Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, taking place on Sunday, 22 October 2023, at Spotify Camp Nou in Barcelona.
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Barcelona, Recent FormBarcelona manager Xavi Hernández will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 2-2 draw in his team's last league outing against Granada. They came away from that fixture with 81% of the possession and clocked up 22 attempts on goal with 10 on target. By comparison, Granada managed 7 attempts on goal, with 2 on target.
Hernández has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 15 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 7 goals conceded across those matches.
They've had a good run of form at home recently, with 5 straight wins in a row.
On an individual basis, Robert Lewandowski will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 5 goals in Barcelona's last 6 league games.
Athletic Bilbao, Recent FormIn their last match Athletic Bilbao enforced their superiority over Almeria with a 3-0 home win. They achieved 60% possession in that match and had 23 strikes at goal, with 9 hitting the target, up against Almeria's tally of 4 efforts at goal, 1 of which were on target.
Ernesto Valverde will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 10 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 5 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. They've kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 games.
They have had a good run of form recently, unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 3 wins along the way.
Iñaki Williams will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Athletic Bilbao.
In the last league encounter between these sides, it was Athletic Bilbao who ended up empty-handed, losing 0-1 to Barcelona.
The Lehoiak defence has struggled at Spotify Camp Nou, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 24 visits. On each of the last 3 outings between Athletic and Barca in the league, Lehoiak have not performed well in front of goal and have come up empty-handed in terms of goals. In their past 5 meetings, Blaugrana's defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so Athletic will have to take their chances when they come. We have seen plenty of goals from Blaugrana when they play at home against Athletic. In their last 3 league matches they have scored a total of 10 goals, which is an average of 3.33 goals per game.
Athletic will be hoping to get at least a point from this game having lost the last 4 times they've visited Barca in the league and not won this away fixture at Spotify Camp Nou for 21 games in a row.
Barca manager Xavi Hernández has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Frenkie de Jong (Sprained ankle), Robert Lewandowski (Ankle), Pedro Pedri (Muscle) and Raphael Raphinha (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Ernesto Valverde has a number of injury concerns in his Athletic squad to contend with: Peru Nolaskoain (Thigh), Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Thigh) and Mikel Vesga (Muscle)
Barcelona Playing at home | Athletic Bilbao Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 0.5 | Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| 66' | Time first goal scored | 15' |
| 19' | Time first goal conceded | 30' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.5 | Subs used | 5 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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