Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona, taking place on Sunday, 03 March 2024, at The Estadio San Mamés in Bilbao.
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Athletic Bilbao, Recent FormThe Athletic Bilbao squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 3-1 away defeat against Real Betis, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. In that game they had 42% possession and managed 3 attempts on goal, with 1 on target, compared to Real Betis who had 13 attempts and 5 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 8 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 6, and leading to valuable points being dropped. This season they have scored in 12 of their 13 home games and kept 12 clean sheets in 26 games overall.
They've had a good run of home form recently, with 7 straight wins in a row and are on an unbeaten run of 12 games.
Álex Berenguer will be feeling confident about adding his name to the scoresheet once more at The Estadio San Mamés, having notched up 5 goals for Athletic Bilbao in their last 6 league matches at home.
Barcelona, Recent FormLast time out, Barcelona recorded an impressive 4-0 home win against Getafe. They achieved 67% possession in that match and had 16 strikes at goal, with 8 hitting the target, up against Getafe's tally of 10 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.
Their boss Xavi Hernández has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 16 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 10 goals conceded across those matches. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 25 games in a row.
They've had a good run of form away from home recently, with 4 straight wins in a row and are on an unbeaten run of 12 games.
On an individual basis, Ferrán Torres is giving Barcelona's travelling fans plenty to shout about having scored 4 goals in the squad's last 6 away games in the league.
In the previous league meeting between these two sides, it was Barcelona that came out on top with a 1-0 win.
Blaugrana will be looking to extend their current run of 4 clean sheets against Athletic. Blaugrana will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against Athletic, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 8 meetings between the two. Lehoiak have struggled to break down the Barca defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 1 time in their last 5 meetings.
Barca will be looking to continue their winning streak against Athletic, having won each of the last 4 times they have met in the league and being unbeaten in their last 8 meetings.
Athletic manager Ernesto Valverde has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Yuri Berchiche Izeta (Physical discomfort), Ander Herrera (Hamstring) and Iñigo Lekue (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With both Alejandro Balde (Tendon) and Pablo Gavi (Cruciate ligament) being out for the rest of the season and Marcos Alonso (Back) and Ferrán Torres (Thigh) unavailable in the shorter term, Barca manager Xavi Hernández will be relieved to have no other major fitness concerns going into this tie.
Athletic Bilbao Playing at home | Barcelona Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | Goals scored | 2 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 32' | Time first goal scored | 47' |
| 44' | Time first goal conceded | 39' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 4-2 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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