Barcelona vs. Athletic Bilbao Tips Betting Tips: Back Torres to score in 10/1 Bet Builder

Barcelona take on Athletic Bilbao live on ITV4 on Sunday evening and we’ve asked our man Anthony Eadson to provide us with his best bets for the clash. Read below about his two tips including a 10/1 poke.

Both sides have a lengthy list of absentees for this clash with the hosts having as many as six key players missing. Jules Kounde, Robert Lewadowski, Raphinha, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri and Sergi Roberto are all expected to miss out through injury for the game at the Olympic Stadium.

Athletic have issues of their own with Oscar De Marcos, Yeray Alvarez and Mikel Vesga all on the treatment table, while Peru Nolaskoain remains a doubt.

Taking a look at the match result odds and Barcelona can be backed at 8/13 with most betting sites. The draw is available at 3/1, while an away win for Athletic Bilbao is on offer at 22/5.

I fancy Barcelona to get the win here on Sunday evening but instead of taking them in the standard Full-Time result market, I’ve taken a lean towards them winning the game to Nil. Several firms including bet365 have 2/1 available here at the time of writing.

After nine rounds of matches in La Liga Barcelona currently find themselves three points behind table-toppers Real Madrid. Xavi’s side have collected 21 points from a possible seven but have a perfect record in front of their own fans this term.

Since their switch to the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona due to the improvements being made to the Nou Camp, Barcelona have played five matches across La Liga and the Champions League. The Catalans have won all five of those matches, with four of those being games where they shut out their opponents and won the game to nil. 

I’ve also had a little bit of loose change on a bet builder double consisting of Ferran Torres to score and Dani Vivian to be carded which pays 10/1, again with bet365.

With no Robert Lewandowski for Barcelona Torres should once again take up the central striker role for Barcelona. The Spaniard has three La Liga goals so far this term at an average of 0.7 goals per 90 minutes. With more impetus on Torres to provide goals due to the absence of Lewandowski, he looks a good value proposition to score, priced at just north of 2/1 as a single.

No player was shown more cards for Athletic Bilbao last season than Dani Vivian. The central defender picked up eight yellows and one red card in just 29 appearances for the Basque club. This season he already has two cautions to his name and combining him with Torres to score on Sunday pays 10/1.