PreMatch Data

Athletic vs Barcelona head-to-head

Athletic Club and Barcelona have met 26 times across all competitions between 2017-18 ~ 2026-27: Athletic 5 wins, 4 draws, Barcelona 17 wins. At Athletic's ground the home side is 4-3-7 (14 games); at Barcelona's it is 10-1-1 (12 games). The fixture averages 2.65 goals and both teams score in 30.8% of meetings (19 league, 7 cup).

Compare these two clubs by conditionWin rates side by side by weather, rest days, formation, referee and lineup

Head-to-head5 · 4 · 17Athletic W · D · Barcelona W
Goals per game2.653+ goals 46.2%
Both teams score30.8%26 games
First goal36.3 mingoals from 76' 27.5%
Yellows per game4.35reds 4 · pens 3
Top scorerL. Messi7 goals

What stands out

  1. 8 games

    Athletic have gone 8 straight meetings with Barcelona without a win.8 games, 1D 7L · Athletic usually win 36.8% of their league games · small sample

  2. 19.2%

    Athletic's win rate in this fixture. Across La Liga over the same span it is 36.8%.26 games, 5W 4D 17L · 17.6pp below their usual rate

  3. 28.6%

    Athletic's win rate at home against this opponent. Their usual home win rate is 47.4%.14 home games, 4W 3D 7L · 18.9pp below their usual home rate

  4. 15.4%

    Share of these meetings that ended level. The average across La Liga is 26.5%.4 draws in 26 games · 11.1pp below the league average

  5. 8 games

    Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 8 meetings with Athletic.8 games, 7W 1D · Barcelona normally lose 13.5% of their league games · small sample

Every condition was compared for both teams; only the items that deviate most from their usual records and the league average are kept. Samples under 5 games are left out entirely, and those under 10 are faded and marked as a small sample. Conditional records count league games only.

How these games play out

Most common scorelines

  1. 0–24×
  2. 0–14×
  3. 0–44×
  4. 1–22×

When the goals come

  1. 1–158
  2. 16–3011
  3. 31–4513
  4. 46–607
  5. 61–7511
  6. 76–90+19

Most starts in this fixture

  1. 20Iñaki Williams · Athletic
  2. 18M. ter Stegen · Barcelona
  3. 18Unai Simón · Athletic
  4. 15Pedri · Barcelona
  5. 14De Marcos · Athletic

Scorelines are shown Athletic first · goal timings split the fixture's goals into 15-minute blocks · starts count league meetings since 2017-18

All results

  1. Athletic16:00Barcelona
  2. Barcelona2–0Athletic
  3. Athletic0–1Barcelona
  4. Barcelona5–0Athletic
  5. Barcelona4–0Athletic
  6. Athletic0–3Barcelona
  7. Athletic0–2Barcelona
  8. Barcelona2–1Athletic
  9. Athletic0–0Barcelona
  10. Athletic4–2Barcelona
  11. Barcelona1–0Athletic
  12. Athletic0–1Barcelona
  13. Barcelona4–0Athletic
  14. Barcelona4–0Athletic
  15. Athletic3–2Barcelona
  16. Athletic1–1Barcelona
  17. Athletic0–4Barcelona
  18. Barcelona2–1Athletic
  19. Barcelona2–3Athletic
  20. Athletic2–3Barcelona
  21. Barcelona1–0Athletic
  22. Athletic1–0Barcelona
  23. Athletic1–0Barcelona
  24. Athletic0–0Barcelona
  25. Barcelona1–1Athletic
  26. Barcelona2–0Athletic
  27. Athletic0–2Barcelona

top rows are fixtures still to be played (UK kick-off time) · green home win · red away win · league games since 2017-18 only · rows marked Preview open the pre-match data published for that game

Top scorers in this fixture

L. Messi 7 · R. Lewandowski 6 · Ferran Torres 5 · A. Griezmann 4 · Raphinha 4

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