Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club: Goals and highlights

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Hello everybody and welcome along to this MARCA in English LaLiga EA Sports live blog, this time taking you through the fixture of Barcelona vs Athletic Club with live, minute-by-minute updates.

Unlike Real Madrid, the Catalans did manage to get off to a winning start last time out, winning 2-1 away at Valencia thanks to a Robert Lewandowski brace. Hansi Flick will be looking to make it two from two against the Basques.

Athletic, meanwhile, were only able to manage a point at home to Getafe as they opened the new campaign. Oihan Sancet had given them a first-half lead just shy of the half-hour mark, but their visitors battled back and the points were shared.

With both sides looking to take maximum points, then, follow our live text updates of Barcelona vs Athletic Club below.

Barcelona vs Athletic Club LIVE: Latest text updates

Where to watch Barcelona vs Athletic Club?

For fans in the United Kingdom, Barcelona vs Athletic Club can be seen on Premier Sports and Amazon Prime Video. Fans in Ireland can tune in via Sky Ireland’s Sports Extra pack.

US-based fans will be able to see Barcelona vs Athletic Club on ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.

What time does Barcelona vs Athletic Club start?

Barcelona vs Athletic Club is a 19:00 CEST kick-off, which is local time in Spain. That means fans in the UK and Ireland will find the game starting at 18:00 BST.

Fans in the USA can tune in to watch Barcelona vs Athletic Club at 13:00 ET / 10:00 PT.




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FC Barcelona vs. Athletic Club live stream: Where to watch La Liga online, TV channel, team news, odds, pick

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After winning 2-1 in their first game of the season away against Valencia, Hansi Flick’s FC Barcelona will also make their debut at their home stadium on Saturday against Athletic Club. For the second season in a row, the Blaugrana will play at the Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys, while they are waiting to play at the new Spotify Camp Nou. On the other side, Athletic drew their La Liga opener against Getafe and will try to get the most out of a difficult tie in Barcelona. Here are our storylines, how you can watch the match and more:

How to watch and odds

  • Date: Saturday, August 24 | Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
  • Location: Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys – Barcelona, Spain
  • Live stream: Fubo (try for free)
  • Odds: FC Barcelona -120; Draw +185; Athletic +340

Team news

FC Barcelona: This week Ilkay Gundogan left the club to join Manchester City once again, but Barcelona hasn’t registered new signing Dani Olmo yet. While both Frenkie de Jong and Gavi are unavailable, Lamine Yamal will lead the attacking line alongside Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski. 

Possible FC Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Bernal, Casado; Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha; Lewandowski. 

Athletic Club: Nico Williams, who was one of the big targets for Barcelona this summer, will start and face the club that he could have joined this summer while Mexican goalkeeper Alex Padilla is set to make another start. 

Possible Athletic Club XI: Padilla; Gorosabel, Yeray, Vivian, Yuri; Prados, Vesga; I. Williams, Sancet, N. Williams; Guruzeta. 

Prediction

After a strong start away at Valencia, FC Barcelona are expected to replicate in their home ground against Valverde’s team. Pick: Barcelona 2, Athletic 1.




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