FC Barcelona vs Athletic Club: confirmed lineups - LaLiga 2025/26

Published New:22/11/2025 - 15:28h

Updated New:22/11/2025 - 15:28h

CONFIRMED LINEUPS! These are the starting XIs for FC Barcelona and Athletic for the match on matchday 13 of LaLiga EA Sports 2025/26

OFFICIAL: The starting lineups for Hansi Flick's Barcelona and Ernesto Valverde's Athletic Club for today's match, Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM, have been confirmed

Hansi Flick makes five changes from the XI of the last league match against Celta. Joan García returns to goal and Jules Koundé returns to right-back, while Gerard Martín partners Pau Cubarsí in the center of defense. Furthermore, Eric García appears as a defensive pivot and Ferran Torres takes Marcus Rashford's place in attack.

Below, we review the starting elevens, the benches with the substitutes, and the injured and suspended players for FC Barcelona and Athletic Club for the match of the thirteenth matchday of LaLiga EA Sports 2025-2026.

FC Barcelona vs. Athletic Starting Lineup

Hansi Flick introduces up to 5 changes compared to the XI that faced Celta on matchday 12.

Barça's starting XI (OFFICIAL):

(#13, P) Joan García
(#23) Jules Koundé
(#05) Pau Cubarsí
(#18) Gerard Martín
(#03) Alejandro Balde
(#24) Eric García
(#20) Dani Olmo
(#16) Fermín López
(#10) Lamine Yamal
(#07) Ferran Torres
(#09) Robert Lewandowski

Bench (substitute players):

(#25, G) Szczesny
(#31, G) Diego Kochen
(#04) Ronald Araujo
(#11) Raphinha
(#15) Andreas Christensen
(#17) Marc Casadó
(#22) Marc Bernal
(#27) Dro Fernández
(#28) Roony Bardghji

Absences (injured players):

(#01, P) Marc-André ter Stegen
(#06) Gavi
(#08) Pedri
(#14) Marcus Rashford

Suspended players:

(#21) Frenkie de Jong

Athletic's starting lineup vs. FC Barcelona

Athletic XI: Unai Simón, Gorosabel, Vivian, Laporte, Yuri, De Galarreta, Jauregizar, Unai Gómez, Nico Williams, Sancet, and Berenguer.
Athletic Bench: Padilla (GK), Paredes, Vesga, Guruzeta, Areso, Lekue, Adama, Serrano, Navarro, Izeta, Rego, Selton.
Injured: Unai Egiluz, Beñat Prados, Iñaki Williams, Maroan Sannadi.
Suspended: None.

For their part, Athletic arrives at matchday 13 of LaLiga with Unai Simón in goal and a defense formed by Gorosabel and Berchiche as full-backs and the Laporte-Vivian pairing in the center. Jauregizar and De Galarreta remain as pivots, while Oihan Sancet returns as attacking midfielder

Up front, Nico Williams and Álex Berenguer are the only forwards, while Unai Gómez completes the XI. Athletic has not won in Barcelona for 24 years and has suffered three defeats in their last five appearances across all competitions. In the league, the 'lions' are seventh, with 17 points (9 behind Barça)