Thursday , 2 July 2026

Athletic Club vs FC Barcelona, La Liga 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Primera Division · 2023-24
Athletic Club
0 – 0
Full Time
FC Barcelona
Sun 3 Mar 2024 · 20:00 UTC San Mames 52,925 HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 32' Ronald Araujo
Y 34' Xavi Hernandez
Dani Garcia 52' Y
Y 62' Andreas Christensen
Imanol Garcia de Albeniz 65' Y
Alex Berenguer 86' Y
Y 88' Jules Kounde

Overview

Match Preview

Athletic Club vs FC Barcelona — La Liga at San Mames.

Match Details

  • Referee Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (Spain)
  • Assistant 1 Jose Naranjo Perez (Spain)
  • Assistant 2 Jose Garrido Romero (Spain)
12 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Barcelona 38 94
2 Real Madrid CF 38 86
3 Villarreal CF 38 72
4 Club Atletico de Madrid 38 69
5 Real Betis Balompie 38 60
6 RC Celta de Vigo 38 54
7 Getafe CF 38 51
8 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 50
9 Valencia CF 38 49
10 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 38 46
11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 46
12 Athletic Club 38 45
13 Elche CF 38 43
14 Deportivo Alaves 38 43
15 Sevilla FC 38 43
16 CA Osasuna 38 42
17 RCD Mallorca 38 42
18 Levante UD 38 42
19 Girona FC 38 41
20 Real Oviedo 38 29

Head-to-Head

1
4
11
Athletic Club 16 games · Avg 2.2 goals FC Barcelona
Last 5 meetings
2024-03-03 Athletic Club 0–0 FC Barcelona 2023-10-22 FC Barcelona 1–0 Athletic Club 2023-03-12 Athletic Club 0–1 FC Barcelona 2022-10-23 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club 2022-02-27 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club

Recent Form

Athletic Club
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Mar FC Barcelona H 0–0 D
25 Feb Real Betis Balompie A 1–3 L
19 Feb Girona FC H 3–2 W
12 Feb UD Almeria A 0–0 D
02 Feb RCD Mallorca H 4–0 W
28 Jan Cadiz CF A 0–0 D
FC Barcelona
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Mar Athletic Club A 0–0 D
24 Feb Getafe CF H 4–0 W
21 Feb SSC Napoli A 1–1 D
17 Feb RC Celta de Vigo A 2–1 W
11 Feb Granada CF H 3–3 D
03 Feb Deportivo Alaves A 3–1 W

Season Stats

Athletic Club FC Barcelona
#12 Position #1
45 Points 94
38 Played 38
13 / 6 / 19 W / D / L 31 / 1 / 6
43 Scored 95
58 Conceded 36
-15 GD +59
1.18 PPG 2.47
34% Win % 82%

Key Stats

31% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Athletic Club are 12th (45 pts). FC Barcelona are 1st (94 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Athletic Club welcome FC Barcelona for this crunch clash at San Mames.
  • 5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 10' Mikel Vesga has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 15' FC Barcelona is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 20' Unai Gomez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Barcelona that had 513 games and scored 767 goals.
  • 26' FC Barcelona make a change. Frenkie de Jong trudges off to be replaced by Fermin Lopez on 26 minutes.
  • 31' FC Barcelona is showing some good football. However, FC Barcelona are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 32' It’s a booking for FC Barcelona player. Ronald Araujo gets a card.
  • 34' Xavi Hernandez picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 39' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 44' Pau Cubarsi, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 45' A tactical swap from FC Barcelona — Lamine Yamal on, Pedri off on 45 minutes.
  • 50' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 52' Athletic Club player sees a card in front of him.
  • 57' A quiet spell here at San Mames. Athletic Club seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 62' It’s gonna be a card for Andreas Christensen.
  • 63' A tactical swap from Athletic Club — Ruiz de Galarreta on, Mikel Vesga off on 63 minutes.
  • 65' Athletic Club player sees a card in front of him.
  • 70' FC Barcelona are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 75' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 76' Time for substitution for FC Barcelona. Andreas Christensen is replaced by Oriol Romeu.
  • 80' It is a substitution in Athletic Club team. Benat Prados is replaced by De Marcos on 80 minute.
  • 85' Joao Cancelo is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Barcelona tonight.
  • 86' Athletic Club receives a card for a hard tackle on 86.
  • 88' FC Barcelona player sees a card in front of him.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Athletic Club Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ernesto Valverde

FC Barcelona Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Xavi Hernandez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Robert Lewandowski 4
Lionel Messi 3
Memphis Depay 2
Ousmane Dembele 2
Inaki Williams 2
Antoine Griezmann 1
Marc Guiu 1
Munir El Haddadi 1

Head to Head

2024-03-03 Athletic Club 0–0 FC Barcelona 2023-10-22 FC Barcelona 1–0 Athletic Club 2023-03-12 Athletic Club 0–1 FC Barcelona 2022-10-23 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club 2022-02-27 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club

Athletic Club Form

2024-03-03 Athletic Club 0–0 FC Barcelona D 2024-02-25 Real Betis Balompie 3–1 Athletic Club L 2024-02-19 Athletic Club 3–2 Girona FC W 2024-02-12 UD Almeria 0–0 Athletic Club D 2024-02-02 Athletic Club 4–0 RCD Mallorca W 2024-01-28 Cadiz CF 0–0 Athletic Club D

FC Barcelona Form

2024-03-03 Athletic Club 0–0 FC Barcelona D 2024-02-24 FC Barcelona 4–0 Getafe CF W 2024-02-21 SSC Napoli 1–1 FC Barcelona D 2024-02-17 RC Celta de Vigo 1–2 FC Barcelona W 2024-02-11 FC Barcelona 3–3 Granada CF D 2024-02-03 Deportivo Alaves 1–3 FC Barcelona W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
0 / 4
0.87 Athletic Club xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.06 FC Barcelona xG
I would bet for: FC Barcelona to win 55% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Athletic Club20% Draw25% FC Barcelona55%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.93
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Athletic Club or Draw
45%
Draw or FC Barcelona
80%
Athletic Club or FC Barcelona
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Athletic Club13% Draw42% FC Barcelona45%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
11.2%
0 – 1
10.4%
1 – 1
10.4%
1 – 2
9.5%
0 – 3
7.5%
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 3
6.5%
2 – 2
4.1%
2 – 1
4%
1 – 0
3.9%
0 – 4
3.8%
1 – 4
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Athletic Club

Handicap Athletic Club covers Push FC Barcelona covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 4% 95%
-1.5 5% — 95%
-1 5% 9% 86%
-0.5 14% — 86%
+0.5 37% — 63%
+1 37% 23% 40%
+1.5 60% — 40%
+2 60% 19% 21%
+2.5 79% — 21%

Clean Sheet

Athletic Club keeps clean sheet
14% ✗
FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet
42% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.