Barcelona v Athletic reaches 250th chapter at Camp Nou | OneFootball

Barcelona and Athletic renew one of Spanish football’s great rivalries on Thursday at Camp Nou, staging its 250th chapter. The fixture was postponed from the opening round due to numerous internationals whose World Cup commitments extended well into pre-season.

According to as.com, the first official meeting was the Copa final on 15 May 1902 at the Hipódromo de Madrid, which Athletic won 2-1.

Since then, across 124 years, they have met in 190 Liga games, 46 in the Copa, 9 in the Supercopa, 2 in the Copa de la UEFA and 2 in the Copa Presidente FEF, an official competition played in the 1940s. In 249 encounters, Barcelona lead with 128 wins, Athletic have 81 and there have been 40 draws, with goals 467 to 340.

With Thursday’s match, Athletic will match their total number of meetings against Madrid, the side they have faced most. Atlético are third on 218. On the touchline it is a German-school duel, Flick against Terzic.

Athletic travel aiming to stop a run of 24 consecutive visits without a win at Camp Nou, the longest current sequence at any Primera ground. That stretch reads 21 defeats and 3 draws, with 62 conceded and 12 scored.

Their last positive result in Barcelona was the 1-1 on 29 September 2018, when Munir scored six minutes from time to cancel De Marcos’s first-half strike and prevented the team then led by Eduardo Berizzo from ending that negative run.

Athletic’s last win there came on 24 November 2001, a 1-2 settled late by Ezquerro after goals from Urzaiz and Rivaldo had levelled the game.

Source: as.com

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