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Introduction [Music] Contents La Liga Barcelona versus Athletic bilbow prediction team news lineups preview Barcelona will be aiming to make it back-to-back wins at the start of the new La Liga campaign when they welcome athletic b b to a Olympic Louis companies on Saturday night hungy flick side recorded a 2 to1 victory over Valencia in their first game of the new season while athletic opened their 2024-25 campaign with a one to1 draw against hfe match preview Barcelona fell behind in the 44th minute of their La Liga opener with Valencia last weekend with Hugo Duro heading Los CH into the lead but Robert lowski scored either side of the interval to turn the game around as flick started his reign as head coach with all three points the Catalan Giants have a busy end to August taking on athletic Rio vono and real vuda lead in quick succession and it would not be a surprise to see them have maximum points on the board heading into the September International break it is still obviously incredibly early in the season but the fact that Real Madrid dropped points on the opening weekend was a big positive for a Barcelona side that will be expecting to battle Los Blancos for the title this term Barcelona have only made two signings this summer with pow Victor and Danny Almo arriving at the club but the Catalan team have been frustrated in their pursuit of niik Williams at one stage it appeared that flick side were on the verge of signing Nico Williams from athletic but the Euro 2024 winning star now looks set to remain at San mames and it would be some story if he ended up inspiring the Lions to a victory at a stud Olympic Lis companies on Saturday athletic were far from their best against hfe in their campaign opener oan sanset sent them ahead in the 27th minute of the Clash but they conceded just past the hour to draw one to one at San mes the red and whites who finished fifth in La Liga last term will now head to Barcelona and these are the type of matches that they need to get results in if the team are to challenge for the top for this term athletic as mentioned have managed to keep hold of star player Nico Williams for now but there have a number of Departures including Danny Garcia and ier munion Alvaro JLo and andon grosel have been their two incomings with more expected to follow before the end of the transfer window and it will be fascinating to see what the team can achieve this season Ernesto valde side Drew 0 to zero with Barcelona when the two teams last locked horns in March but they have not managed to beat the Catalin outfit away from home in La Liga since November 20 one team news Barcelona remain without the services of four players through injury with Anu fatty Ronald oroo Frankie djang and gavy all unavailable for selection while Andreas Christensen is a slight doubt due to a fitness issue there is a hope that Almo will be registered in time to make his Barcelona debut this weekend but it could come off the bench with fitan pedri likely to feature in the number 10 position three 17-year-olds started for Barcelona against Valencia with pal cubar Mark Bernal and Lan yal in the first 11 and that should again be the case against Athletic IL gundan has left the club to return to Manchester City but Ferman Lopez is available again after his exploits for Spain at Euro 2024 and the Olympics over the summer as for athletic Nico Williams featured Off the Bench against hfe last time out but the Spain star is set to return to the 11 on Saturday evening potentially taking the place of Alex Beringer JLo Inigo Ruiz de galerita niiko Serrano Oscar DeMarcos julan agaro Zaba and unai Simon are all currently on the sidelines for the Lions while ier peretas is a doubt due to the muscular issue that forced him off against hfe Mexican goalkeeper Alex Padilla 20 is in line for another start between the sticks while summer arrival garosa is set to continue at right back this weekend Barcelona possible starting lineup tur Stan count cubar i Martinez bald Bernal Casado yamal pedri Rafia lowski athletic bilbow possible starting lineup padila grosel Yer Vivien Yuri Pros vesa I Williams sanset n Williams gusa we say Barcelona 2 to1 athletic bilbow at full strength athletic would fancy their chances of securing a positive result this weekend but they have some key absences especially between the sticks and we are backing Barcelona to make it successive victories at the start of their 2024 to2 La Liga campaign thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more Outro for [Music] [Music] [Music]