Athletic Club Barcelona betting prediction

The away team is currently in the 1^st position of the league, with 50 points won, after 15 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Girona, by (0‑2). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Valencia, by (2‑2). In their last match, for the Copa del Rey, they got a home tie against Real Madrid by (1‑1). In the last 10 away league matches Barcelona has a record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 23 points out of 30 possible.

In this competition, they have a sequence of 4 wins in the last away matches and they haven't lost any of the last 7 away matches. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 22 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have only turned the score around in 2. In the last 10 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (46'‑60').

Barcelona come to this clash after a 1-1 home draw against Real Madrid, in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final. In the last game of the competition, the Catalans registered a 2 -2 draw against Valencia. The away team usually play in a 4-3-3, preferring a more organized style of playing, attacking, preferably, through the central aisle. In this tactical formation, the three most advanced players will be Coutinho, Suárez and Messi, and in the midfield should play Busquets, Arthur and Rakitic. For this game coach Enresto Valverde can not count on Jordi Alba, suspended, in addition to Dembélé, Rafinha, Cillessen and Umtiti, players recovering from injury.