📊 Form Guide

Real Madrid

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Real Madrid will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-1 La Liga success vs Sevilla.

In that match, Real Madrid had 59% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Real Madrid was Júnior (15'). Sevilla had 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

Their most recent results show that things are going according to plan in the Real Madrid defence. Real Madrid have given the opposition little, with the number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their past six outings standing at 4.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Real Madrid:

• are unbeaten in the league by Athletic Bilbao in their previous 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Athletic Bilbao

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Previously, Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1 in the La Liga match with Celta Vigo.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao had 58% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 9 on target. The scorer for Athletic Bilbao was Iñaki Williams (52'). On the other side, Celta Vigo had 3 shots at goal with 2 on target. Williot Swedberg (4') was the scorer for Celta Vigo.

The numbers tell their own story, and Athletic Bilbao have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. In defence, Athletic Bilbao just haven’t been too solid at all. Such a pattern might not follow through here, though.

Ahead of this clash, Athletic Bilbao are winless against Real Madrid when they have played them away from home in the previous 20 league matches. Imagine their relief when they finally get an away win.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 04/06/2023 shows that Real Madrid have won 4 of these & Athletic Bilbao 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 13 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 10 for Los Blancos and 3 coming from Los Leones. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The last league clash featuring the two was La Liga match day 19 on 03/12/2025 when the final score was Athletic Bilbao 0-3 Real Madrid.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 38% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Real Madrid got 13 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Kylian Mbappé (7', 59') and Eduardo Camavinga (42') scored.

The match was refereed by Jesús Gil Manzano.

📋 Team News: Real Madrid

We are thinking that Los Blancos could make use of the 4-4-2 formation this time, beginning the first half with Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Antonio Ruediger, David Alaba, Francisco Garcia, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Thiago Pitarch, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe and Brahim Diaz.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

We’re of the thinking that Los Leones might make use of a 4-2-3-1 system using Unai Simon, Andoni Gorosabel, Yeray Alvarez, Aymeric Laporte, Inigo Lekue, Mikel Jauregizar, I. Ruiz de, Inaki Williams, Alex Berenguer, Robert Navarro and Gorka Guruzeta.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Athletic Bilbao have enough to score a goal against this Real Madrid outfit, although it may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Real Madrid at the end of this one. Looking forward to this.

Renata Leite, 01:05 23/05/2026