Athletic Club vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th May 2025

When Barcelona come to San Mames for the LaLiga match this coming Sunday, Athletic Club will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Sitting top of the table, Barcelona claimed 85 points after 37 rounds, while Athletic Club have amassed 70 points. This ranks the latter as number 4 in the LaLiga before the next round.

A difficult game lies ahead of Athletic Clubon Sunday, when they try to consolidate their place among the top-ranked teams in the LaLiga standings. Beat Barcelona could be very decisive for the rest of their campaign.

Athletic Club have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded two goals, or 0.2 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to eight clean sheets in this run.

Barcelona scored 24 goals, conceded 12 and held on for a clean sheet in four of their last ten matches.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Barcelona came away as 2-1 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Sunday.

Athletic Club vs Barcelona Prediction

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 1-0 win against Deportivo Alaves. They went on to beat Getafe by 0-2, before also getting the better of Valencia in a 0-1 victory. Athletic Club put four wins on the board in their previous six LaLiga matches at the San Mames. They drew twice while losing none, scored 13 goals while conceding three.

Barcelona Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Barcelona. They first took out Real Madrid by 4-3 before downing Espanyol by 0-2. The winning streak came to an end against Villarreal, who ran out 2-3 winners. Barcelona collected a maximum six wins in their previous six away matches in the LaLiga, which no away team naturally currently does better. They outscored their opponents by 15 goals to four along the way.

Athletic Club are really tough to break down, but as the expense of scoring only few goals themselves. A low scoring encounter is on the menu this coming Sunday, when Barcelona come visiting.

Athletic Club earned nine points from their last nine matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed two wins, following eight goals scored while also conceding nine. Barcelona have a supreme history in their last nine games against fellow teams from the top six. They claimed 17 points, better than any other top six side in the LaLiga this season, . They won ten matches while scoring 25 goals to 15 against. Athletic Club are looking at a record of 19 wins, 13 draws and five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Barcelona have a record of 27 wins, four draws and six defeats in the LaLiga.

Athletic Club vs Barcelona Squads

Athletic Club Squad

Ernesto Valverde will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Barcelona from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Julen Agirrezabala (0/14), Unai Simon (0/20), Aitor Paredes (3/22), Andoni Gorosabel (0/20), Daniel Vivian (4/31), Inigo Lekue (0/15), Oscar de Marcos (0/25), Unai Nunez (0/9), Yeray Alvarez (1/21), Yuri Berchiche (0/29), Benat Prados (1/29), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/25), Mikel Jauregizar (2/33), Mikel Vesga (0/25), Nico Williams (5/28), Oihan Sancet (15/28), Peio Canales (0/8), Unai Gomez (1/31), Adama Boiro (0/18), Aingeru Olabarrieta (0/1), Alex Berenguer (6/35), Alvaro Djalo (1/17), Gorka Guruzeta (7/36), Inaki Williams (6/34), Maroan Sannadi (1/15).

Barcelona Squad

Here is the full team squad of Barcelona. The 60 year-old Hans-Dieter Flick will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Inaki Pena (0/15), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/8), Wojciech Szczesny (0/15), Alejandro Balde (0/31), Andreas Christensen (0/0), Eric Garcia (2/28), Gerard Martin (1/27), Hector Fort (0/17), Inigo Martinez (0/28), Jules Kounde (2/32), Pau Cubarsi (0/34), Ronald Araujo (1/11), Daniel Rodriguez (0/0), Fermin Lopez (6/27), Frenkie de Jong (2/25), Gavi (1/25), Marc Bernal (0/3), Marc Casado (1/23), Pablo Torre (3/10), Pedri (4/36), Ansu Fati (0/6), Dani Olmo (9/24), Ferran Torres (10/27), Lamine Yamal (9/34), Pau Victor (2/20), Raphinha (18/35), Robert Lewandowski (25/33).

Athletic Club vs Barcelona Team News

At the time of writing, Barcelona just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday. Ronald Araujo and Raphinha can't be called upon by Barcelona, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Athletic Club vs Barcelona Lineups

Athletic Club vs Barcelona H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Barcelona came away with a 2-1 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at San Mames, but face stern opposition, of course. Barcelona will be excited about a meeting with Athletic Club, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Barcelona go into the match with a 8-2-0 advantage. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 13/10.

Athletic Club vs Barcelona Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Athletic Club and Barcelona. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 3/2 with bookies.

Athletic Club vs Barcelona Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Raphinha so far with 18 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target five times in his last six games, and no doubt Barcelona want him to continue this productive spell against Athletic Clubthis coming Sunday.

Athletic Club claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Barcelona won eight of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing two in this series of matches. It is a tough one to call who gets to draw first blood on Sunday. Athletic Club managed to open the scoring in no less than six of their previous 10 league games at home. Barcelona have been equally quick to get off the mark, scoring the opener in six of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Athletic Club and Barcelona, with the latter scoring 1.9 goals on average in these. Athletic Club managed an average of 0.5 goals as both teams scored four times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Athletic Club, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Barcelona played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.5 goals themselves during this run.