Athletic Club vs FC Barcelona

Barcelona travel to San Mamés on Saturday looking to restore their four-point lead at the summit of La Liga. Athletic Club, ninth on 35 points, haven't beaten Barça in 18 meetings — and the visitors scored nine without reply across both fixtures this season. Lamine Yamal arrives in blistering form after his first career hat-trick in the 4-1 demolition of Villarreal last weekend. Robert Lewandowski is set to return wearing a protective mask after fracturing his eye socket in that same match. Athletic will sorely miss Nico Williams, ruled out with a groin injury, while Barcelona's own casualty list keeps growing — Jules Koundé, Alejandro Balde, and Frenkie de Jong are all sidelined. Yet the 3-0 Copa del Rey demolition of Atlético Madrid showed Flick's squad depth remains formidable. San Mamés is always a tough trip, but Athletic simply lack the firepower right now. Our prediction: 1-3.