This match is a big opportunity for Barcelona to reduce their point difference with Real Madrid, who could only draw with Sevilla in the 10th week of the match.
Barcelona must not lose this golden opportunity, what's more, Barcelona has quite a lot of wins when facing Atletico Bilbao, in fact in the last three meetings Barcelona managed to win with quite a landslide score plus this is a home game for Barcelona where this season they have not been defeated at home.
Barcelona has been quite successful in maintaining their record so far by not experiencing defeat just because three draws have kept them quite far from Real Madrid and with many matches still to be played, anything can happen where Barcelona is at the top of the standings.
I believe Barcelona would want to seize this opportunity and win their match against Atletico Bilbao cause not only would they reduce their point difference with Realmadrid but they could top the league if they wun, they're they're points behind Madrid which means if they win they'll be sharing same points and be ahead of Madrid based on goal difference, Realmadrid's lose could turn into a blessing for Barcelona cause being at the top of the league could really boost the confidence of their team against the El Classico, the is getting more interesting the competition among the two teams is tough this season cause this 1st El Classico match would determine which team would remain in place.
Yesterday's match against Sevilla really suprised be, i didn't expect Madrid to concede 1st and struggled to get an equalizer I believe Realmadrid would had won the game if scored 1st, they just lost opportunity to remain at the top place and luckily for them they managed to get a point.