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FC Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Edin Terzic pays counterpart Hans-Dieter Flick a visit on Thursday night in the La Liga, as their Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona sides go head to head at the Camp Nou. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with weighting applied to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) stats between the team are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.

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FC Barcelona's next match is v Valencia at 15:15 on Sunday 6th September
Athletic Bilbao's next match is v Elche at 17:30 on Saturday 12th September
The last Spanish La Liga meeting between Barcelona and A.Bilbao was on Thursday 27th August 2026
Spanish La Liga
August 27th 2026
Barcelona 2
0 A.Bilbao
 
Raphinha 37'
F. López Marín 82'
 
BCN
ATH
Shots On
10
Shots Off
7
5
Corners
12
5
Possession
70%
30%
Fouls
13
6
Yellow/red cards
1/0
2/0
 
BarcelonaA.Bilbao
 
J. Pons
P. Cubarsí Paredes
F. López Marínfootball icon
P. López (J. Cavaco Cancelo 85')
L. Yamal Nasraoui Ebana
Raphinhafootball icon (Rodri 63')
X. Espart Font
G. Martín Langreo
M. Bernal Casas (D. Olmo Carvajal 63')
A. Gordon (K. Adeyemi 80')
E. García (J. Koundé 80')
U. Simón Mendibil
Y. Álvarez López
A. Laporte
O. Sancet Tirapu
(A. Berenguer Remiro 60') I. Williams Arthuer
(R. Navarro Muñoz 60') N. Williams Arthuer
(Á. Dias Fernandes 81') G. Guruzeta Rodríguez
H. Rincón Lumbreras
(A. Boiro Boiro 70') J. Louisjean
(B. Gerenabarrena Zendoia 70') M. Jauregizar Alboniga
P. Canales Urtasun

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Best Tip: Barcelona to win

A La Liga win on home turf for Hans-Dieter Flick's Barcelona team win in the win / draw / win market is our prediction. Statistics suggest they have what it takes, and they should be too strong for their opponents. The odds from the bookies suggest so too, and when that happens you've got reason to feel confident. A Barcelona win is the way to go, but we wouldn't expect a whitewash.

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Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Barcelona are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 77% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.44.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Barcelona
77%
2/9
4%
4/9
Draw
14%
11/2
5%
4/1
A.Bilbao
9%
11/1
15%
11/2
Barcelona 2-0
9%
15/213/2
Barcelona 3-0
9%
8/1
9%
8/1
Barcelona 2-1
9%
8/1
6%
13/2
Barcelona 3-1
8%
9/117/2
Barcelona 1-0
6%
11/17/1
Barcelona 4-0
6%
11/112/1
Draw 1-1
6%
12/1
5%
15/2
Barcelona 4-1
6%
12/1
11%
14/1
Draw 2-2
4%
20/112/1
Barcelona 3-2
4%
20/116/1
Barcelona 5-0
4%
20/120/1
Barcelona 5-1
3%
20/122/1
A.Bilbao 2-1
3%
28/1
11%
14/1
Barcelona 4-2
3%
25/122/1
Draw 0-0
2%
28/116/1
Over 2.5 Goals
73%
1/310/21
Under 2.5 Goals
27%
12/56/4
Home 1st Goal
60%
3/107/20
Away 1st Goal
38%
12/59/4
No 1st Goal
1%
28/116/1
BTTS - Yes
57%
7/107/10
BTTS - No
43%
21/2021/20
BTTS - Home Win
40%
13/1017/10
BTTS - Draw
11%
13/2
9%
9/2
BTTS - Away Win
6%
14/1
10%
17/2
Home/draw
91%
1/20
1%
1/9
Away/draw
23%
3/1
9%
9/5
Home/away
86%
1/9
1%
1/6
Over 1.5 Goals
89%
1/101/7
Under 1.5 Goals
11%
6/117/4
Over 3.5 Goals
52%
4/56/5
Under 3.5 Goals
47%
1/18/13
Over 4.5 Goals
33%
7/427/10
Under 4.5 Goals
67%
4/91/4
Over 5.5 Goals
18%
4/111/2
Under 5.5 Goals
82%
1/61/11
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
1/1001/150
Under 0.5 Goals
2%
22/116/1
Home DNB
87%
1/14
3%
1/7
Away DNB
19%
8/1
10%
4/1
Barcelona win to nil
37%
11/8-
A.Bilbao win to nil
3%
20/1-
Barcelona / Barcelona
45%
4/6
2%
1/1
Barcelona / A.Bilbao
2%
50/133/1
Barcelona / Draw
5%
18/112/1
Draw / Barcelona
19%
3/17/2
Draw / A.Bilbao
5%
22/112/1
Draw / Draw
9%
10/113/2
A.Bilbao / Barcelona
5%
14/116/1
A.Bilbao / A.Bilbao
6%
18/1
9%
8/1
A.Bilbao / Draw
5%
20/1
12%
14/1
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Win / draw / win La Liga table
Won
Draw
Lost
Barcelona
A.Bilbao
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona3300109 
-
-
Feb 28
l
 
2-0A
2
Real Madrid430179 
Oct 25
May 9
Dec 6
Feb 14
3
Real Betis430109 
Mar 7
Oct 18
Dec 20
Apr 18
4
Deportivo422038 
Mar 14
Nov 29
Apr 21
Dec 13
5
Alaves321047 
Nov 1
Jan 24
Sep 19
Mar 7
6
Osasuna321027 
May 2
Jan 10
Feb 7
Nov 8
7
A.Madrid421117 
Feb 7
Nov 8
w
 
3-0F
May 23
8
A.Bilbao420216 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 28
-
-
9
Sevilla320116 
Apr 4
Sep 19
l
 
1-3A
Jan 31
10
Levante311104 
Feb 21
Sep 13
Jan 24
Sep 16
11
R.Santander4112-14 
Sep 16
Apr 11
Apr 4
Jan 3
12
R.Vallecano4112-34 
w
 
5-2A
Mar 21
May 30
Oct 11
13
R.Sociedad4112-34 
Dec 20
May 16
Nov 1
May 2
14
Espanyol310213 
Apr 18
Jan 3
Nov 22
Mar 21
15
Getafe3102-33 
Oct 11
May 30
Oct 25
Jan 17
16
Villarreal4022-22 
Nov 22
Feb 14
Jan 10
Apr 11
17
Celta4022-32 
Dec 6
Apr 21
Feb 21
w
 
0-2F
18
Valencia3012-31 
Jan 31
Sep 6
Mar 14
Oct 18
19
Elche3012-61 
Jan 17
w
 
0-5F
Sep 12
May 16
20
Malaga3012-61 
May 23
Dec 13
May 9
Nov 29
Win / draw / win form
Barcelona 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
59
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
19
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barcelona3 - 1Real Betis
Barcelona2 - 0Real Madrid
Barcelona1 - 0Celta
Barcelona4 - 1Espanyol
Barcelona1 - 0R.Vallecano
Barcelona5 - 2Sevilla
Barcelona4 - 1Villarreal
Barcelona3 - 0Levante
Barcelona3 - 0Mallorca
Barcelona3 - 0Real Oviedo
Barcelona2 - 0Osasuna
Barcelona3 - 1A.Madrid
Barcelona3 - 1Alaves
Barcelona4 - 0A.Bilbao
Barcelona3 - 1Elche
Barcelona2 - 1Girona
Barcelona2 - 1R.Sociedad
Barcelona3 - 0Getafe
Barcelona6 - 0Valencia
Barcelona2 - 3Villarreal
Goals: Scored
47
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarcelona5 - 0Elche
ABarcelona1 - 3Valencia
HBarcelona3 - 1Real Betis
ABarcelona0 - 1Alaves
HBarcelona2 - 0Real Madrid
ABarcelona2 - 1Osasuna
ABarcelona2 - 0Getafe
HBarcelona1 - 0Celta
HBarcelona4 - 1Espanyol
ABarcelona2 - 1A.Madrid
HBarcelona1 - 0R.Vallecano
HBarcelona5 - 2Sevilla
ABarcelona1 - 0A.Bilbao
HBarcelona4 - 1Villarreal
HBarcelona3 - 0Levante
ABarcelona1 - 2Girona
HBarcelona3 - 0Mallorca
ABarcelona3 - 1Elche
HBarcelona3 - 0Real Oviedo
ABarcelona1 - 2R.Sociedad
A.Bilbao 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Real Madrid4 - 2A.Bilbao
Espanyol2 - 0A.Bilbao
Alaves2 - 4A.Bilbao
A.Madrid3 - 2A.Bilbao
Getafe2 - 0A.Bilbao
Girona3 - 0A.Bilbao
R.Vallecano1 - 1A.Bilbao
Real Oviedo1 - 2A.Bilbao
Sevilla2 - 1A.Bilbao
Mallorca3 - 2A.Bilbao
Osasuna1 - 1A.Bilbao
Celta2 - 0A.Bilbao
Levante0 - 2A.Bilbao
Barcelona4 - 0A.Bilbao
R.Sociedad3 - 2A.Bilbao
Elche0 - 0A.Bilbao
Villarreal1 - 0A.Bilbao
Valencia2 - 0A.Bilbao
Real Betis1 - 2A.Bilbao
Valencia0 - 1A.Bilbao
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HA.Bilbao1 - 3Sevilla
AA.Bilbao2 - 4Real Madrid
HA.Bilbao1 - 1Celta
AA.Bilbao0 - 2Espanyol
HA.Bilbao0 - 1Valencia
AA.Bilbao4 - 2Alaves
AA.Bilbao2 - 3A.Madrid
HA.Bilbao1 - 0Osasuna
HA.Bilbao1 - 2Villarreal
AA.Bilbao0 - 2Getafe
HA.Bilbao2 - 1Real Betis
AA.Bilbao0 - 3Girona
HA.Bilbao0 - 1Barcelona
AA.Bilbao1 - 1R.Vallecano
HA.Bilbao2 - 1Elche
AA.Bilbao2 - 1Real Oviedo
HA.Bilbao4 - 2Levante
HA.Bilbao1 - 1R.Sociedad
AA.Bilbao1 - 2Sevilla
AA.Bilbao2 - 3Mallorca
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
Barcelona have beaten A.Bilbao in 7 consecutive home league meetings
3
Barcelona have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with A.Bilbao
League games at Barcelona since 2014
Barcelona
A.Bilbao
Goals: Scored
32
3
Games: Scored
12 / 12
3 / 12
Clean sheets
9 / 12
0 / 12
BCN
11
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barcelona
Barcelona4 - 0
Barcelona2 - 1
Barcelona1 - 0
Barcelona4 - 0
Barcelona4 - 0
Barcelona2 - 1
Barcelona1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Barcelona2 - 0
Barcelona3 - 0
Barcelona6 - 0
Barcelona2 - 0
League games at A.Bilbao since 2015
A.Bilbao
Barcelona
Goals: Scored
6
18
Games: Scored
4 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
8 / 12
BCN
8
D
3
ATH
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT A.Bilbao
0 - 1Barcelona
0 - 3Barcelona
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Barcelona
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3Barcelona
A.Bilbao1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Barcelona
0 - 1Barcelona
0 - 1Barcelona
2 - 5Barcelona
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.9 is fairly strong for FC Barcelona in their clash with Athletic Bilbao, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 88 consecutive La Liga outings.

Barcelona 1st A.Bilbao 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.9
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
16%
2
23%
3
22%
4
16%
5+
22%
There is a 84% probability that Barcelona will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
40%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 77% probability of A.Bilbao scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+19
Barcelona have scored 19% more goals at home than predicted
-5
A.Bilbao’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
3.0
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2026/2027 season
Barcelona
PG (predicted goals)
A.Bilbao
2.9
0.9
Attack rating
46%
better
BCN
ATH
view stats
Games scored1
1
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
0
Goals scored5
1
Avg. goals scored5
1
Avg. shots per game11
15
Avg. shots per goal2
15
Conversion rate for45
7
Avg. XG for3
1.6
KickOff rating
+46%
Defence rating
55%
better
BCN
ATH
view stats
Games conceded0
1
Clean sheets1
0
Conceded first0
1
Goals conceded0
3
Avg. goals conceded0
3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
2
Conversion rate against0%
50%
Avg. XG against0.6
0.8
KickOff rating
+55%

Barcelona v A.Bilbao La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Barcelona La Liga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3531
J GarcíaRaphinhaA GordonX. Espart Font
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J García GLK3
-
E García DEF2
-
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF2
-
G. Martín Langreo DEF2
-
X. Espart Font DEF32
1
-
M. Bernal Casas MID31
-
Pedri MID31
-
L Yamal MID32
-
F. López Marín MID33
-
A Gordon MID33
-
Raphinha FWD351
-
Subs
W Szczęsny GLK
-
E. Aller González GLK
-
J Cancelo DEF3
-
A Balde DEF
-
A Christensen DEF2
-
J Koundé DEF3
-
Rodri MID2
-
D Olmo MID3
-
B. Pérez MID
-
K Adeyemi  FWD311
-
H. Abdel Karim FWD1
-
A.Bilbao La Liga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4222
U SimónR NavarroI WilliamsG Guruzeta
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
U Simón GLK4
-
H. Rincón Lumbreras DEF2
-
Y Álvarez DEF31
-
A Laporte DEF4
-
J Louisjean DEF3
1
-
M. Jauregizar Alboniga MID3
-
P. Canales Urtasun MID3
-
I Williams MID42
-
O Sancet MID41
-
N Williams MID41
-
G Guruzeta FWD4
2
-
Subs
?. Padilla Pérez GLK
-
A Paredes DEF31
-
J Areso DEF3
-
A. Boiro Boiro DEF1
-
I. Monreal Agundez DEF
-
I Galarreta MID31
1
-
A. Rego Mora MID
-
R Navarro MID32
1
-
B. Gerenabarrena Zendoia MID4
1
-
Álex Berenguer FWD41
-
M. Sannadi Harrouch FWD1
-
Álvaro Djaló FWD1
-