Athletic Bilbao Vs Barcelona Prediction And Betting Tips

Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona Preview

Athletic Bilbao has won three, drawn one, and lost one of their last five matches across all competitions. Yuri Berchiche’s brace gave Bilbao the lead early in the third minute as they led 2-0 over Mallorca at halftime. Iker Muniain and Gorka Guruzeta both scored goals in the second half to give Bilbao a 4–0 victory last weekend.

Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid squared off in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal. Athletic Bilbao won 1-0 and advanced to the Semi-finals thanks to a penalty kick from Alejandro Berenguer Remiro in the 25th minute.

Barcelona have three wins and two losses in their previous five games across all competitions. Just four minutes into the second half, Ilkay Gundogan doubled Barcelona’s lead after Robert Lewandowski had given the team a 1-0 lead at the interval last week against Alves.

Samu Omorodion put Alaves on the scoreboard, and Vitor Roque was sent off shortly after. Nevertheless, Barcelona managed to hold on and won 3-1. Barcelona’s next game was a thrilling six-goal contest against Granada. Barcelona took an early lead thanks to a goal from Lamine Yamal, but before halftime, Granada’s Ricard Sanchez equalized. After that, Facundo Pellistri gave Granada the lead, but Lewandowski’s goal three minutes later tied the score once more. Ignasi Miquel reclaimed Granada’s advantage, but Yamal’s second goal forced the 3

Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona Team News

Frenkie de Jong Barcelona — Frenkie de Jong (From Getty Images)

With Ander Herrera’s hamstring injury sustained in mid-February, Ernesto Valverde presently has just one issue to deal with.

After decisively defeating Getafe in their match at Montjuic, Barcelona are now facing some extremely important matchups. They play Athletic Club this weekend to start their busy schedule, and their next four games are against Atletico Madrid and Napoli. The likes of Gavi, Alejandro Balde, Marcos Alonso, and Ferran Torres are all out this weekend for Xavi.

Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona Predicted Lineups

Here are the Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona lineups:-

Athletic Bilbao Predicted XI

Simon; De Marcos, Vivian, Yeray, Yuri; Ruiz de Galarreta, Prados; I Williams, Berenguer, Asu Ares; Guruzeta

Barcelona Predicted XI

Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, I Martinez, Cancelo; Gundogan, Christensen, F de Jong; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Pedri

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Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona Head-to-Head (Last 5 Meetings)

Athletic Bilbao 4-2 Barcelona
Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Barcelona
Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao