Winning UEFA Super Cup 2015 FC Barcelona will be eyeing at Spanish Super Cup which is scheduled to play against Athletic Club on 14th and 17th of August. San Mames stadium in Bilbao hosted the first leg match of Supercopa de Espana on 14 August, 2015 in which Athletic Bilbao defeated Barca by 4-0. The second leg match will be played on 17th August from 22:00 Barcelona time at Camp Nou. 

Head to Head

Barcelona 33:8 Athletic Bilbao

Till 15/08/2015 Barcelona and Athletic Club have met in 52 matches in all competitions and overall Barca dominates the rivalry. Barcelona has defeated Athletic Bilbao on 33 occasions whereas Athletic Club succeeds to win 8 times against Barca. 11 matches between these two clubs ended at draw.

Previous Meet

Last time these two Spanish clubs met in 2015 Spanish Super Cup first leg match on 14th August in which Athletic Bilbao defeated FC Barcelona by 4-0. Aduriz scored three goals for Athletic Club in the match whereas San Jose hit one goal.

Preview

This is going to be a big match for Barcelona team, especially for the defenders in the side as they have conceded 8 goals in the last two matches. Neymar still won’t be available for this game and Messi along with Suarez and Pedro have to do some magic for Barca if club wants to lift Spanish Super Cup. The fact is if FC Barcelona want to win the cup they have to maintain a difference of 5 goals as Athletic Bilbao is leading with 4-0 already.

On the other hand Athletic Club will be very happy with their last performance and team will be again relying on Aduriz who scored three goals in last match. Athletic Bilbao can’t take Barca lightly as the injured lion is more dangerous. Hopefully it will be a great contest.

Expected Playing Lineups

FC Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao
Rafinha	Balenziaga
Messi	Iraizoz
Rakitic	Laporte
Mascherano	Sabin Merino
Pedro	Aduriz
Pique	San Jose
Mathieu	Etxeita
Suarez	De Marcos
Busquets	Benat
Bravo	Eraso
Alves	Susaeta

Predictions

FC Barcelona will be favorite to win and they have got 60 percent winning chances against Athletic Bilbao. As per Sports Mirchi predictions, the expected scoreline is 4-2 in favor of Barca.

Barcelona 4-2 Athletic Club

What’s your call? Who Will win?