Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Athletic Club & FC Barcelona face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Del Rey. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Athletic Club saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super Cup. This match was also played here at San Mamés Barria. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, FC Barcelona have had more rest.
Athletic Club form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the final.The story so far in the La Liga for Athletic Club at their home stadium (San Mamés Barria) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The Athletic Club crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Real Madrid here at San Mamés Barria in a Super Cup match. Martínez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.14 out of 10. The defender Martínez hit one key pass and won 1 of 3 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Atletico Madrid.The manager Toral will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rayo Vallecano in only three days.
Athletic Club has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
FC Barcelona form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for FC Barcelona, as they won the Copa Del Rey.As the visiting team in La Liga matches, FC Barcelona have produced an overall stat of 2-6-2 so far.
FC Barcelona failed to get anything from their last game, a Super Cup home match vs Real Madrid (after extra-time) that ended with defeat 2-3. The attacker Dembélé got a match rating of 9.44 in that game. Dembélé hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 7 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Granada.The visiting FC Barcelona have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Barcelona have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Athletic Club three wins, three draws and FC Barcelona four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Depay 8 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |  O. Sancet Tirapu 4 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| Athletic Club | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 49 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | FC Barcelona | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Valencia | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Granada | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Elche | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Mallorca | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 20 |
| 17 | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | Levante | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 11 |
