Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona match Analysis and Prediction

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One of the more exciting games of this La Liga round is the Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona duel. The La Liga meeting will be at Estadio San Mamés this Saturday the 21st of August.

Barcelona will be looking to make it back-to-back wins at the start of their 2021-22 La Liga campaign when they travel to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday night. Barcelona underwent some major changes this summer but are still fit to be contenders.

Barcelona took the first league game despite losing Lionel Messi to PSG but will need a more focus to take the lead here. There is a lot of pressure on head coach Koeman to deliver during the 2021-22 season after being third last season and having to deal with Messi’s exit.

A strong start to 2021-22 would certainly leave the fans dreaming of the title despite the issues that the club has faced this summer.

Athletic Bilbao on the other hand, came against Elche the match ending in a draw. Bilbao have been inconsistent in the league and will come to this match with a point to prove.

The fans have a heavy side to deal with having very tough matches in the opening of the league fixture. Next Bilbao will meet Atletico and they are wary to start the season in a poor way.

Athletic beat the Catalan giants 1-0 on home soil in August 2019 and certainly have the players capable of making this a difficult assignment for the visitors in this match.

Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona head to head

Barcelona are as expected the best in the head to head matches since 1993 in the 72 matches played. Barcelona have won 46 times with 14 draws and Bilbao has won only 12 times. Last season Barcelona won both league games home and away. Barcelona has been dominant over Bilbao.

Bilbao 0:4 Barcelona 17/04/21
Barcelona 2:1 Bilbao 31/01/21
Barcelona 2:3 Bilbao 17/01/21
Bilbao 2:3 Barcelona 06/01/21
Barcelona 1:0 Bilbao 23/06/20

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