Athletic Bilbao hosts Barcelona in the Spanish Copa del Rey quarterfinals. The match will be played on Thursday, February 6th at Estadio San Mamés (Bilbao)
The other day Athletic lost to Getafe in the home match of the championship (0:2), thus breaking a long unbeaten streak of the team. The Lions lost not entirely deservedly. They had the advantage, especially in terms of ball possession (71%), but Getafe, as always, used its goal attempts effectively. The cup battle is ahead and the second home defeat in a row will be like a knife in the heart for fans of Athletic, although the opponent is very formidable.
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By the way, Barcelona is not as scary away as it is painted. Relatively recently, the Catalans tied with Real Sociedad (2:2) and Espanyol (with a similar result). They lost to Valencia away (0-2) and even conceded from modest Ibiza in the cup. In general, an away clean sheet performed by Barca is an infrequent phenomenon this season, and those matches where the team managed not to concede usually ended with undeserved scores.
Athletic will tune up for the upcoming match and arrange a hot reception for the grandee. However, as always, the results of head-to-head meetings of these teams are very difficult to predict. But I believe that we can count the exchange of goals scored, which has occurred quite often in recent games of these teams. Athletic did not exchange goals in only two of the last seven matches, and Barcelona didn’t do it only four times in the last 12 games.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
