Soccer preview: Home fans have high expectations when FC Barcelona receive Athletic Club

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou (98787 seats)

A total of ten sets of matches have gone by and both FC Barcelona and Athletic Club are doing great. Let's go!

Insights:
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (4) in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have not yet lost a game away.

The hosts FC Barcelona saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the La Liga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Villarreal, was also a home game here at Spotify Camp Nou. The away team is better rested.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for FC Barcelona so far this season. After failing to beat Rayo Vallecano here at Spotify Camp Nou, FC Barcelona has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

FC Barcelona's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Villarreal (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The 3-0 win against Villarreal was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle. Alba, defender, was given a rating of 8.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Alba served one assist, hit four key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Barcelona lost 1-3 at Real Madrid's place.

It should be noted that a glance at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for FC Barcelona, as the Champions League home game vs Bayern München is only three days away.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), FC Barcelona's attacking play is working.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Playing away, Athletic Club have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the La Liga this season. Athletic Club has drawn their two previous away games.

Club are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Getafe (placed 17th). The draw against Getafe came from a losing position. The Athletic Club manager Valverde brought on García as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. The attacker Williams got a match rating of 7.24 in that game. Williams scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

A 0-1 loss hosting Atletico Madrid before that.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 11 goals in 4 league games away this season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Barcelona wins - draws - Athletic Club wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
11 goals
Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
4 goals
FC BarcelonaA. Fati
A. Fati
3 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Athletic Club missing players

FC Barcelona Athletic Club
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 0 4 10
8 4 0 Won W 0 2 5
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
24 11 0 Scored S 0 11 19
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 8
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
70% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 60%
70% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 50%
40% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 40%
80% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 40%
10% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 30%
 
6.6 8.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 5.8
2.6 1.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 3.4
2.2 1.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
17.8 19.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18.2 17.7
6.2 6.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 6
39% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 39% 32%
 
9.2 7.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.8 8.8
3 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.2 2.9
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Athletic Club's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Athletic Club have not yet lost a game away.
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Athletic Club have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • FC Barcelona have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (4) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (5) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (8) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+20) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 10 9 1 0 25 8 4 3 1 0 10 4 6 6 0 0 15 4 17 28
2 FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 24 4 5 4 1 0 11 0 5 4 0 1 13 4 20 25
3 Real Sociedad 10 7 1 2 16 12 5 3 1 1 6 6 5 4 0 1 10 6 4 22
4 Atletico Madrid 10 6 2 2 16 8 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 4 1 0 8 1 8 20
5 Real Betis 10 6 2 2 13 6 5 5 0 0 10 2 5 1 2 2 3 4 7 20
6 Athletic Club 10 5 3 2 19 8 6 3 1 2 8 4 4 2 2 0 11 4 11 18
7 Osasuna 10 5 1 4 10 10 6 4 0 2 8 6 4 1 1 2 2 4 0 16
8 Valencia 10 4 3 3 17 11 5 3 1 1 11 4 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 15
9 Villarreal 10 4 3 3 12 6 3 2 1 0 7 1 7 2 2 3 5 5 6 15
10 Rayo Vallecano 10 3 3 4 11 13 4 2 1 1 4 4 6 1 2 3 7 9 -2 12
11 Real Valladolid 10 3 2 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 1 1 3 5 10 -5 11
12 Sevilla 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 0 3 2 3 8 5 2 1 2 7 7 -5 10
13 Almería 10 3 1 6 11 17 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 0 1 4 2 10 -6 10
14 Celta de Vigo 10 3 1 6 11 20 5 2 1 2 8 8 5 1 0 4 3 12 -9 10
15 Mallorca 10 2 3 5 7 11 5 1 1 3 3 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 -4 9
16 Espanyol 10 2 3 5 12 17 5 1 1 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 6 7 -5 9
17 Getafe 10 2 3 5 10 18 6 1 2 3 6 10 4 1 1 2 4 8 -8 9
18 Girona 10 2 2 6 14 18 5 2 1 2 9 9 5 0 1 4 5 9 -4 8
19 Cadiz 10 1 4 5 4 17 6 0 3 3 2 11 4 1 1 2 2 6 -13 7
20 Elche 10 0 3 7 6 24 5 0 2 3 3 10 5 0 1 4 3 14 -18 3

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.