FC Barcelona vs Athletic Club: Match preview | La Liga | OneFootball

FC Barcelona kicked off their La Liga campaign with a great win over Elche in their opening fixture. However, they are now ready to take on their second challenge of the campaign, but they will have the support of their home fans behind them this time around.

Athletic Club is now set to visit the Spotify Camp Nou for Barça’s second game of the league campaign, and this fixture will surely be an intense one. Fortunately, Hansi Flick’s team has the momentum and confidence to fight for a positive result here as well.

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For this particular outing, Barcelona will be heading into the game with some clear ideas and tactics that seemed to work quite well in the first game. Moreover, there is a chance that new summer signing Rodri could be making his debut in this game as well.

However, the more important matter for Barcelona in this game will be getting all three points to continue competing for the top spot in La Liga. Keeping that in mind, it might benefit the team to be aware of the threat that the opposition presents.

Both teams have now already played a game each in La Liga this season, so they should be up to speed with the intensity and precision that will be needed to compete in their upcoming matches. However, both teams do also appear to be on different trajectories as of right now.

In Barça’s case, that trajectory is looking positive and their first match against Elche was a great indicator of that. Winning 5-0 in that fixture, the home side for this game will be eager to extend their run of victories deep into this season if possible.

Athletic Club, on the other hand, currently sit at 19th place in the league after suffering a 3-1 defeat at home to Sevilla. However, context certainly matters and the truth is that they were put in a problematic spot in that game due to an early red card.

However, that suspension does carry on into this fixture and that means that Edin Terzic will be coaching his team without the services of Yuri Berchiche in this clash. Still, the former Borussia Dortmund coach is a formidable tactician, and Barcelona will need to be extra careful with how they proceed with this encounter.