While Osimhen was uninvolved against Genoa, Lewandowski was scoring his aforementioned brace against Celta Vigo. Only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have scored more goals in this competition than the Pole, who is eight shy of We fancy his chances of getting closer to triple figures in Naples.

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Online Casinos Casino Bonuses No Deposit Bonuses Betting Apps Free Bets Football Betting Horse Race Betting. Betting Greg Lea. Best betting offer for February. Free Bet Offers. About the author. Most read in Betting. Centre-back Daniel Vivian is also suspended. In terms of injuries, Ernesto Valverde is set to be without former PSG duo Ander Herrera and Yuri Berchiche, who are not expected to return from hamstring injuries until later in March.

Athletic Club predicted lineup : Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Yeray, Paredes, Lekue; De Galarreta, Prados; I. Williams, Sancet, Berenguer; Guruzeta. La Masia products Alejandro Balde and Gavi have both been ruled out for the season, while Marcos Alonso is still recovering from a back injury.

Ferran Torres is likely to miss out with a thigh problem. Barcelona will hardly face more daunting trips away in La Liga this term and they were put to the sword here in last month's Copa del Rey defeat. Their saving grace is the absence of the younger Williams brother, but there are still plenty of factors - not least revenge on former manager Valverde's part - that could yet swing this match back in favour of the hosts.

Three talking points ahead of Athletic Club vs Barcelona La Liga GW Official: Barcelona squad list to face Athletic Club La Liga GW Pedri, Raphinha And Lewandowski To Start Barcelona Predicted Lineup Vs Athletic Bilbao. Four Barcelona players facing suspension risk heading into Athletic Club clash.

There were seven Premier League fixtures across the Saturday slate. The reigning Spanish champions finished level on points with Porto but secured the seeded draw through a favourable head-to-head record, having beaten the Portuguese side home and away despite surprise defeats on the road against Antwerp and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Suffice to say, qualifying first from a relatively unimpressive group has done little to distract from their underwhelming La Liga title defence, sitting third in the table and eight points behind leaders Real Madrid. Blending the experience of players like Ilkay Gündogan and Lewandowski with the bravery of youth will be key to any European progression for Xavi, who has seen exciting La Masia product Lamine Yamal emerge as a leading player.

The year-old winger has already netted in three different competitions for the club La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa and could become the first year-old to score in the Champions League — that would, of course, also make him the youngest goalscorer in Champions League history.

First-choice goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen and winger Raphinha have both recently made returns from injury, though Barca will likely remain without Ferran Torres, João Félix, Sergi Roberto, Alejandro Balde, Marcos Alonso and Gavi. But Mazzarri was dismissed on the eve of this game, with the club appointing Francesco Calzona.

Napoli were twice beaten by Los Blancos in the group stage but edged their way through after defeating Braga home and away, as well as taking four points from Union Berlin. Piotr Zielinski, Mathías Olivera and Alex Meret all recently returned from injuries, while Juan Jesus is back from a domestic suspension.

Napoli have never won a major European match against Barcelona D2 L2 , while they previously faced them in the last 16 of the Champions League in , losing on aggregate. The two sides also met in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League, where Barcelona again triumphed

This is the top game of the La Liga matchday weekend: Barcelona are going to the Basque Country to face Athletic Bilbao! In 10, pre-match simulations, Napoli did win more often (% of the time), but only just; Barcelona are rated as having a % chance of Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona prediction and betting tips on March 3, by Jason Collins. Many well-known sources, such as Sofascore

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Barcelona prediction - Athletic Bilbao won and advanced to the Semi-finals thanks to a penalty kick from Alejandro Berenguer Remiro in the 25th minute. Barcelona This is the top game of the La Liga matchday weekend: Barcelona are going to the Basque Country to face Athletic Bilbao! In 10, pre-match simulations, Napoli did win more often (% of the time), but only just; Barcelona are rated as having a % chance of Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona prediction and betting tips on March 3, by Jason Collins. Many well-known sources, such as Sofascore

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Expect a fiery contest filled with goals on Sunday evening. Athletic Club. MORE STORIES. Napoli were twice beaten by Los Blancos in the group stage but edged their way through after defeating Braga home and away, as well as taking four points from Union Berlin.

Piotr Zielinski, Mathías Olivera and Alex Meret all recently returned from injuries, while Juan Jesus is back from a domestic suspension. Napoli have never won a major European match against Barcelona D2 L2 , while they previously faced them in the last 16 of the Champions League in , losing on aggregate.

The two sides also met in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League, where Barcelona again triumphed That Barcelona success was the joint-most goals a team have scored in a European away game against the Serie A side, with Manchester City being the only other team to have netted four also a win, in November However, Barcelona are winless in their last three Champions League games against Italian opponents D1 L2 , losing as many of those three games as in their previous 19 games against such sides W11 D6 L2.

Barcelona have only won one of their last 10 away games in the knockout stages of the Champions League D4 L5 , with that victory coming against Manchester United in April Those Blaugrana away struggles could be compounded by the fact Mazzarri is unbeaten in his five Champions League home games W4 D1 , winning each of the last three.

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