Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions

• Both teams have scored in six of Barca’s last eight home league games
• The net has bulged at both ends in each of Athletic Bilbao’s last five away league games
• These two have met twice already this month, with each landing the spoils in a 3-2 win

The goals should flow again as Barca host Bilbao

Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao have served up two five-goal thrillers already this month and the entertainment looks set to continue when the pair renew their rivalry at Camp Nou.

A Lionel Messi-inspired Barca ran out 3-2 winners in the Basque country in La Liga earlier this month before Bilbao exacted their revenge by prevailing by the same scoreline to win the Spanish Super Cup in extra-time in Seville.

Barca, ten points adrift of Atletico Madrid in La Liga having played one game more, can ill afford any more slip-ups and they may take some stopping in their pursuit of a fifth straight win.

But with Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto still sidelined, Barcelona are weakend defensively and that offers hope to a Bilbao side that thrashed Getafe 5-1 at home last weekend.

Both teams have scored in six of Barcelona’s last eight home league matches, with their only two clean sheets coming against lowly pair Levante and Osasuna.

Ronald Koeman’s men have been held to consecutive score draws at Camp Nou by Valencia and Levante and Bilbao are another team with the attacking quality to give them a scare.

Despite their inconsistencies in La Liga this season, Bilbao have failed to score in only one of their last nine games and both teams have scored in each of their last five away league trips which includes on their visit to Real Madrid.

With that in mind, both teams are fancied to score for a third meeting in succession.

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