Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao - Barcelona can earn revenge for cup shock with home defeat of Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona will bid to avenge their Spanish Super Cup defeat against Athletic Bilbao when they host Ernesto Valverde's side at the Nou Camp on Sunday.

Aritz Aduriz scored a stunning hat-trick for Athletic Bilbao in a surprise 4-0 first-leg victory before the two teams played out a 1-1 draw in the concluding leg back in August.

Luis Enrique's side will head into Sunday's Primera Division clash off the back of their 2-0 victory at Espanyol in the second leg of their Copa del Rey last-16 tie on Wednesday.

Munir El Haddadi, who deputised for the suspended Luis Suarez, scored a brace as his side secured a comfortable 6-1 win on aggregate.

Following their comprehensive first-leg victory, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique could afford to rest Neymar, Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.

The quintet are all expected to be restored to Enrique's starting XI for the visit of Athletic Bilbao, while Suarez is also in line to come in for El Haddadi, despite the 20-year-old's midweek brace.

The visitors will be missing Aduriz, scorer of 11 goals in 18 league starts, for their trip to the Nou Camp.

Aduriz is suspended while the club will also be without Raul Garcia after the Spain international was sidelined for the foreseeable future with a knee injury suffered at Sevilla last Saturday.

Athletic Bilbao, who are eighth in the table, will be buoyed by their 1-0 victory at Villarreal on Wednesday which secured their passage through to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.

Spaniard Inaki Williams scored the only goal of the game midway through the first half.

Barcelona will be expected to win this game - but Enrique's men have won only three of their last six league matches and have been usurped by Atletico Madrid at the top of the table.

Barcelona are two points adrift of Atletico, who travel to Las Palmas on Sunday, having played one game less than their rivals.