Athletic Club will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 26 points behind Real Madrid.
It's no vacation for neither Athletic Club nor Real Madrid as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club have played 16 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Athletic bring valid hopes of a third.
Athletic enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Valencia's place. The match ended 2-0 with Raúl García (2) scoring. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Mallorca.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Athletic, as the La Liga home game vs Sevilla is only four days away.
The Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. Athletic are not conceding a lot of goals here at San Mamés Barria in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 16 matches.
Real Madrid form and stats
As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Real Madrid, who have the most clean sheets (17) in La Liga, have produced an overall stat of 9-4-3 so far. Madrid have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Momentum is building for Madrid in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Real Madrid have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. It's been 277 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.
The supporters enjoyed Real Madrid's previous game versus Getafe (placed 6th), a La Liga 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Madrid won their away game at Espanyol. The scoreline was 1-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Madrid's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Madrid as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Real Madrid - Athletic Club 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Athletic wins - draws - Real Madrid wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 17 goals |   R. García Escudero 13 goals |  S. Ramos García 9 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Athletic Club | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 38 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 25 | 61 |
| 28 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 67% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 56% | 67% |
| 27% | 19% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 48% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 30% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 12% |
| 45% | 31% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 44% | 42% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 52% |
| 30% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 376 | 223 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 222 | 516 |
| 118 | 73 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 87 | 206 |
| 32% | 27% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 30% |
- Athletic Club has the fewest conceded goals (9) at home
- Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (11) away
- Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Real Madrid has the most clean sheets (17)
- Real Madrid has the most points (31) away
- Real Madrid has the the best goal difference (+14) away
- Real Madrid has the the best goal difference (+40)
- Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 61 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 40 | 74 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 39 | 70 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 59 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 57 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 54 |
| 6 | Getafe | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 52 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 50 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 48 |
| 9 | Valencia | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 33 | -7 | 46 |
| 10 | Granada | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 46 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -7 | 44 |
| 12 | Levante | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -5 | 42 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -11 | 37 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 33 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -18 | 35 |
| 16 | Eibar | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -16 | 35 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -10 | 34 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 36 | -21 | 29 |
| 19 | Leganés | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -25 | 25 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -26 | 24 |