Athletic Bilbao-Barcelona is a match of the twenty-fifth day of La Liga and is played on Sunday at 21:00: likely formations, predictions, TV and streaming.
Real Madrid won yesterday and now Barcelona are only six points ahead of the team coached by Carlo Ancelotti. A bridging gap for a club like Madrid, although Barcelona have one game less which we will analyse now.
The Catalans, on the strength of a decidedly positive moment of form at least in the league, certainly want to extend their lead in the standings. And they have the chance to do so despite going to play on a pitch that is anything but easy. Yes, because Valverde’s Bilbao are a tough outfit, who have real European objectives for next season, but who have not won for four games and it is fair to point this out. Not only that: the Basques, in the last five, have lost three times and drawn once at the Vallecano ground. In short, Barcelona, who have also recovered those who were out in the last few days, have in their sights the big hit, the one that could bring them closer to La Liga by taking the sceptre of champions away from their all-time rivals.
A challenge that is not to be underestimated for Xavi’s men, who have won many away matches this year and have achieved some real feats. Moreover, Barcelona has only one thought, that of La Liga, since United knocked them out of the Europa League, ‘giving’ intense weeks of work to the Catalan coach who can prepare each league game in the best possible way. In a nutshell, not only for the values that will be on the pitch, but also for the motivations that revolve around this match, the external victory seems very possible.
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The Prediction
Yes, Barcelona can really make the outside breakthrough and thus get back to +9 on Real Madrid, who did their job yesterday by putting pressure on the blaugrana troop. However, as mentioned, they have no more commitments in the middle of the week, so this challenge has been prepared well and without any thoughts other than one goal: to win and continue dreaming of La Liga, the only target of the season.
The official lineups for Athletic Bilbao-Barcelona
- ATHLETIC BILBAO (4-2-3-1): Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Yeray, Martínez, Balenziaga; D. García, Vesga; N. Williams, R. García, Berenguer; I. Williams.
- BARCELONA (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Koundé, Christensen, Balde; Gavi, Busquets, De Jong; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Ferrán.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
