Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Real Madrid & Athletic Club face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Real Madrid form and stats
Real Madrid was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Super Cup.Real Madrid are steadily winning La Liga games and points here. 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
It's back home for Real Madrid, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Barcelona (after extra-time) away with the result 3-2. Júnior, Benzema and Valverde found the net in that victory. Manager Ancelotti felt very clever after Valverde scored the winning goal against Barcelona, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 83rd minute. Benzema, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Benzema scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Previous to that game, a La Liga home match hosting Valencia in a game that was won 4-1.Real Madrid are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Del Rey match at Elche awaits in two days.
Real Madrid can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 22 times. Real Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Athletic Club, as they won the Super Cup.2 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Athletic Club playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.
Two travels in a row for Club, whose manager Toral could celebrate last time after the Super Cup win against Atletico Madrid. Williams came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Atletico Madrid last time out, making the manager Toral feel like a tactical genius. Álvarez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Álvarez scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.
Before that, Athletic Club travelled to Deportivo Alaves and returned home with a draw after the La Liga game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Athletic Club playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barcelona in just two days.
The attacking power of Athletic Club when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Athletic Club's manager Toral has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 5 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Madrid victories, three draws and one Athletic Club win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 17 goals |  V. Júnior 12 goals |  M. Asensio Willemsen 5 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Real Madrid | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 9 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 52 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.7 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 11.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 49 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Barcelona | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Valencia | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Granada | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Elche | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | Levante | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 11 |
