Athletic Bilbaovs.Barcelona

The Catalan giants were victorious in their first match of 2025, recording a 4-0 victory over Barbastro on Saturday night to book their spot in the last-16 stage of the Copa del Rey.

Barcelona are the most successful side in the history of this competition, having lifted the trophy on 14 occasions, and beating Athletic would set up a final appearance against either Real Madrid or Mallorca.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up Barcelona's injury and suspension news ahead of the clash with Athletic, who have lifted the Spanish Super Cup on three occasions, with their last success coming in 2021.

Andreas Christensen

Status: Out

Type of injury: Achilles

Possible return date: January 18 (vs. Getafe)

Christensen has been missing since the first gameweek of the campaign with an Achilles problem, but the Denmark international is now back in training and should return to the squad before the end of the month; he is due to travel to Saudi Arabia for this contest but will not be involved in the squad.

Marc Bernal

Status: Out

Type of injury: Knee

Possible return date: Unknown

Bernal suffered an ACL injury against Rayo Vallecano in the league earlier this term, and he is out for the season, with the youngster working to be ready for pre-season ahead of the 2025-26 campaign.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Status: Out

Type of injury: Knee

Possible return date: Unknown

Barcelona will be missing their number one goalkeeper Ter Stegen for the remainder of the season due to the serious knee injury that he suffered in the clash with Villarreal on September 22.

Lamine Yamal

Status: Major doubt

Type of injury: Ankle

Possible return date: January 8 (vs. Athletic Bilbao)

Yamal picked up an ankle problem against Leganes on December 15, which has kept him out of the team's last two matches, but the Spain international has a chance of being involved against Athletic, with a final decision set to be made after Tuesday's training session.

BARCELONA'S SUSPENSION LIST

Barcelona have no players suspended for the Spanish Super Cup fixture, but neither Dani Olmo nor Pau Victor can play at this moment in time due to their registration problems.

Written by

Matt Law