Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona Spanish Super Cup Betting Preview

I hope those of you who have been following my blog took my advice and backed Barcelona v Sevilla both teams teams to score and over 3.5 goals @ 6/4 as well as both teams to score in the first half which obliged at fairly decent odds of 10/3.

I am going to stick with Spain for my next bet which again features Barcelona. This time their opponents will be Athletic Bilbao in Friday's Spanish Super Cup which kicks off at 21.00 pm UK and Irish time. Barcelona where in scintillating goal scoring form in Tuesday's UEFA Super Cup scoring five against a dogged Sevilla side.

That victory allowed Barcelona to equal  Milans record of a fifth Super Cup win in the competitions history. Tuesday's match went into extra time so it has only given the Catalans three days to recover. Athletic Bilbao are competing in the Spanish Cup by virtue of being in the Copa Del Rey final last season. The Basque side were comfortably beaten 1-3 by Barcelona back then but it might be a different outcome this time.

Athletic Bilbao have started their season positively by beating Inter Baku in the Europa League in the Third Qualifying Round and are unbeaten in their last 8 home games in all competitions. They will be looking to exploit any signs of fatigue that have left its mark on the Catalans after Tuesday nights exertion. I certainly don't see the same high scoring game that we had in the UEFA Super Cup and Barcelona have regularly struggled against the Basques at their home ground in recent times.

Betting Tip:

Athletic Bilbao V Barcelona under 2.5 goals 13/5 @ Bet365 and Coral (nap)