Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Barcelona & Athletic Club face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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
Last season, Barcelona's Super Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla as Barcelona 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). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The home team returns to Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla after being equal after 90 minutes with Real Sociedad (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) on their last time out; the Super Cup game ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Granada and winning 4-0.
The Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen was crucial in the match against Real Sociedad (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) last time out, making six saves.
Barcelona are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Del Rey match at Cornella awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Barcelona are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 9 league matches. Barcelona's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athletic Club so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Club, whose manager G. Garitano Aguirre could celebrate last time after the Super Cup win against Real Madrid. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Barcelona.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Athletic Club manager G. Garitano Aguirre as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against UD Ibiza.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Athletic Club as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Athletic Club have conceded 14 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Barcelona won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Athletic Club has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop 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 | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 54 | 28 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.2 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 6.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 34 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 6 | Sevilla | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Granada | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Cadiz | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 23 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
| 11 | Levante | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Athletic Club | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Getafe | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Valencia | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Eibar | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Elche | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Osasuna | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 20 | Huesca | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 12 |