Barcelona vs Athletic Club: La Liga – prediction, teams, lineups
Who: Barcelona vs Athletic Club What: Spanish football’s La Liga Where: Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain When: August 27, at 9pm local time (19:00 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up from 16:00 GMT ahead of our live text commentary stream. Barcelona aim to go back-to-back to start their search for a threepeat in La Liga when Athletic Club arrive on Wednesday.
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- Fact 1: Who: Barcelona vs Athletic Club What: Spanish football’s La Liga Where: Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain When: August 27, at 9pm local time (19:00 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up from 16:00 GMT ahead of our live text commentary stream.
- Fact 2: Top 10 players to watch in the 2026-27 European football season UEFA set to end FIFA boycott threat over Infantino’s $20bn investor plan All you need to know about the UEFA Champions League draw With Infantino’s position under threat, what’s next for FIFA and its chief?
- Fact 3: The Spanish champions are still pursuing 2022 World Cup winner Alvarez but Atletico have thus far refused to sell the 26-year-old forward, who missed training on Wednesday due to illness.
- Fact 4: Laporta reiterated later Wednesday that Barcelona are still hoping Atletico decide to sell them Alvarez, who was jeered by the Rojiblancos’s own fans during their 2-2 La Liga draw against Villarreal on Sunday.
Who: Barcelona vs Athletic Club What: Spanish football’s La Liga Where: Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain When: August 27, at 9pm local time (19:00 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up from 16:00 GMT ahead of our live text commentary stream. Barcelona aim to go back-to-back to start their search for a threepeat in La Liga when Athletic Club arrive on Wednesday.
Top 10 players to watch in the 2026-27 European football season UEFA set to end FIFA boycott threat over Infantino’s $20bn investor plan All you need to know about the UEFA Champions League draw With Infantino’s position under threat, what’s next for FIFA and its chief? The Catalan giants are riding high after consecutive league titles – and opened their league season with a win – while rivals Real Madrid have languished for the last two seasons. Their visitors from Bilbao will not be a walkover, especially with all eyes on Barca’s hunt for a striker in the transfer market.
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