Soccer fixture preview: Home fans with big hopes before Real Madrid - Athletic Club

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 01.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (81044 seats)

The league table tells us that 13 points divide the pair of contenders in this La Liga fixture. Real Madrid enjoy both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (34) in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (10) in La Liga

Madrid have less rest than Athletic Club in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a La Liga game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sevilla, was also a home game here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The away team is better rested.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Madrid has won their last four matches.

A nice win for Madrid last time playing, versus Sevilla. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Vinícius Júnior and Karim Benzema scoring for the victors. David Alaba, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Alaba won 3 of 4 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Sheriff.

The manager C. Ancelotti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Real Sociedad in only three days.

Madrid are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in their league games, having scored an impressive 15 goals in 6 matches. Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Athletic Club form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Athletic Club have produced an overall stat of 1-6-0 so far. Club are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

There were no winners in Club's previous match, a La Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Granada (placed 16th). Midfielder Iker Muniain was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.7. Muniain served one assist, hit two key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).

Before that, Club travelled to Levante and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Club as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Athletic Club's manager M. García Toral has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Madrid-Athletic Club H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Madrid five wins, Athletic Club one win, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
11 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
9 goals
Real MadridM. Asensio Willemsen
M. Asensio Willemsen
4 goals

Real Madrid missing players

Athletic Club missing players

Real Madrid Athletic Club
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 2 7 14
10 4 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 2 Drew D 2 6 8
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
34 15 5 Scored S 1 4 13
15 5 2 Conceded C 1 3 10
86% 67% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 57% 79%
79% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 57%
79% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 21%
36% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
36% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
79% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 50%
21% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 43%
14% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 29%
 
5.4 5.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.3 7.2
3.6 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.1 4
1.8 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
16.9 15.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.4 13.3
6.4 6.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4.5
38% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 21%
 
11.2 11.8 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.7 11.4
3.9 3.7 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.1
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have not yet lost a game away.
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (10) in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (11) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Madrid have scored more than double the goals of Athletic Club.
  • Real Madrid have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most points from losing position (10) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (34) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+19) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid is in the best form (5-1-0) in La Liga

  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 14 10 3 1 34 15 6 4 2 0 15 5 8 6 1 1 19 10 19 33
2 Atletico Madrid 14 8 5 1 26 14 7 4 3 0 11 4 7 4 2 1 15 10 12 29
3 Real Sociedad 15 8 5 2 19 11 7 4 3 0 5 1 8 4 2 2 14 10 8 29
4 Sevilla 14 8 4 2 24 11 6 5 1 0 17 6 8 3 3 2 7 5 13 28
5 Real Betis 15 8 3 4 25 18 8 4 2 2 15 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 27
6 Rayo Vallecano 15 7 3 5 23 16 7 6 1 0 16 3 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 24
7 Barcelona 14 6 5 3 23 16 8 5 2 1 16 8 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 23
8 Athletic Club 14 4 8 2 13 10 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 1 6 0 4 3 3 20
9 Espanyol 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 5 2 1 10 4 7 0 3 4 5 10 1 20
10 Valencia 15 4 7 4 22 21 8 3 4 1 14 9 7 1 3 3 8 12 1 19
11 Osasuna 14 5 4 5 14 18 7 1 3 3 4 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 -4 19
12 Villarreal 14 3 7 4 16 16 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 0 5 2 4 7 0 16
13 Celta de Vigo 15 4 4 7 16 19 8 1 2 5 7 12 7 3 2 2 9 7 -3 16
14 Mallorca 15 3 7 5 14 22 8 2 5 1 8 7 7 1 2 4 6 15 -8 16
15 Deportivo Alaves 14 4 2 8 11 19 8 3 0 5 6 11 6 1 2 3 5 8 -8 14
16 Granada 14 2 6 6 14 22 6 1 2 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 7 11 -8 12
17 Cadiz 15 2 6 7 13 27 8 0 4 4 5 13 7 2 2 3 8 14 -14 12
18 Elche 14 2 5 7 11 20 7 1 4 2 6 9 7 1 1 5 5 11 -9 11
19 Getafe 15 2 4 9 10 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 0 3 5 2 10 -9 10
20 Levante 15 0 7 8 13 28 7 0 5 2 6 11 8 0 2 6 7 17 -15 7

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.