Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao ahead of Sunday’s La Liga clash.
Barcelona will be aiming to make it successive victories at the start of the 2024-25 La Liga campaign when they welcome Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night.
Hansi Flick‘s team recorded a 2-1 win over Valencia in their season opener last weekend, with Robert Lewandowski scoring a brace for the Catalan giants after Hugo Duro had made the breakthrough.
It was the perfect start to Flick’s reign as head coach, and Barcelona will now be looking for another three points against a team likely to again be in the European mix this season.
Athletic opened their 2024-25 campaign with a 1-1 draw against Getafe; Oihan Sancet sent the Basque side ahead in the 27th minute of the contest, but Christantus Uche levelled the scores in the 64th minute.
Here, Sports Mole takes a look at the head-to-head record between Barcelona and Athletic ahead of their meeting at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Sunday evening.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 241
Athletic Bilbao wins: 80
Draws: 40
Barcelona wins: 121
Barcelona have tackled Athletic on 241 occasions throughout history, and the Catalan outfit lead the overall head-to-head, having recorded 121 wins to Athletic’s 80, while there have also been 40 draws.
Unsurprisingly, Barcelona have also scored more goals in this particular fixture, finding the back of the net on 444 occasions, while Athletic have struck 334 times.
Lionel Messi is comfortably the all-time leading goalscorer in matches between the two sides, with the Argentine netting 29 times against Athletic during his time with Barcelona.
The two sides met three times in 2023-24 – Barcelona recorded a 1-0 victory in La Liga at home, but Athletic gained revenge in the Copa del Rey, running out 4-2 winners in their last-eight affair; the two sides then played out a goalless draw at San Mames in the league.
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Each of Athletic’s last four victories over Barcelona have been in cup affairs, with Barcelona dominating this fixture in Spain’s top flight in recent years, while their overall record against Athletic in La Liga stands at 94 wins, 60 defeats and 32 draws.
Barcelona have won four of their last five La Liga games against Athletic, scoring 10 times and conceding zero.
The Catalan outfit have won seven of their last nine league affairs with the Lions, meanwhile, with Athletic’s last league success over Barcelona proving to be a 1-0 victory in August 2019.
Athletic have beaten Barcelona just once in Spain’s top flight since December 2013, which is an indication of the size of the task facing the Basque team in their next encounter.
Taking it further, Athletic have just three league wins against Barcelona since November 2001, while the reigning champions went on a nine-game winning run against Athletic in Spain’s top flight between April 2014 and March 2018.
Last 20 meetings
Mar 03, 2024: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Barcelona (La Liga)
Jan 24, 2024: Athletic Bilbao 4-2 Barcelona (Copa del Rey Quarter-Finals)
Oct 22, 2023: Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Mar 12, 2023: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Barcelona (La Liga)
Oct 23, 2022: Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Feb 27, 2022: Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Jan 20, 2022: Athletic Bilbao 3-2 Barcelona (Copa del Rey Round of 16)
Aug 21, 2021: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Barcelona (La Liga)
Apr 17, 2021: Athletic Bilbao 0-4 Barcelona (Copa del Rey Final)
Jan 31, 2021: Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Jan 17, 2021: Barcelona 2-3 Athletic Bilbao (Supercopa de Espana Final)
Jan 06, 2021: Athletic Bilbao 2-3 Barcelona (La Liga)
Jun 23, 2020: Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Feb 06, 2020: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona (Copa del Rey Quarter-Finals)
Aug 16, 2019: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona (La Liga)
Feb 10, 2019: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Barcelona (La Liga)
Sep 29, 2018: Barcelona 1-1 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Mar 18, 2018: Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Oct 28, 2017: Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Barcelona (La Liga)
Feb 04, 2017: Barcelona 3-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Last 10 La Liga meetings
Mar 03, 2024: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Barcelona (La Liga)
Oct 22, 2023: Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Mar 12, 2023: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Barcelona (La Liga)
Oct 23, 2022: Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Feb 27, 2022: Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Aug 21, 2021: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Barcelona (La Liga)
Jan 31, 2021: Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Jan 06, 2021: Athletic Bilbao 2-3 Barcelona (La Liga)
Jun 23, 2020: Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Aug 16, 2019: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona (La Liga)No Data Analysis info