Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona, ​​the second leg of the 25th round of La Liga, is scheduled for Sunday 12 March from 22:00 at San Mames and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 3, Orange Sport 2 and Prima. Sports 3.

Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona meet in a match that promises to be very difficult for the Catalans, despite the weak form of the group from the Basque Country.

Athletic Bilbao are in mid-table, a long way from both the European places and the relegation places, after picking up just one point in their last three La Liga matches, the previous leg being a 0-0 draw at Rayo Vallecano .

Ernesto Valverde’s side have six wins, two draws and four defeats at home this season, with Oihan Sunset as the Basques’ top scorer in the league with eight goals.

It should be noted that Ernesto Valverde took charge of Athletic Bilbao in the summer of 2022, after he was last in charge of Barcelona between May 2017 and January 2020, with whom he won two titles, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup .

Barcelona are undisputed leaders in La Liga with 62 points, six more than Real (who still have an extra game in hand), and have won eight and lost one in the league in 2023, during which they were relegated from Europe. League. , after 2-2 at home and 1-2 away from Manchester United.

Barcelona have conceded just eight goals this season with the best defense in the league, while the attack ranks second in La Liga with 46 goals, while the Catalans have the competition’s top scorer in Robert Lewandowski with 15 goals.

Xavi Hernandez will be able to use Robert Lewandowski, who has recovered from injury, as well as Xavi, who will return from suspension, while Ousmane Dembele and Pedri were injured against Athletic Bilbao.

Javi Hernandez’s side have won ten games and lost two away games, and will face arch-rivals Real Madrid at Camp Nou in the next round of the championship.

Goals from Ousmane Dembele (12), Sergi Roberto (18), Robert Lewandowski (22) saw Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-0 at home in a round-robin match between the two teams on 23 October 2022. . and Ferran Torres (73).

Superbet offers odds of 1.35 on the prediction X2: a draw or a win for the guests in the match between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona.

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