Athletic Club vs Plzen

Athletic Club have never lost a home match against Czech opposition (W1 D2), already beating Slavia Prague in this season’s UEFA Europa League.

This is Viktoria Plzen’s first ever meeting with Athletic Club – they’ve lost all five of their previous away games against Spanish opposition, most recently a 5-1 loss at Barcelona in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League.

Including qualifiers, Athletic Club have won 11 of their last 14 European home games (L3), winning each of their three home games in the UEFA Europa League this season without conceding a goal.

Viktoria Plzen have only lost one of their last 13 away games in European competition (inc. qualifiers), winning on nine of those 13 trips (D3).

Both Matej Vydra and Prince Adu have three goals in this season’s UEFA Europa League; the only Viktoria Plzen players to score more in a single season in major European competition are Marek Bakos and Michael Krmencik (both 4 in 2017-18).