📏 Form Guide

Athletic Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-1 La Liga triumph over Valencia.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao managed 44% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Álex Berenguer (72'). On the other side, Valencia got 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

An interesting aspect of more recent Athletic Bilbao games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their prior 6 clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost.

Leading up to this clash, Athletic Bilbao:

• have not beaten Barcelona in their last 10 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 15 home league matches. Incredible, really.

Barcelona

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Villarreal in La Liga action, Barcelona and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Barcelona had 69% possession and 24 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Barcelona, the scorers were Lamine Yamal (38') and Fermín López (45'). On the other side, Villarreal got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Ayoze Pérez (4'), Santi Comesaña (50') and Tajon Buchanan (80') scored for Villarreal.

Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, Barcelona have bagged a total of 16 goals. Barcelona have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During that period, they have had 14 goals scored by their opponents. Such a trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, however.

A look at their previous results shows us that Barcelona:

• haven't been beaten by Athletic Bilbao when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. A very good run of results for them.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 10 away league matches. What an impressive run of results.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 12/03/2023 shows us that Athletic Bilbao have won 1 of these games and Barcelona 4, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them from Los Leones and 8 netted by Barça. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

📋 Team News: Athletic Bilbao

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Álvaro Djaló (flu) misses out.

It looks as if Los Leones look set to kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match and select Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Unai Nunez, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Mikel Jauregizar, Alex Berenguer, Unai Gomez, Nico Williams and Maroan Sannadi.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has some current player fitness concerns. Ferran Torres (Appendicitis) and Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

We reckon that Barça might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with M. ter Stegen, Eric Garcia, Andreas Christensen, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde, Marc Casado, Gavi, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Athletic Bilbao should get enough chances to get a goal against this Barcelona outfit, but one goal might not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 1-2 win for Barcelona at the end of the match. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Andre Moura, 18:02 25/05/2025