📊 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-2 La Liga success vs Espanyol.

In that match, Barcelona had 69% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Barcelona, the goalscorers were Olmo (86') and Robert Lewandowski (90'). At the other end, Espanyol got 14 attempts on goal with 7 on target.

Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that huge efforts have been put in by the Barcelona rearguard. Barcelona have given the opposition little, seeing the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past six outings standing at 4. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Athletic Bilbao

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Last time out, Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1 in the La Liga match with Osasuna.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 51% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Guruzeta (71'). On the other side, Osasuna had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. García (34') was the scorer for Osasuna.

Over the course of 5 of the past six clashes involving Athletic Bilbao, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell works out to a mere 1.5, with the average goals for Los Leones standing at 0.67.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 24/01/2024 tells us that Barcelona have won 4 of them & Athletic Bilbao 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 13 for Barça and 5 for Los Leones. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league match between these sides was La Liga match day 13 on 22/11/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao.

That day, Barcelona had 68% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Robert Lewandowski (4'), Torres (45', 90') and López (48').

For their opponents, Athletic Bilbao had 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez.

🗞️ Team News: Barcelona

Gavi (Arthroscopy) and Andreas Christensen (Ligament tear) won’t be available for Barcelona manager Hansi Flick.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Aymeric Laporte (Hamstring injury), Unai Egiluz (Cruciate ligament tear) and Beñat Prados (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

In this game, Athletic Bilbao won’t find it easy at all to put one past a Barcelona side who appear set to boss this game in attack, midfield and defence.

We predict a very comprehensive 3-0 winning scoreline for Barcelona when all is said and done.

Victor Martins, 18:00 07/01/2026