Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Athletic Club & Real Madrid face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Del Rey. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Athletic Club form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the final.The total La Liga results at home this season for Athletic Club are 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Athletic Club goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 260 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.
Happy days for Athletic Club in their previous game, a fixture away at Rayo Vallecano that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Vivian got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Vivian won 5 of 12 duels.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Espanyol are coming to town in four days.
Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Athletic Club's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Madrid form and stats
Real Madrid was sent out of Copa Del Rey in the 16th finals last season.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the La Liga.
Real Madrid's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Elche that finished 2-2. Midfield player Casemiro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Casemiro hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 68 total).
A quick return to home after this game, as Real Madrid are hosting Granada in the La Liga only three days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Madrid are regular goalscorers on their travels. Real Madrid have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these sides: Athletic Club won one, Real Madrid were winners in seven and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals. Benzema likes to face Athletic Club and have scored 10 goals in these matches.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 17 goals |  V. Júnior 12 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Athletic Club | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 11 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 31 | 49 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 17 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 50 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 46 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Valencia | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 14 | Granada | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Elche | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Getafe | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alaves | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 17 |
| 20 | Levante | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 11 |
