Barcelona Vs Athletic Bilbao Preview, Time, Telecast, Live Stream

Barcelona Vs Athletic Bilbao Preview, Time, Telecast, Live Stream of La Liga upcoming match schedule information of Barca vs Athletic Club. Champions of Liga BBVA are all set for the clash against Athletic Club that will be held on this Sunday. Five times Ballon D'or winner Lionel Messi is expected to start the game with his teammates. The Spanish Super Cup champions have defeated the Catalans last year, but Barca took revenge of that defeat in first leg of La Liga 2015-16. Full schedule of the match is given below.

Barcelona Vs Athletic Bilbao Time, Telecast

Date: 18 January 2016
Time: 7:30 pm [GMT] IST Time
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona
Telecast channels: Sony Kix, Sky Sports, beIN Sports
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
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Barcelona are unbeaten in all competitions since an October defeat at Sevilla and Messi collected the fifth Ballon d'Or of his superlative career earlier this week in Zurich.

Barca vs Athletic Club Preview

Having observed Barcelona's reaction to Espanyol's perceived roughhouse tactics, the 26-year-old does not believe they will have grounds for similar complaints at the weekend.

Lionel Messi has scored in 15 of the games, including three doubles. He has not scored in more games against any other team, level with Atletico Madrid, though he has notched 24 times against the capital club.

In Athletic’s proud, 118-year history, no presidential candidate has run a campaign promising a break from this policy, and neither is there a loud dissident voice from the locals. They are largely united in keeping the tradition and preserving the Basque identity.

Local Basque neighbours Real Sociedad had a similar policy until 1989, when they abandoned it by signing Ireland international John Aldridge from Liverpool to try to increase their competitiveness.