This could be an interesting match as Athletic Club have their presumed home advantage while Barcelona are ahead 4 points in the La Liga table.
- Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither Club nor Barcelona as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Athletic Club form and stats
Overall La Liga stats at home this season for Athletic Club are 5-0-3 (wins-draw-losses).
The Athletic Club supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Elche in La Liga and win 1-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Real Sociedad that was lost 0-1.
Club are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Atlético Madrid awaits in three days.
The Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Club are not conceding a lot of goals here at San Mamés Barria in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Barcelona form and stats
Playing away, Barcelona have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga this season. Barcelona love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Barcelona play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Huesca (placed 20th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Eibar.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Granada.
Barcelona have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Athletic Club won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Barcelona has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  L. Messi 7 goals |  A. Fati 4 goals |   I. Muniain Goñi 3 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Athletic Club | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 75% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 56% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 12% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 24% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 11.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 14.4 | 15.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 22% | 29% |
- Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in La Liga
- Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | Sevilla | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Barcelona | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 7 | Granada | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Eibar | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Cadiz | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Levante | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alavés | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 16 | Getafe | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 | Elche | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Valencia | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Osasuna | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Huesca | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 12 |