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, who have the most scored goals (39) in La Liga, are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Camp Nou. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Barcelona are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Barcelona have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
A strong away win for Barcelona against Rayo Vallecano the last match, as Frenkie de Jong and Lionel Messi were on target. In the game before, an away victory in the La Liga match versus Elche with a 2-0 scoreline.
Barcelona enjoyed their 2-1 win against Rayo Vallecano and the result could have been even better, as they hit the posts four times.
Barcelona can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. 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 little loot from Athletic Club's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the La Liga. Athletic Club only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Athletic Club play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Alcoyano. That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Getafe in the La Liga.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. García Toral when Iñaki Williams scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Club have conceded 14 goals in these games.
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