Kickoff: 21:00 CEST / 20:00 BST / 3:00 PM EDT / 12:00 PM PDT
Venue: Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys
Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera
Lineups:
Barcelona: Marc-Andre ter Stegen - Alejandro Balde, Inigo Martinez, Andrea Christensen, Joao Cancelo - Gavi, Oriol Romeu, Ilkay Gundogan - Joao Felix, Ferran Torres, Fermin Lopez
Subs: Inaki Pena, Ander Astralaga, Ronald Araujo, Marcos Alonso, Hector Fort, Unai Hernandez, Lamine Yamal, Marc Guiu
Athletic: Unai Simon - Yuri Berchiche, Aitor Paredes, Dani Vivian, Oscar de Marcos - Ander Herrera, Dani Garcia - Nico Williams, Oihan Sancet, Inaki Williams - Gorka Guruzeta
Subs: Julen Agirrezabala, Inigo Lekue, Imanol Garcia de Albeniz, Peru Nolaskoain, Malcom Ares Djalo, Alex Berenguer, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Benat Prados, Unai Gomez, Asier Villalibre, Raul Garcia
Match Events:
Match Stats - via Livescore.com, as of 0’
| Barcelona | Athletic :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 0.00 | 0.00 xA | 0.00 | 0.00 Possession | 0% | 0% Shots on target | 0 | 0 Shots off target | 0 | 0 Blocked shots | 0 | 0 Corner kicks | 0 | 0 Offsides | 0 | 0 Fouls | 0 | 0 Yellow Cards | 0 | 0 Red Cards | 0 | 0
Live Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 25 |
| Girona | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 25 |
| Atletico Madrid | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 22 |
| Barcelona | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 22 |
| Athletic Club | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 18 |
| Real Sociedad | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| Osasuna | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| Valencia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 11 |
| Getafe | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 11 |
| Las Palmas | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| Sevilla | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 9 |
| Villarreal | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 9 |
| Cadiz | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| Alaves | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 9 |
| Mallorca | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 8 |
| Celta Vigo | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 6 |
| Granada | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 6 |
| Almeria | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 3 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Barcelona: vs Madrid, 10.28, 16:15 CEST
Athletic: vs Valencia, 10.29, 18:30 CEST
Let me know if there are any mistakes, or if there’s something you want me to change
Idk if it’s because he still hasn’t learned (learnt?) where to position himself or something else, but whenever Lamine plays the rest of the team doesn’t pass to him enough
Learned (US) and learnt (UK) are both correct
Fouls on Felix are legal, just FYI.
That’s one proper shot from cancelo
Balde, not you too, please…
Lmao, the foul was 20m away from where Simon took it
The passing has been so much better the last 15 mins or so
Alonso looks funny when he runs lol
What on earth was Simeone doing to Felix
same thing he did to Griezmann, who coincidentally made the Ballon d’or podium twice and has now returned to being arguably the best player in Europe
How was that not a foul by Gavi for that scissor tackle lol
Iñigo looks much worse with his new haircut
Gavi should have been sent off there… Suspended for the clasico but I guess ref had been paid otherwise.
Our squad depth for this game is hilariously thin. Hoping for the best but prepared for the worst.
La masiah
Anyone know why Lamine isn’t in the starting XI for Barça?
Seems as though Athletic don’t have as much trouble finding goals as they did last season and they’re doing decent. But they often get thrashed when they go to Barcelona so even if they’re missing a lot of players, I don’t expect anything less than a 3-0 here.