La Liga
Barcelona started their title defense in style, achieving the most convincing victory in the first round of La Liga with a 5:0 win away at Elche. Now they have a home game coming up, and we can't overlook Barcelona's home record from last season. The team, under Hansi Flick, won all 19 of their home matches in La Liga, a feat not accomplished since 1960. Even the absence of Lewandowski and Ferran Torres was not felt, and it seems Flick has anticipated this well at this stage.
Athletic Bilbao did not have a good last season, which ended with the departure of their long-time coach Ernesto Valverde. A Terzić took his place, but his debut in charge of the team was far from dreamlike. Athletic lost their opener 1:3 at home to Sevilla, and right from the 11th minute, they were down to ten men. Now Terzić will be without the suspended experienced defender Yuri Berchiche in an attempt to change Athletic's unconvincing away performances from last season, where they lost five of their last six visits in La Liga.
Prediction: victory for Barcelona and over 2.5 goalsWhile Barcelona has started their title defense strongly, questions remain for Athletic, as well as more tasks for the new coach Terzić to solve. Barcelona finished unbeaten at "Camp Nou" last season in La Liga, and I expect them to continue their winning home streak with another high-scoring match against the shaky Athletic.
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