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Barcelona to Win Again Against the Athletic Club

FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao - 23/10/2022

05/01/23
Barcelona to Win Again Against the Athletic Club
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Barcelona will stay at the Nou Camp for a second game on the spin as they welcome Athletic Club to their own backyard not long after hammering Villarreal 3-0 and losing to Real Madrid away from home with the club still sitting second in La Liga.

Although the loss to the champions and league leaders was a damaging one, Barcelona still are in second and are behind Real by just the three points that were forfeited in that El Clasico 3-1 loss.

In fact, with eight wins from 10 games already for the Spanish giants, they sit with the best defensive record across Europe's top five leagues with a stunning four goals conceded.

In fact, given how they let in three goals in that loss to Real, it means Barcelona have actually only conceded a goal in two of the 10 games so far, keeping an incredible eight clean sheets along the way.

Barcelona bounced back immediately after the loss to Real with a 3-0 victory against Villarreal. Robert Lewandowski was the star man once again that day, as his two goals meant he has now scored 11 in his debut season in La Liga.

And, with an extra five in the Champions League, the former Bayern Munich star has now scored 16 times in 14 games already for his new club and is the top scorer in La Liga and sits six goals above the recent Ballon d’Or winner, Karim Benzema.

In fact, alongside his goals, Barcelona are now sitting seven points ahead of sixth-placed Athletic Club ahead of this meeting at the Nou Camp, having scored 24 goals and just one less than Real's 25 at the top of La Liga.

Despite the brilliance of the two El Clasico sides at the top of the division, this cannot overlook what has been one of Bilbao's best starts to a season in recent times.

They are currently sixth, but they have failed to win any of their past three games since beating Almeria 4-0 at the end of September. It does now mean a winless run for them in October.

The club drew 1-1 with Sevilla at the start of the month, before a visit of Atletico Madrid was met with a 1-0 loss.

Getafe then drew 2-2 with them in the league, but Athletic Club have still got a fantastic defensive record of only eight goals let in from 10 games.

Forebet predicts a win for Barcelona and over 2.5 goals in the game.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Es1
413920
1
3 - 2
2.73
23°
1.55
1.55 4.50 5.50 no no no
FT
4 - 0(3 - 0)
-
- - -
La Liga
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Real Madrid 87 34 27 6 1 52
2
Barcelona 73 33 22 7 4 29
3
Girona 71 33 22 5 6 29
4
Atlético Madrid 64 33 20 4 9 23
5
Athletic Bilbao 61 34 17 10 7 22
6
Real Sociedad 54 34 14 12 8 13
7
Real Betis 49 33 12 13 8 2
8
Valencia 47 33 13 8 12 -1
9
Villarreal 45 33 12 9 12 -1
10
Getafe 43 34 10 13 11 -6
11
Osasuna 39 33 11 6 16 -12
12
Deportivo Alavés 38 33 10 8 15 -7
13
Sevilla 38 33 9 11 13 -4
14
Las Palmas 37 34 10 7 17 -13
15
Rayo Vallecano 34 33 7 13 13 -15
16
Real Mallorca 32 33 6 14 13 -12
17
Celta Vigo 31 33 7 10 16 -13
18
Cadiz 26 34 4 14 16 -26
19
Granada CF 21 33 4 9 20 -25
20
UD Almería 14 33 1 11 21 -35

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