ATHLETIC HAS NOT LOSE AT HOME SINCE THE DEBUT IN THE LEAGUE
Barça will have to 'break' Athletic's incredible streak in San Mamés to pass
Published:23/01/2024 - 22:15h
Updated:23/01/2024 - 22:16h
FC Barcelona will face a great challenge this Wednesday, as it will seek to qualify for the Copa del Rey semi-finals by beating Athletic Club. Although the Basque team has just lost against Valencia CF in LaLiga, at home they have proven to be a very difficult rival to overcome
The FC Barcelona will confront for the first time in this campaign to a visit to Saint Mamés. This will be part of the quarter-finals of the Glass of Rey, a crossing that, at first sight, seem to be one of the most attractive meetings of this phase of the tournament. This has to to the record between both squares and to the good moment so that they have showed up to now, this without shelving in the square in which it will contest, being the feudo Basque a historically complicated field for the Barcelona picture.
The flawless series of the Athletic in Saint Mamés in this season
The 'Lions' have turned into a practically unbeatable cast in his house this season. Of the 11 clashes contested in his stadium during this period 2023/2024, only have suffered a reverse, that occurred to the beginning of the season against the Real Madrid. From this duel, the group of Ernesto 'Txingurri' Valverde has not known the defeat home, adding eight victories and two ties. Besides, they have annotated 27 goals and only have received 12, showing be a team that encourages enough to attack, but also takes care his retaguardia, having kept his fence invicta in six parties.
In general, the Basque picture, whose last reverse in this campaign had been against the Barça (1-0) in Montjuïc, had a flawless series of 14 parties without losing (11 victories and 3 ties) before his more recent defeat by 1-0 in front of Valencia CF in LaLiga. This shows the big moment that are living. Nevertheless, in spite of the defeat liguera, the square bilbaína has not seen to fall his series of six consecutive commitments winning home, being the last of them in the Glass of the King against the Alavés, where imposed 2-0.
The Barcelona cast will look for to impose his will in the feudo Basque
It will be necessary to see if the FC Barcelona finally will have the capacity to finish with the imbatibilidad of the Athletic Club in his stadium. It costs to remember that the Basque club always has been a rival complicated for the Catalans in the Glass of Rey. In the last five clashes between both pictures in Saint Mamés by the Glass, the cast of the City Condal has lost in four occasions, with only a tie and a victory. Therefore, it remains clear that the culés will have an important challenge in his way to the semifinals of this big competition.
