Can Athletic Club knock FC Barcelona in San Mamés Barria clash?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

Round two of the La Liga campaign and the sides have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the best Athletic Club - FC Barcelona match guide:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Athletic Club form and stats

In the previous season, Athletic Club's league stats were 11 wins, 13 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 10th place in the La Liga. In these 38 matches they scored 46 goals and let in 42. Playing as the host team in the previous season Athletic Club delivered 8-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 19 conceded.

Stress levels are on the rise for Athletic Club's attacking players as they have now played 388 minutes without scoring in a league game. O. Sancet was their last goal scorer.

Athletic Club shared the glory with Elche in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Iker Muniain (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Muniain hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Elche (0-2).

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FC Barcelona form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Barcelona performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 85 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 41/18 goals scored/conceded.

Barcelona had fun at their own home (San Mamés Barria) last time out, beating Real Sociedad 4-2. Martin Braithwaite (2), Gerard Piqué and Sergi Roberto scored. Attacker Martin Braithwaite got a player rating of 9.2 in the game. "Man of the match" Braithwaite scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for FC Barcelona, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Preceding that game was the away victory against Eibar with the score of 1-0.

Head 2 Head

Club-FC Barcelona H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Athletic Club three wins, FC Barcelona five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaM. Braithwait
M. Braithwait
2 goals
FC BarcelonaG. Pique
G. Pique
1 goals
FC BarcelonaS. Roberto Carnicer
S. Roberto Carnicer
1 goals

Athletic Club missing players

FC Barcelona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Athletic Club FC Barcelona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 9
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 44%
Athletic Club Last season FC Barcelona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 8   Won W   13 24
13 6   Drew D   2 7
14 5   Lost L   4 7
46 29   Scored S   41 85
42 19   Conceded C   18 38
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
71% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 82%
39% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 63%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 37%
5% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 24%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 58%
24% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 37%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   11% 8%
 
5.2 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.7
4.1 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.7
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.5 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   13.9 14.4
3.3 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.8
37% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 39%

  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 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 FC Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Granada 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 FC Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30

Athletic Club:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 FC Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Granada 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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