How to Watch Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona: Stream Spanish Super Cup Live, TV Channel

Athletic Bilbao is looking to stage an upset as it takes on Barcelona in pursuit of this year’s Spanish Super Cup. Watch the game live and for free on Fubo today.

A hectic week of soccer gets underway in Jeddah on Wednesday when Barcelona will take on Athletic Bilbao in the semi-finals of this year’s Spanish Super Cup competition. Saudi Arabia will once again host the occasion as four teams go head-to-head to be crowned Spain’s finest, with the winner of this duel set to advance and face either Real Madrid or Mallorca in the decider on Sunday. Barca edged things when it last faced off against Athletic in August, though it was Los Leones who came away as 4-2 victors when the teams last met under cup conditions less than one year ago. 

How to Watch Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona Today

Game Date: January 8, 2024

Start Time: 2 p.m. ET

Game Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

TV: ESPN2

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One goal apiece from each of the Williams brothers – Inaki and Nico – in extra time was enough to seal that extra time win in last season’s Copa del Rey.

And that determination ended up paying dividends as Athletic went on to lift the cup and secure its first major trophy in 40 years as a result, having last won a league and Copa double in 1984.

Former Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has his side undefeated in 15 matches travelling to Jeddah, though penalties were needed to beat fourth-tier Logrones in the Copa del Rey on Saturday.

Barca got its calendar year up and running with a 4-0 Copa del Rey win over Barbastro, and former Manchester City defender Eric Garcia took the initiative against fourth-tier opposition:

That marked the Catalans’ first domestic win in more than a month, having lost their last two league fixtures against Leganes and Atletico Madrid (both at home).

That sudden dip in results has seen Hansi Flick’s side fall to third in the table, with Athletic now just two points behind in third and looking to pounce on that poor form in the Super Cup stakes.

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