Athletic Bilbao take on the visitors Barcelona in the round of 16 match in Spanish Copa del Rey. The match will be played on Thursday, January 5th at San Mames (Bilbao).
Athletic Bilbao are currently seventh in the Primera Standings. The team eliminated Racing in the previous round, taking two wins, 2-1 and 3-0. Ernesto Valverde men are in excellent conditions and haven’t lost at home for 11 matches in a row. Eight home fixtures got the team 19 points with only one defeat recorded in August exactly against today’s visitors, Barcelona. Following 10 matches got the team nine wins and one draw. Of course, this series might as well end with another defeat against the titleholders.
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Barcelona would want to guarantee the place in the next round of the competition after the first leg. Bluagrana have fell three points behind the league leaders Real Madrid (played one game less) and it’ll force the team to show their best in league matches to cover this spread. Confident win at San Mames will allow Enrique to rotate lineup in the second leg as the main objective at this stage will be reached.
Of course, Barcelona are more successful in matches with Athletic Bilbao. The Catalans won 16 out of 26 recent head-to-heads while Athletic were stronger only four times. We should expect nothing but confident victory of motivated and well-rested visitors, who would definitely want to defend the cup title for the second time in a row.
Prediction for the match: Barcelona to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
