📊 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-4 La Liga triumph over Celta Vigo.

In that game, Barcelona managed 61% possession and 21 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Barcelona, goals were scored by Robert Lewandowski (10', 37', 74') and Lamine Yamal (45'). On the other side, Celta Vigo had 5 shots on goal with 3 on target. Carreira (11') and Iglesias (43') scored for Celta Vigo.

Barcelona have been so strong in attack recently, smashing 19 goals past their opponents during the course of their last six matches. In those meetings, Barcelona have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 10. Let’s see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Leading up to this clash, Barcelona:

• have not lost a league tie with Athletic Bilbao in their last 11 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Athletic Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao will come into the clash following a 1-0 La Liga win with the defeat of Real Oviedo in their previous game.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao had 48% possession and 21 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Williams (25'). On the other side, Real Oviedo got 4 shots on goal with 2 on target.

In the course of their six latest matches, Ernesto Valverde's Athletic Bilbao have fired home 6 times, earning them the goals per game average of 1.

A look at their previous results shows us that Athletic Bilbao:

• have not registered a win against Barcelona in games played away from home for the previous 23 league games. Imagine their relief when they finally get an away win.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/10/2023 tells us that Barcelona have won 4 of these games & Athletic Bilbao 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for Barça and 5 netted by Los Leones. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was La Liga match day 38 on 25/05/2025 and the score finished Athletic Bilbao 0-3 Barcelona.

On that day, Athletic Bilbao managed 24% possession and 10 shots at goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, Barcelona had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Robert Lewandowski (14', 17') and Olmo (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Pablo González Fuertes.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Marc-André ter Stegen (Back injury), Pedri (Muscle injury) and Gavi (Arthroscopy) won’t be able to feature for Barcelona manager Hansi Flick. Frenkie de Jong will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We think that Barça look set to use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, utilising Joan Garcia, Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia, Alejandro Balde, Marc Casado, Fermin Lopez, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres and Robert Lewandowski.

🗞️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

From our viewpoint, Los Leones could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Unai Simon, Andoni Gorosabel, Daniel Vivian, Aymeric Laporte, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Mikel Jauregizar, Alex Berenguer, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Barcelona have it within them to convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

However, Athletic Bilbao are also probably going to find it difficult to get a goal of their own but we can see them converting at least once as well.

Our tip is for a decent 3-1 victory for Barcelona at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 15:12 22/11/2025