It's advantage Barcelona so far with their 3rd position in the La Liga table, welcoming Athletic Club who are placed 9th.
- Barcelona has the most scored goals (39) in La Liga
- Athletic Club has the fewest points (6) away in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither Barcelona nor Athletic Club 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.
Barcelona form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Camp Nou as Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (39) in La Liga, have scored 21 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the La Liga are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Barcelona has won their last four matches. Two draws in a row at home now for Barcelona.
Barcelona are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Barcelona against Rayo Vallecano the last match, as Frenkie de Jong and Lionel Messi were on target. A strong away win before that one, visiting Elche and winning 2-0.
Barcelona's victory against Rayo Vallecano could easily have been with a bigger margin than 2-1 as they hit the posts four times.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Barcelona as they are travelling to their away game against Granada in the Copa Del Rey. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Barcelona's attacking play is working. 10 goals have been conceded.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club, who have the fewest points (6) away in La Liga, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Club, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Alcoyano in the Copa Del Rey last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Getafe.
Iñaki Williams came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Alcoyano last time out, making the manager M. García Toral feel like a tactical genius.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Copa Del Rey trip to Real Betis.
The attacking power of Club when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Club rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Athletic Club - Barcelona 2-3 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Barcelona won five, Athletic Club won three and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Messi 11 goals |  A. Griezmann 5 goals |  A. Fati 4 goals |
Barcelona missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Barcelona | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 39 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 42% |
| 37% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 26% |
| 11% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 47% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.5 | 16.3 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| 6.3 | 6.8 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 43% |
- Athletic Club has the fewest points (6) away in La Liga
- Athletic Club have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Barcelona has the most scored goals (39) in La Liga
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in La Liga
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Athletic Club have scored away.
- Barcelona have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Atletico Madrid | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 47 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Granada | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 28 |
| 8 | Real Betis | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 27 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Cadiz | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 24 |
| 12 | Levante | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Getafe | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Valencia | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Eibar | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Osasuna | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Elche | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 17 |
| 20 | Huesca | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -13 | 16 |