Athletic Club vs Barcelona Predictions - March 7, 2026

The hosts will be under pressure and the Blaugrana will be eager to use it to their advantage. Barcelona are likely to come out on top to secure a win against Athletic Club Bilbao in their upcoming La Liga outing

Match info: La Liga

Venue: San Mames, Bilbao

Date: Saturday, 7^th March 2026

Time: 9 pm Nigerian time

Barcelona will be aiming to make it three straight wins in Spain's top flight when they continue their campaign away to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday evening.

Hansi Flick's side are top of the La Liga table, four points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, while Athletic are ninth, five points behind sixth-placed Celta Vigo.

Head-to-head:

• Athletic Club have won 80 of the 246 meetings between the two teams.

• Barcelona recorded 126 victories.

• The remaining 40 clashes ended in draws.

• Barcelona are on a three-match winning run.

• Athletic Club Bilbao have failed to secure a win in their last two games.

• Los Leones have only secured one goal in their last five meetings against Blaugrana.

• Six of their last 10 encounters produced at least three goals.

Form:

• Athletic Club in the league: D-W-W-W-D

• Athletic Club in all competitions: L-W-W-D-L

• Barcelona in the league: W-W-L-W-W

• Barcelona in all competitions: L-L-W-W-W

Team News:

• Athletic Club will be without the services of Nico Williams, Maroan Sannadi, Benat Prados and Unai Eguiluz. They are injured. Yeray Alvarez is suspended.

• Frenkie de Jong, Jules Kounde, Andreas Christensen, Jofre Torrents and Toni Fernandez are not going to be in action for Barcelona due to their injuries. Good news for Barca fans as Gavi is back in training.

Player(s) to watch:

• Inaki Williams remains one of the main men in the attacking front for Athletic Club Bilbao, even though he has not been in top form this season. He scored a goal in the 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano and will be gearing up to help his side on the attacking front once again. The 31-year-old will lead the attack from the right for the hosts.

• Lamine Yamal was very impactful on the attacking front as he bagged an assist, despite not scoring any goals in the previous game for Barcelona. He scored a sensational hat-trick in the last LaLiga fixture against Villarreal and is going to be a constant threat to the opponent’s defence in the upcoming contest.