Barcelona v Athletic Club: Line-ups, stats and Supercopa preview
The two sides meet in Saudi Arabia
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Barcelona v Athletic Club match preview
Barcelona and Athletic Club battle it out for a place in the Spanish Supercopa final against either Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid on Sunday.
The Supercopa is a four-team tournament featuring the winners and runners up of both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, with Barca beating Real 5-2 in last year’s final in Jeddah.
This year’s competition is also being held in Saudi Arabia.
Barca are unbeaten in Spanish competition since losing to Real in El Clasico back in October and will be favourites to progress to another final.
Barcelona v Athletic Club team news
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo is back available for selection with just Gavi and Andreas Christensen long-term absentees with their knee injuries. Veteran Robert Lewandowski could get a recall or Hansi Flick could start Ferran Torres in attack.
Athletic arer without the suspended Yeray Alvarez, and Aymeric Laporte, Benat Prados and Yuri Berchiche are all still injured.
Barcelona v Athletic Club expected line-ups
Barcelona: J Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martin, Balde; E Garcia, De Jong; Raphinha, Pedri, Yamal; Torres
Athletic Club: Simon; Gorosabel, Vivian, Paredes, Boiro; Ruiz de Galarreta, Jauregizar; I Williams, Sancet, N Williams; Guruzeta
Prediction
Barcelona
Athletic Club
Barcelona look almost unstoppable at the moment and with all their big hitters available should make light work of this tie.
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