It is the Copa Del Rey quarterfinals and Barcelona want a victory to ease the stress on Xavi. Regardless of late objectives pushing Barcelona over Actual Betis in La Liga over the weekend, they will want a trophy to salvage this season and a number of trophies to make it successful. With the ability to get away of their highway struggles behind a Ferran Torres hat trick is a constructive for Barcelona however Athletic Membership will supply a distinct type of problem regardless of shedding to Valencia throughout the weekend.

Here is our storylines, how one can watch the match and extra:

Methods to watch and odds

• Date: Wednesday, Jan. 24 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
• Location: San Mames Barria — Bilbao, Spain
• TV: None  | Reside stream: ESPN+
• Odds: Athletic Bilbao +175; Draw +230; Barcelona +140

Storylines

Athletic Membership: Though Ghana are out of the Africa Cup of Nations, this match will come too quickly for Inaki Williams to be again with the membership whereas Dani Garcia, Mikel Vesga and Oscar de Marcos may also be unavailable. Bilbao have been counting on their protection of late however between Gorka Guruzeta and Alex Berenguer, they’ve fairly a balanced assault that can reap the benefits of all openings allowed by Barcelona.

Barcelona: Joao Cancelo is again however Xavi will not be boosted by every other harm returns as Gavi, Marcos Alonso, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Inigo Martinez and Raphinha will all miss the match. The ter Stegen absence has been a large one resulting from Barcelona’s defensive regression after final season but when Torres can proceed to attain with ease, that will not matter.

Prediction

Athletic Membership will give Barcelona every thing that they will earlier than Barcelona advances on penalties. Choose: Athletic Membership 2, Barcelona 2 (Barcelona win on penalties)