Athletic Bilbao
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Barcelona's Alejandro Balde on March 2, 2023

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The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Athletic Bilbao

All competitions

Copa del Rey

Last Game: Valencia 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
Saturday, January 20 at 5.30pm in La Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

Barcelona

All competitions

Copa del Rey

Last Game: Betis 2-4 Barcelona
Sunday, January 21 at 5.30pm in La Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

We say: Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Barcelona

In spite of their well-documented shortcomings, Barcelona remain as sharp as a tack in the final third, scoring in each of their last 15 contests and netting at least two goals in seven of their last eight battles. La Blaugrana will certainly not have it all their own way at San Mames, where familiar opponents Athletic have dispatched teams for fun in recent weeks, but the Lions often lose their attacking bite when faced with a wall of Barca shirts and should fall just short as Xavi's side deny them a fifth successive semi-final appearance. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barcelona win with a probability of 40.72%. A win for Athletic Bilbao had a probability of 34.2% and a draw had a probability of 25.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 0-1 with a probability of 8.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.76%) and 0-2 (6.54%). The likeliest Athletic Bilbao win was 1-0 (7.95%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.8%).

Result
Athletic Bilbao	Draw	Barcelona
34.2% ( -0.2)	25.08% ( 0.32)	40.72% ( -0.12)

Both teams to score 57.11% (

-1.17)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.66% (

-1.5)

46.34% (

1.5)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.37% (

-1.43)

68.63% (

1.43)

Athletic Bilbao Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.83% (

-0.83)

26.17% (

0.83)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.75% (

-1.13)

61.25% (

1.13)

Barcelona Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.35% (

-0.71)

22.65% (

0.71)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.72% (

-1.07)

56.29% (

1.07)

Score Analysis

Athletic Bilbao 34.2%

Barcelona 40.72%

Draw 25.08%

Athletic Bilbao	Draw	Barcelona
1-0 @ 7.95% ( 0.31) 2-1 @ 7.91% ( -0.04) 2-0 @ 5.33% ( 0.09) 3-1 @ 3.53% ( -0.1) 3-2 @ 2.62% ( -0.13) 3-0 @ 2.38% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 1.18% ( -0.06) Other @ 3.3% Total : 34.2%	1-1 @ 11.8% ( 0.23) 0-0 @ 5.93% ( 0.37) 2-2 @ 5.87% ( -0.15) 3-3 @ 1.3% ( -0.1) Other @ 0.18% Total : 25.08%	0-1 @ 8.8% ( 0.37) 1-2 @ 8.76% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 6.54% ( 0.14) 1-3 @ 4.34% ( -0.1) 0-3 @ 3.24% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.91% ( -0.14) 1-4 @ 1.61% ( -0.07) 0-4 @ 1.2% ( -0.02) 2-4 @ 1.08% ( -0.08) Other @ 2.25% Total : 40.72%

How you voted: Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona

Athletic Bilbao

21.6%

Draw

12.1%

Barcelona

66.3%

Head to Head

Oct 22, 2023 8pm

Gameweek 10

1-0

Guiu (80')
Gavi (16'), Romeu (41'), Guiu (83'), Guiu (83')

Garcia (37'), Ares (73'), de Marcos (89')

Mar 12, 2023 8pm

Gameweek 25

0-1

Raphinha (45+1')

Oct 23, 2022 8pm

Gameweek 11

4-0

Dembele (12'), Roberto (18'), Lewandowski (22'), Torres (73')

Feb 27, 2022 8pm

Gameweek 26

4-0

Aubameyang (37'), Dembele (73'), De Jong (90'), Depay (90+3')
Busquets (48'), Pique (70')

Balenziaga (54')

Jan 20, 2022 8.30pm

Round of 16

3-2

Muniain (2', 105+1' pen.), Martinez (86')
Garcia (30'), de Marcos (104'), Williams (119'), Muniain (120')

Torres (20'), Pedri (90+3')
Pique (76'), Pedri (97'), de Jong (104'), Alba (105')

Valencia 1-0 Athletic Bilbao

Form Guide

Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Alaves

Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Real Sociedad

Eibar 0-3 Athletic Bilbao

Sevilla 0-2 Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Las Palmas

Betis 2-4 Barcelona

Unionistas 1-3 Barcelona

Real Madrid 4-1 Barcelona

Barcelona 2-0 Osasuna

Barbastro 2-3 Barcelona

Las Palmas 1-2 Barcelona

Build-up

Barcelona's Raphinha looks dejected after the match on December 16, 2023

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Barcelona's Joao Cancelo before the match on September 3, 2023

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Barcelona midfielder Gavi on September 19, 2023

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Xavi admits Barcelona "didn't want" to draw Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona coach Xavi before the match on December 10, 2023

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