The Catalans and Basques are looking for a win to stay high in the rankings.
FC Barcelona will host Athletic Club de Bilbao this Sunday, for the tenth matchday of the EA Sports LaLiga Championship 2023-24. Xavi Hernández’s men want to win to close the gap with Real Madrid, which drew level when they visited Sevilla. Valverde’s men are looking for a win that will take them closer to the Champions League places.
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Previous data to take into account:
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Barcelona have not lost any of their last seven games against Athletic in LaLiga (W6 D1). Since the arrival of Xavi Hernández on the bench, Barcelona have won all three without conceding a single goal.
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At home, Barcelona have added 55 of the last 57 possible points against Athletic in LaLiga (W18 D1), after adding just two of the previous nine at home against the red and whites in the league (D2 L1).
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Athletic is the only rival against whom Barcelona has scored more than 350 goals in LaLiga history (351). They have failed to score in just three of their last 51 matches against the Bilbao team in the top flight.
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Barcelona have not lost any of their nine games in LaLiga 2023/24 (W6 D3), but have drawn two of their last three (W1), having won each of the previous five.
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Athletic added 17 points after the first nine games in LaLiga 2023/24 (W5 D2 L2), equal to the highest figure in this competition phase in the top category in the 21st century (17 points, W5 D2 L2 in 2022/2. 3).
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Athletic is the LaLiga team that has made the most recoveries in the attacking zone in LaLiga this season and can become the first to reach 100 in the current league match (96).
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Barcelona is the team from the five major European leagues that has scored the most goals in the last fifteen minutes of the match this season (9) and the team that has scored the most points with those goals (8).
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Only Jude Bellingham and Antoine Griezmann (both four) have scored the winning goal in LaLiga more often this season than Athletic’s Gorka Guruzeta (third).
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Since Jules Koundé’s debut with Barcelona in LaLiga in August 2022, the Blaugrana side has won 77.8% of its league matches with the Frenchman (who will miss this match due to injury) as starter (36P W28 D4 L4) against just 55, 6% without him in the starting XI (9V 5V 2E 2D).
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Athletics coach Ernesto Valverde has won just 10% of his LaLiga games against Barcelona (L20 W2 D7 L11), his lowest percentage against an opponent he has faced at least three times in the competition.
The summary of Barcelona vs. Athletic de LaLiga EA Sports 2023-24: videos, goals and controversies
XI OF FC BARCELONA
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ATHLETIC XI
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