LiontipsAthletic vs Barcelona. Predictions and Betting Tips for La Liga
Command Analysis
In the previous season team from Bilbao won the Spanish Super Cup, Athletic defeated their today opponent in the final. After that success Lions also participated in two separate finals of Copa del Rey.
In 38 rounds of the previous season Red-Whites secured 11 victories and 13 draws, which brought them 46 points and a tenth position. At the finish of the tournament Marcelino's men had the chance to fight for the European qualification, but they suffered three defeats in the decisive matches - they were beaten by Huesca (0:1), Real (0:1) and Elche (0:2).
During the summer team signed professional contracts with academy graduates - Nico Williams, Alex Pet, Garcia Albeniz.
In the first round of a new La Liga season hosts played against Elche on an away game, which ended as a draw (0:0).
Berchiche, Cordoba, Capa and Nolaskoain are on team's injuried list. Paredes is isolated due to coronavirus.
Barcelona started the new La Liga season without the golden medals and without Lionel Messi. 26-time Spanish champion recorded 24 victories and seven draws in the previous season, which brought them 79 points and a third place behind two capital clubs.
At the finish of the tournament Blaugranas were beaten by Celta (1:2) and then beat Eibar (1:0), but it didn't affect the outcome.
Team signed a couple of Manchester City players - Sergio Aguero and Eric Garcia, club also bought Emerson from Betis for 9 million euros.
In the first match of the new season Ronald Koeman's men proved that they are capable of winning without Messi and defeated Real Sociedad (4:2), which we had a prediction on. Braithwaite scored a brace in this match and gave one assist.
Aguero, Dembele, Mingueza, Ter Stegen and Fati, who has a knee injury, won't be able to play in an upcoming match.
Trends
СтавкаExact score 0:2
Barcelona won 3 out of 4 most recent head-to-head matches
СтавкаGoals in both halves - yes
In 3 out of 5 most recent head-to-head matches goals were scored in both halves
СтавкаCorners: total under 9,5
This bet won in 3 out of 5 most recent matches of Athletic
СтавкаYellow cards: total under 5
This bet won in 2 out of 3 most recent matches of Bilbao side
Tip and bets
Athletic retained the squad and will try to repeat the Super Cup success. Barcelona put up a great performance in the first match and they are aiming for the championship. In our opinion, hosts won't be able to withstand today, they have too many injuries, plus they are obviously in a poor form now.
Our prediction - Barcelona to win
Three most recent head-to-head matches were high-scoring, but it was not always like that. We think that Catalonians will score only one or two goals today and will turn their attention to defense.
Our second bet is on total under 3 goals
