How to watch today's Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao Super Cup game: Live stream, TV channel, and start time

Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao will battle for a place in the Spanish Super Cup final to take on either Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid. 

Barca arrive here in good spirits after eventually dispatching city rivals Espanyol 2-0 in LaLiga with late goals from Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski. 

Hansi Flick's table-toppers have now won eight matches on the bounce across all competitions, since a defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League. 

Bilbao have only won once in their last five across all competitions, against Ourense in the Copa del Rey. They've failed to score more than once in any of their last seven matches. 

Brothers Inaki and Nico Williams should both start for Bilbao in wide attacking areas.

Barca could have defensive lynchpin Ronald Araujo back in the squad after a spell out to protect his mental health. 

Here is where to find English-language live streams of Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao, as GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to watch the game today.

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Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao kick-off time

Super Cup - Super Cup

King Abdullah Sports City

Today's game between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao will kick off on 7 Jan 2026 at 14:00 EST and 19:00 GMT. 

Team news & squads

Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao lineups

Barcelona

4-2-3-1

Formation

4-2-3-1

ATH

13

J. Garcia

23

J. Kounde

5

P. Cubarsi

24

E. Garcia

3

A. Balde

28

R. Bardghji

8

Pedri

21

C

F. de Jong

11

Raphinha

16

F. Lopez

7

F. Torres

1

U. Simon

4

A. Paredes

12

J. Areso

3

D. Vivian

19

A. Boiro

8

O. Sancet

30

A. Rego

23

R. Navarro

18

M. Jauregizar

7

A. Berenguer

9

C

I. Williams

4-2-3-1

ATH

BAR

-Line up

• 13

  J. Garcia

• 23

  J. Kounde

• 5

  P. Cubarsi

• 24

  E. Garcia

• 3

  A. Balde

  64’

• 28

  R. Bardghji

  34’

  38’, 52’

  72’

• 8

  Pedri

  72’

• 21

  F. de Jong (C)

  64’

• 11

  Raphinha

  30’

  38’, 52’

  65’

• 16

  F. Lopez

  22’, 34’

  30’

• 7

  F. Torres

  22’

Substitutes

• 27

  D. Fernandez

• 17

  M. Casado

• 25

  W. Szczesny

• 14

  M. Rashford

  65’

• 18

  G. Martin

  64’

• 22

  M. Bernal

  64’

• 9

  R. Lewandowski

• 20

  D. Olmo

  72’

• 31

  D. Kochen

• 10

  L. Yamal

  72’

• 43

  T. Marques

Manager

• H. Flick

ATH

-Line up

• 1

  U. Simon

• 4

  A. Paredes

• 12

  J. Areso

• 3

  D. Vivian

• 19

  A. Boiro

  57’

• 8

  O. Sancet

  54’

• 30

  A. Rego

  61’

• 23

  R. Navarro

  54’

• 18

  M. Jauregizar

• 7

  A. Berenguer

• 9

  I. Williams (C)

  54’

Substitutes

• 47

  I. Monreal

• 11

  G. Guruzeta

  54’

• 20

  U. Gomez

  54’

• 27

  A. Padilla

• 10

  N. Williams

• 15

  I. Lekue

  57’

• 22

  N. Serrano

• 16

  I. Ruiz de Galarreta

  54’

• 25

  U. Izeta

• 44

  S. Sanchez

  61’

• 2

  A. Gorosabel

Manager

• E. Valverde

Form

Head-to-Head Record

BAR

Last 5 matches

ATH

4

Wins

1

Draw

0

Wins

• Barcelona

  4

  -

  0

  Athletic Bilbao

• Athletic Bilbao

  0

  -

  3

  Barcelona

• Athletic Bilbao

  0

  -

  2

  Barcelona

• Barcelona

  2

  -

  1

  Athletic Bilbao

• Athletic Bilbao

  0

  -

  0

  Barcelona

11

Goals scored

1

Games over 2.5 goals

3/5

Both teams scored

1/5

Standings

Useful links

• Barcelona team page
• Bilbao team page