Week 26 features a match on Sun Feb 27th, where Barcelona plays host to Athletic Club in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Barcelona is fresh off their 4-1 win against Valencia. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck first for Barcelona in the 23rd minute, then Frenkie de Jong added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Ousmane Dembélé. Barcelona should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Athletic Club is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Real Sociedad. Dani Vivian scored the first goal for Athletic Club in the 68th minute, then Oihan Sancet added another in the 72nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Real Sociedad couldn’t manage to score, and Athletic Club took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Athletic Club should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Athletic Club was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Muniain struck first for Athletic Club in the 2nd minute on a feed from Williams Arthuer, then Ferrán Torres tied it up for Barcelona in the 20th minute on a feed from Sergio Busquets , but luckily for Athletic Club it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win.
Both Alex Berenguer and Raúl García have been the hottest scorers for Athletic Club in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Both Lopez and Frenkie de Jong have been the hottest scorers for Barcelona in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Xavier Hernández Creus’s squad will be without Gerard Piqué, Sergi Roberto, Ansu Fati, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Umtiti, Dani Alves and Balde Martinez, while Yeray and Williams Arthuer are unavailable to play for Athletic Club.