A very important match today in Spain, starting with 17:30 Ath Bilbao will face Barcelona in one of the most unbalanced competition of the 1st round of new season in Primera Division.

Last time when the two teams played together was last week in the Super Cup Final and the result was a 1-1 draw, but Barcelona was defeated in first leg by Ath Bilbao so they have lost the trophy this year. Despite the poor shape that they have prove in the Super Cup competition, Barcelona is still a strong team, they want to start with the right the new season so we expect a victory today.
It’s not hard to guess who will lead this competition, and victory for Bilbao will be very hard to obtain.
The catalans won the trophy in the UEFA Super Cup duel in the match agains Sevilla, the competition ended 5-4 in favor of Barcelona who defeated teir big rival Sevilla, the champion of Europa League this year. Mathieu and Pique are suspended for this game, while Adriano and Neymar are injured.

Ath Bilbao is in a great shape after winning the Spain Super Cup, the team have some new forces and are very confident that they will start this new season with the right. The bad news for the team is that they have four injuried players that will not be on the fied tonight and will be unavailable for a long time.

The hosts of this evening have managed only one victory this season, 4-0 victory in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup against FC Barcelona.
Before the duel today, Athletic Bilbao played the first leg of the play-off of Europe League, where they lost 3-2 against MSK Zilina, after leading 2-0 at halftime.