It's advantage Real Madrid so far with their 2nd position in the La Liga table, welcoming Athletic Club who are placed 8th.
It's no vacation for neither Real Madrid nor Athletic Club 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.
Real Madrid form and stats
This stadium, Santiago Bernabeu, has been a fortress for Real Madrid in the La Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-2-0. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Real Madrid.
The points were shared in Real Madrid's previous game, also at home. Visiting Athletic Club (placed 8th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Before that, Real Madrid played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Barcelona.
Real Madrid are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W6-D2-L3.
Real Madrid are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Santiago Bernabeu in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 8 matches. From these home matches, Real Madrid have conceded only 6 goals.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club have only collected 7 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
Athletic Club are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Real Madrid (placed 2nd). Prior to that result Athletic Club won their away game at Intercity in the Copa Del Rey. The scoreline was 3-0.
6 saves made goalkeeper Unai Simon a hero against Real Madrid, contributing heavy to the point gained.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Athletic Club played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 1 time.
The attacking power of Athletic Club when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Athletic Club have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Real Madrid-Athletic Club H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Madrid 6 wins, Athletic Club 1 win, 3 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 12 goals |   Raúl García 5 goals |  Muniain 4 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Real Madrid | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 78% | 78% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 67% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 61% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 33% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 28% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 39% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 7.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 302 | 177 | 80 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 78 | 200 |
| 115 | 68 | 31 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 20 | 65 |
| 29% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 29% |
- Athletic Club has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Real Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Athletic Club have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Getafe | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Valencia | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Granada | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Levante | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | SD Eibar | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 15 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 14 |
| 19 | Leganés | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -22 | 10 |