Barcelona VS Ath Bilbao Prediction & Betting Tips

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Barcelona vs. Ath Bilbao prediction, the match will start at 15:15 Saturday morning, this is one of the most unbalanced competition of the day in LaLiga. Barcelona is in a tremendous shape and will pay hard today for the victory to record their 9th unbeaten match, so we expect them to put a lot of pressure on Bilbao from the outset and score from the first half.This one of the most important match in La Liga today as you can assume, Barcelona will start this match with the first chance to the victory and there is no doubt that they will crush their opponents today.

Barcelona News:

Barcelona have played a very attractive football and they are very confident in their forces, moreover at home they have won the last six matches and are undefeated in the last nine matches in all competitions.Barcelona comes after six victories and a draw and are undefeated in 19 of their last 21 matches, in all competitions, if they will win this match will one step closer to the 1st place and will have all the chances to overcome Real Madrid.Barcelona comes after and explosive competition in Copa del Rey with Atl. Madrid, they defeat their rivals: 1-2, in LaLiga last round they have played against Betis and the match ended with a surprisingly 1-1.For the moment Barcelona is ranked on the 2nd position on LaLiga standings with 42 points, they have scored 52 goals and received only 18 in their last 20 league matches. This season Barcelona recorded 12 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats.We expect this to be a close and hard-fought game with over 2.5 goals scored, Barcelona usually have played over 3.5 goals scored in four of their last five matches.Barcelona is at four points distance of the 1st ranked Real Madrid and might not be relaxed in the competition with their opponents even if they are not presenting a danger for them, they must win this competition and put a lot of pressure on Bilbao.Luis Enrique team is at the moment in avery difficult situation regarding their moral, the distance between them and Real Madrid is not so big, but four points are counting enough if we take in consideration the fact that Barcelona needs to play another match against Valencia.FC Barcelona will not count today on the presence of Andreas Iniesta and Sergio Busquets, they are out because a injury problem.Rakitic will be in the field with Denis Suarez and Arda Turan while Samuel Umtiti will play in defensive.

Ath Bilbao News:

Acth Bilbao is ranked on the 7th place in the standings with 26 goals scored and 22 goals received in the last 20 league matches, this season they recorded 9 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats and their only purpose is to ensure a place in the europeans groups.In the previous match in LaLiga Bilbao defeat 2-1 Gijon, they are undefeated in the last five matches oinLaLiga championship, with two victories and three draws. This season in Primera Division the difference between the two sides is of 10 points.Any positive result for Bilbao will be a reason to celebrate, they are searching to overcome their rivals from Villarreal. At the moment the difference between them and Villarreal is of two points so any good result will represent a real advance especially if this will be in front of such a strong team as Barcelona is.It will not be a surprise to see Ath. Bilbao to attack Barcelona on New Camp and take advantage of the bad period that their opponents are crossing at the moment.Even if Eneko Boeveda is injuried it is very possible to see him playing in the defensive line, in this match against Barcelona.Barcelona vs. Ath Bilbao head to head matches:The last head to head match between the two teams was in January 2017 when Barcelona defeat their opponents: 3-1.Barcelona won six of their last seven consecutive matches against Bilbao.

Barcelona vs. Ath Bilbao Probable Teams prediction:

Barcelona Lineups: (4-3-3): ter Stegen – Alba, Pique, Umtiti, Roberto – Suarez, Rakitic, Turan – Neymar, Suarez, Messi. Absents: Iniesta, Busquets (injuried).
Ath. Bilbao Lineups: Iraizoz – Marcos, Laporte, Boveda, Balenziaga – Etxeberria, Jose – Williams, Garcia, Muniain – Aduriz. Absents: Merino, Kepa (injuried).