Match summary
Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.
Ivan Rakitic put Barcelona ahead in the 71st minute, set up by Lionel Messi.
The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.88 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.65 from 6.
Before kick-off
Barcelona win
78%
Avg odds 1.22
Draw
15%
Avg odds 6.36
Athletic Bilbao win
7%
Avg odds 14.47
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.