Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions

• Athletic have lost five of their seven away games this season
• Barcelona’s last 13 matches have gone over 2.5 goals
• Barcelona have won nine of the last 11 league head-to-heads

Barca to win on Camp Nou return

Barcelona will return to the Camp Nou for an emotionally charged game as they host Athletic Bilbao in their first game back in the stadium after more than two years.

Barca are locked in a typically competitive La Liga title race with Real Madrid and they will be looking to overtake their rivals with a win on Saturday before Los Blancos face Elche a day later.

Hansi Flick’s have won nine of their 12 league matches this term but have also suffered chastening away defeats to Madrid and Sevilla.

They should be able to get the better of an Athletic Bilbao side who have been struggling badly with injuries to some of their big names.

Injuries the issue for visitors

As a result they have lost eight of their last 13 matches and have been particularly poor on their travels, with just one win and five defeats from their seven road trips.

They have been boosted by the return of Nico Williams but their list of absentees remains substantial and they look set for more misery in this away game. Side with Barcelona to win a game which also goes over 2.5 goals.

The hosts have already won two of their 11 La Liga games by a 3-1 scoreline and a repeat of that is fancied in this one.