1st position in the La Liga table for Barcelona so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Athletic Club visits Camp Nou.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Barcelona form and stats
Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (69) in La Liga, have been outstanding at home so far in the La Liga with 14 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Barcelona has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Camp Nou. We remember; it was Real Madrid.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Barcelona, as their goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has completely shut out the opponents for 360 minutes in the La Liga.
An away draw last time out for Barcelona, facing Sevilla in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Barcelona won a home game hosting Leganes (2-0).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Barcelona home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Barcelona are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Celta de Vigo awaits in four days.
Barcelona always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Camp Nou with 47 goals in 15 league games. Barcelona are not conceding a lot of goals here at Camp Nou in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athletic Club so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 2-8-5 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Iñigo Martínez secured the home win 1-0 against Real Betis in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Eibar that ended 2-2.
A victory against Real Betis as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Athletic hit the posts three times.
You'll want to know how Athletic managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
A new game in only four days for Athletic, the La Liga home match versus Mallorca. Busy days.
Athletic have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Athletic Club in these games.
Head 2 Head
Athletic Club - Barcelona 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Barcelona wins - draws - Athletic Club wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Messi 21 goals |  L. Suárez Díaz 11 goals |   R. García Escudero 10 goals |
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| Barcelona | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 20 | 14 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 69 | 47 | 14 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 31 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 26 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 87% |
| 80% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 67% |
| 63% | 73% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 40% | 27% |
| 47% | 53% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 27% | 47% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 7% |
| 50% | 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 47% |
| 37% | 40% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 37% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 30% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 374 | 213 | 72 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 134 | 346 |
| 179 | 108 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 41 | 109 |
| 39% | 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 39% | 30% |
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barcelona has the most points (43) at home
- Barcelona has the most scored goals (47) at home
- Barcelona has the most scored goals (69)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the second half (34)
- Barcelona has the the best goal difference (+35) at home
- Barcelona has the the best goal difference (+38)
- Barcelona have not yet lost a game at home.
- Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Athletic Club.
- Barcelona is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 38 | 65 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 35 | 62 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Getafe | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 48 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 47 |
| 8 | Valencia | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | -4 | 43 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 42 |
| 10 | Granada | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Levante | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -6 | 38 |
| 12 | Deportivo Alaves | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -8 | 35 |
| 13 | Osasuna | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -9 | 35 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -8 | 34 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 33 |
| 16 | Eibar | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 29 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 27 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 31 | -21 | 26 |
| 19 | Leganes | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 24 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -23 | 24 |