Published on 01/06/2025 2:00 p.m.
by David Ratabouil
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Pronostics Football
Athletic Bilbao, 4th in La Liga, faces FC Barcelona, 3rd with 2 units ahead of the Basque club, this Wednesday January 8, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah on the occasion of the first 1/ 2 final of the Spanish Super Cup.
The Basque club has expanded its list of achievements since 2020 and has become one of the strongholds in Spain. Athletic Bilbao notably won the Spanish Super Cup during the 2020-2021 season then the Copa del Rey during the 2023-2024 financial year and found itself in the final of the Copa del Rey in 2019-2020 and in 2020-2021 then in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in 2021-2022.
FC Barcelona, for its part, has only won 3 trophies since 2020, 1 Liga in 2022-2023, 1 Copa del Rey in 2020-2021 and 1 Spanish Super Cup in 2022-2023. The Catalan club has struggled to make its mark on Spanish football in recent years and German Flick’s mission is to make Barça once again a giant of Spain and Europe.
Athletic Bilbao is on a very good and dynamic run since the latter has been undefeated for two months and has 11 victories in its last 15 contested matches. The San Mamés resident is also undefeated on the European scene (5 wins and 1 draw). Since his exploit at Fenerbahçe (0-2) on December 11, the current 4th in La Liga obtained a draw at Alavés (1-1) and victory at Osasuna (1-2) during the Basque derby then eliminated in pain UD Logrones this January 4 in the 1/16th final of the Copa del Rey during the penalty shootout (0-0, 3 tab 4). The two Williams brothers, very prominent since the start of the season, were substitutes.
The Basque club has not lost since October 6.
FC Barcelona has only won 4 matches in its last 10 outings. Barça has been in difficulty in recent weeks and has lost its leadership position due to 3 recent poor results in La Liga, namely 1 draw at Betis Sevilla (2-2) and 2 defeats in a row against Leganés. (0-1) and against Atlético Madrid (1-2). Now 3rd in the championship, the Catalan club took advantage of their Copa del Rey match at Barbastro to return to victory (0-4, double from Lewandowski).
Athletic Bilbao has its infirmary practically empty…However, three uncertainties concern the presence or not for this clash against Barcelona of Alvarez (calf), Ruiz de Galarreta (hamstring) and Sancet (ankle). Strikers Gorka Guruzeta (6 goals) and Berenguer (4 goals) will be worth watching as will Inaki Williams (8 goals) who scored 3 goals in his last 6 appearances against Villarreal (2-0, 1 goal) and Fenerbahçe (0-2, 2 goals).
Robert Lewandowski is averaging one goal per match this season!
FC Barcelona will be without Bernal (knee), Christensen (Achilles tendon) and Ter Stegen (knee). Fort (muscle injury), Torres (calf) and Yamal (ankle) remain uncertain for this semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup. Still too tight for this round of the Spanish Cup at Barbastro, Lamine Yamal could make his return against Bilbao in the middle of the week. Flick will be able to count on his two attackers, the indestructible Robert Lewandowski, author of a double in the Copa del Rey this weekend, bringing his total to 25 goals in 25 official matches with the Blaugranas, and on Raphinha.
The Brazilian international, who is having his best season in Catalonia, has scored 5 goals in his last 8 matches and was rested at Barbastro this weekend in the Copa del Rey. The former Stade Rennais player has scored 17 times in 25 official matches with Barça since the launch of this 2024-2025 financial year.
Athletic Bilbao managed to eliminate FC Barcelona (4-2 ap) in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on January 24, 2024 before holding the Catalan club to a draw in San Mamés (0-0). .Two good results out of three for the Basques against the Blaugranas since Bilbao lost at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys (2-1) this season during the 2nd day of La Liga. Undefeated for 15 games with prestigious successes against Real Sociedad (1-0), against Real Madrid (2-1), in front of Villarreal (2-0) and Fenerbahçe (0-2) in particular, Athletic Bilbao has the means to hang on to this Catalan team and believe in a new feat.
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