Comments and predictions for Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona: The new champion wins with difficulty
The match between Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona in La Liga takes place at 2:00 a.m. on May 26. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona squad information
Athletic could be without Yeray Alvarez and Nico Williams, both of whom are racing to recover. Inaki Williams and Mikel Jauregizar are likely to return to the starting line-up. Maroan Sannadi could replace Gorka Guruzeta as a centre-back.
Barcelona are certain to be without Jules Kounde, Marc Bernal and Ferran Torres due to injury. Ronald Araujo is also likely to remain absent. Coach Flick will make some adjustments: Frenkie de Jong is expected to return to midfield, Alejandro Balde will play at left-back.
Fermin Lopez is in fine form and scored against Villarreal, but Dani Olmo is expected to start this match.
Latest predicted lineup Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao:
Simon; Lekue, Vivian, Paredes, Yuri; Ruiz de Galarreta, Jauregizar; Berenguer, Sancet, I Williams; Sannadi
Barcelona:
Ter Stegen; Garcia, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Pedri, De Jong; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Latest football commentary Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao had a successful season despite falling to Manchester United in the Europa League semi-finals, missing out on a home final. However, the Basque side still secured a top-four finish in La Liga and a return to the Champions League in 2025-26.
Although they could have been level on points with Atletico Madrid (73) if they had won their final round, Athletic finished fourth due to a poor head-to-head record. Villarreal – the team behind them – were also unable to overtake them for the same reason.
With safety in the rankings, Athletic go into this game without any pressure. They are in good form with three consecutive wins against Alaves, Getafe and Valencia, keeping clean sheets in all three.
Bilbao also have an impressive home record this season, picking up 39 points from 18 games and conceding just 10 goals at San Mames – the best home defence in the league.
As for Barcelona, they officially won La Liga after a 2-0 victory over Espanyol on May 15. Under Hansi Flick, Barca won the domestic treble of La Liga, the King's Cup and the Spanish Super Cup in his first season in charge.
However, they were surprisingly beaten 2-3 at home by Villarreal – their first league defeat of 2025 – and are not looking to end the season with back-to-back defeats.
Barcelona have the best away record in La Liga this season, with 42 points from 18 games, and are on course for 100 goals in the competition, currently on 99.
In the first leg this season, Barca beat Athletic 2-1, but last season they were held to a 0-0 draw at San Mames. Notably, Athletic have not beaten Barcelona in La Liga since August 2019 – a big test for the home side.
The attacking trio of Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski have all been excellent this season and will be aiming for a memorable send-off in Bilbao on Sunday night.
Latest Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelonaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Athletic Bilbao 2-3 Barcelona
- WhoScore:Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Barcelona
- Our newspaper predicts:Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Barcelona
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