Athletic Club vs Barcelona live stream: how to watch La Liga live online, TV channel, prediction, odds

Athletic Bilbao welcome Barcelona to San Mames on Sunday with the chance to enter the conversation regarding qualification for the UEFA Champions League through La Liga. The Basque giants are in fifth place in the standings, three points behind Atletico Madrid in fourth place, while the Catalan team is eight points ahead of Athletic, but behind leaders Real Madrid by the same margin. Ernesto Valverde’s men beat Atletico 3-0 on Thursday to reach the Copa del Rey final 4-0 on aggregate with Real Mallorca their last rivals. The Basque side have won just one of their last three games, losing last weekend to Real Betis, but are on the verge of reaching top-four for the first time in 10 years, with former Barcelona coach Valverde overseeing the third-best home record in La Liga. Xavi leads the Blaugrana on a six-game unbeaten run in all competitions despite his imminent departure at the end of the season. Barcelona could reach the Champions League quarter-finals if Napoli are eliminated in the round of 16 in the second leg, sitting just two points behind second-placed Girona and unbeaten on the road in La Liga. Athletic has achieved only three league victories over Barcelona since late 2001.

Here’s our story, how you can watch the match and more:

How to watch and odds

• date: Sunday, March 3 | time: 3pm ET
• location: San Mames – Bilbao, Spain
• He watches: ESPN+ or Fubo (try free)
• Prospect: Athletic +175; Draw +260; Barcelona +138

Team news

Athlete: Youri Berchich and Ander Herrera will miss this match, while Neco Williams and Danny Vivian are suspended. Alex Berenguer should replace Neco Williams while Ray Alvarez could come in for Vivian in defence. Unai Simon is also set to return in place of King’s Cup goalkeeper Julen Aguirzabala.

Possible sports lineup: Simon; De Marcos, Yeray, Paredes, Leko; Ruiz de Gallarita, Prados; Anna Williams, Sunset, Beringer; Gorozeta.

Barcelona: Gabi, Alejandro Balde and Marcos Alonso are all out, but Ferran Torres could still get into the position. Inigo Martinez could return against his former club with Pedri also in line to return in place of Joao Felix with Rafinha expected to continue on the right flank. Andreas Christensen could retain the midfield role with Ilkay Gundogan and Frenkie de Jong alongside him.

Possible Barcelona lineup: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Martinez, Cancelo; F. de Jong, Christensen, Gundogan; Rafinha, Lewandowski, Pedri.

prediction

This promises to be a close affair and a tie with both teams scoring is probably the most reasonable prediction given what is at stake on both sides. He chooses: Athletic 1, Barcelona 1.