Bidding to reach the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey for the fifth season in succession, Athletic Bilbao welcome Barcelona to their San Mames base on Wednesday evening.
Ernesto Valverde's team enter the contest on the back of a 1-0 La Liga loss to Valencia, while Xavi's side ran out 4-2 winners over Real Betis to leapfrog the Lions in the table, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
ATHLETIC BILBAO vs. BARCELONA
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ATHLETIC BILBAO
Out: Oscar de Marcos (quadriceps), Mikel Vesga (hamstring)
Doubtful: Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (fatigue), Dani Garcia (quadriceps), Alex Berenguer (unspecified), Inigo Lekue (unspecified)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Simon; Lekue, Vivian, Paredes, Berchiche; Herrera, Prados; Muniain, Sancet, N. Williams; Villalibre
BARCELONA
Out: Gavi (ACL), Raphinha (hamstring), Marcos Alonso (back), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (back), Inigo Martinez (hamstring)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Pena; Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Balde; Pedri, Gundogan, De Jong; Torres, Lewandowski, Felix
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
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