game, but we also know we can beat them", said Contra in his press conference.