Barcelona – Ath Bilbao BETTING TIPS (04.02.2017)
PREVIEW&TIPS FOR Barcelona – Ath Bilbao
Barcelona and Athletic Club meet at the Camp Nou in a match for the 21st day of the First Division. Barcelona won away by (0-1) the last time they faced in this edition of the league, on 08-28-2016. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 9 games won 8 and drew 1. In fact, in the last confrontation in this stadium, for the Copa del Rey, 11-01-2017, Barcelona won By (3-1). The goals of the game were scored by L. Suárez (35 ‘), Neymar (48’) and L. Messi (78 ‘) for Barcelona and Saborit (51’) for Athletic Club. At this meeting the home factor could play a decisive role, as Athletic Club has shown differences in performance in their games at home and as a visitor.
Analysis Barcelona
The home team is currently in 2nd place with 42 points, after 12 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate game, he won out against Eibar for (0-4). In the latter, tied off against Real Betis for (1-1). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses as a visitor; Against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in his stadium. The team arrives at this meeting after a victory away with Atletico Madrid by (1-2). For the championship, Barcelona have won 18 points in 27 chances, after 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 9 games at their stadium.
For this competition, you have not lost any of the last 7 games in your stadium. His attack has scored regularly, having scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 20 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 6 times and only got 1 turnaround. In the last 20 home games for all competitions there has been a period that stands out: he suffered 5 of his 13 goals in the minutes (61′-75 ‘).
Barcelona return to play at home for the Spanish Championship after two away away from their fans, who should have been satisfied with the results, as the team won four of the six points played away from home. Now the team tries to win their third home win and also seeks to prolong their unbeaten run of thirteen games. Barcelona did not score goals in just one of their nine home games and did not concede goals in four of them. For this match, the coach must keep the team in the 4-3-3, with Suárez and Messi in the attack, who together score thirty-one goals in the championship.
Athletic Club Analysis
After 9 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, the visiting team is in 7th place, having won 32 points. In the last game, they beat Sporting Gijón at home (2-1), after having drawn at home in a game against Atletico Madrid (2-2) in the previous game. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; Against 12 wins and 3 draws in his stadium. The last visiting game for this competition ended with a 0-0 draw against Leganés. In the last 9 away games for the championship, Athletic Club has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 8 points out of 27.
For this competition, you have not won as a visitor for 6 games. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 4 of their last 9 games for this competition finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In 20 games in this event, he managed to get back to the result in 4 of the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Athletic Bilbao enters the field for their twenty-first day of the Spanish Championship trying to prolong their period of unbeaten in the competition, which has lasted five games. Now the team tries to win more than one game in a row, something that only occurred at the beginning of the championship. Athletic Bilbao have not won away from home for six games. As a visitor, the team failed to score goals in three of their nine matches and also failed to score goals in three of those games. For this match, the coach should keep the team in 4-5-1, highlighting forward Aduriz, who has seven goals scored in the championship.