Comments and predictions for Barca vs Athletic Bilbao: Can't stop Yamal
The match between Barca vs Athletic Bilbao in La Liga takes place at 0:00 on August 25. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest information on Barca vs Athletic Bilbao's squad
Barcelona continue to face some squad problems as they prepare to host Athletic this weekend. The Catalans will be without four key players through injury: Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong and Gavi. Andreas Christensen is also a doubt, adding to Barcelona's squad woes.
However, there is hope that Dani Olmo will be registered and able to make his Barcelona debut this weekend, although he is likely to start from the bench. Pedri has recovered well and is capable of playing in the No. 10 position. Barcelona’s line-up against Valencia included three 17-year-olds – Pau Cubarsi, Marc Bernal and Lamine Yamal – and that could be the case again against Athletic.
Athletic, meanwhile, have a number of players missing through injury, including Djalo, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Nico Serrano, Oscar de Marcos, Julen Agirrezabala and Unai Simon. Aitor Paredes is also a doubt due to a muscle problem.
Star Nico Williams is expected to return to the starting line-up after coming off the bench against Getafe, possibly replacing Alex Berenguer. Young goalkeeper Alex Padilla, 20, is likely to continue as starter, while right-back Gorosabel is expected to continue following his summer signing.
Latest expected lineup for Barca vs Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Cubarsi, I Martinez, Balde; Bernal, Casado; Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Athletic Bilbao: Padilla; Gorosabel, Yeray, Vivian, Yuri; Prados, Vesga; I Williams, Sancet, N Williams; Guruzeta
Latest football commentary on Barca vs Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona got their 2024-25 La Liga season off to a flying start with a 2-1 win over Valencia. Despite falling behind to Hugo Duro in the 44th minute, Barcelona came back with two goals from Robert Lewandowski. Under new coach Hansi Flick, Barcelona took all three points.
Barcelona play Athletic, Rayo Vallecano and Real Valladolid in back-to-back games at the end of August, with the chance to pick up maximum points before the international break. Real Madrid dropping points in the opening weekend is a huge advantage for Barcelona, who hope to challenge Los Blancos for the title. Despite only having two new signings, Pau Victor and Dani Olmo, Barcelona have struggled to sign Nico Williams, but the player looks set to stay at Athletic.
Athletic Bilbao opened the season with a 1-1 draw against Getafe. Under Ernesto Valverde, they need good results to challenge for the top four this season. Although Athletic retained Nico Williams, they lost some key players and could make more signings before the end of the transfer window.
Athletic have not beaten Barcelona away from home in La Liga since November 2001, and the absence of several players could make things difficult for them. With a full squad, Barcelona are likely to continue their winning ways to maintain their perfect start to the season.
Score prediction Barca vs Athletic Bilbao
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Barca vs Athletic Bilbaoas follows:
- Sportsmole:Barca 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
- WhoScore:Barca 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
- Our newspaper predicts:Barca 2-0 Athletic Bilbao
When and where to watch Barca vs Athletic Bilbao live?
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