On the 23rd of October, in this week 11 match, Barcelona plays host to Athletic Club in a meeting of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. Barcelona sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Real Madrid. Karim Benzema struck first for Real Madrid in the 12th minute, then Federico Valverde added another in the 35th minute. Barcelona looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while 6th placed Athletic Club is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Getafe. Williams scored the first goal for Athletic Club in the 2nd minute, but Aleñà got the equalizer for Getafe in the 27th minute . With 18 points in their last 10 matches Athletic Club should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Athletic Club and Barcelona last played eachother at the San Mamés Barria on Jan 20th. Athletic Club was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Muniain scored the first goal for Athletic Club in the 2nd minute, then Ferrán Torres tied it up for Barcelona in the 20th minute , but luckily for Athletic Club it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory.
Athletic Club’s most prolific scorer has been Williams. The Spanish attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Robert Lewandowski has been the most prolific scorer on Barcelona in the last five matches with three goals
Bellerín, Frenkie de Jong, Andreas Christensen, Franck Kessié and Jules Koundé are unavailable to play for Barcelona, while Ernesto Valverde Tejedor’s Athletic Club squad will be without Yuri and Dani Vivian.