The Copa del Rey quarter-final between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24 at 10.30pm at the San Mames and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1.

Athletic Bilbao (23 trophies) and Barcelona (31 trophies), the most successful teams in the competition, meet in the quarter-final derby of the Spanish Cup (only one match is played) and also participate in the championship in a direct fight for a place in the Champions League.

Athletic Bilbao have reached this stage of the competition by beating Rubi (sixth division) 2-1 (d) in the first round, Cajon (fourth division) 3-0 (d) in the second round and Eibar in the round of 16 (second division), score 3-0 (d), and in the round of 16 against Alaves, score 2-0 (a).

In La Liga, Ernesto Valverde’s side are in 5th place after 21 matches with 41 points, the same as Atletico Madrid, who are in 4th place (but have played fewer matches) and are coming off a league defeat 0-1 away to Valencia, a setback that ended a 15-game unbeaten run in all competitions, the last seven of which were victories.

Athletic Bilbao have won the Copa del Rey 23 times, the last time in 1984 after a 0-1 final against Barcelona, ​​and have lost a further 16 times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2021, 0-4 against Barcelona.

Barcelona started the competition in the Round of 16 (privilege given to the four teams participating in the Spanish Super Cup), in which they edged out Barbastro (fourth division) 3-2, and were eliminated in the Round of 16 from the ” Salamanca”. (third league), score 3-1, both games away.

Javi Hernandez’s side are 3rd in the league with 44 points, 8 points behind leaders Girona and 7 behind 2nd-placed Real Madrid, and come off the back of a La Liga win , 4-2 on the field. Betis Sevilla’s third win in six matches played in 2024 in all competitions, their only defeat coming against Real Madrid (1-4) in the Spanish Super Cup final.

Barcelona have won the Copa del Rey 31 times, most recently in 2021, scoring 4-0 in the final against Athletic Bilbao and losing 11 times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2019 (1-2 with Valencia).

In the last head-to-head match between the two teams played in this edition of LaLiga, on October 22, 2023, Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao at home, 1-0, thanks to a goal from Marc Guy (80).

Superbet offers odds of 1.45 on the X2 prediction: a draw or a win for the guests in the main time of 90 minutes of the match between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona.

* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article