Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona 2019 (Athletic-Barca 2019)
Final score and result:- Bilbao vs Barcelona 0-1 (Aduriz)
San Mames, Bilbao- 16 August, 2019
A stunner from veteran Aritz Aduriz sees Athletic Bilbao shock Barcelona in the opening game of the new Spanish season
We did this with the Premier League and the Championship (promotion odds), and here are the odds for each team to win the La Liga title this season before the official start of the campaign.
As expected, defending champions Barcelona are the favourites to lift the title this year as well. Somewhat surprisingly, there is a large gap between Real and Atletico, with the latter at 13 compared to the former’s 2.62.
The team least expected to win La Liga in 2019/20 is Mallorca, as can be seen below.
Click here for Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona Player ratings- FCB’s first league game of 19/20 season
Round 2 of the Napoli vs Barcelona pre-season tussle went the way of the Spanish side as they secured an emphatic 4-0 win thanks to Luis Suarez’s brace.
It was a much changed Barca starting XI from the one that had edged the Partenopei 2-1 a few days ago. That game was more of a contest, this one not as much, as the ratings below show. Not a single Napoli player got more than 5, and all but one Barca player (Coutinho from the bench) got 6 or more.
Player ratings for the game from the Spanish papers. The likes of Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong and Luis Suarez hugely impressive for Barca.