Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – San Mamés
Date: 15th September 2018
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
Julen Lopetegui will have a tough time this weekend when he takes his star-studded Real Madrid team to the San Mames – a stadium where they are never welcome and a stadium where many teams struggle to get a result.
Los Blancos last two games have ended in 4-1 wins, and despite earlier fears that they would struggle to score goals without Cristiano Ronaldo, they have looked fruitful in front of goal.
Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema have given their fans reasons to forget about Ronaldo as they have scored 70 percent of Madrid’s goals so far combined.
Bale in particular looks to be in fine form, and he has netted in every one of his last seven league games for the European champions.
Athletic are coming into this as if it was a new season as it has been three weeks since they last played competitive football.
This is because their game against Rayo Vallecano was postponed due to stadium problems.
This early season break is not ideal for Bilbao and they may show signs of lacking match sharpness when they take to the field in this game.
The last time they played in the league, they were surprisingly held to a 2-2 draw by new boys Huesca so this game is a big one for them if they want to make a good start to the season.
The two meetings last season were both drawn with the San Mames fixture ending goalless.
The last 6 meetings in Bilbao have produced 3 Real wins, 2 draws and 1 Athletic win.
Bookmakers have priced Real Madrid up as strong odds-on favourites to come out on top while goal markets suggest this game will provide a feast of goals for neutrals and fans alike.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Athletic Bilbao
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
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D | Athletic Bilbao | 2-2 | Huesca | 27 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
W | Athletic Bilbao | 2-1 | Leganes | 20 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
L | Hannover 96 | 2-0 | Athletic Bilbao | 11 Aug, 2018 | Friendly | ||
L | Athletic Bilbao | 0-1 | Espanyol | 20 May, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
L | Alavés | 3-1 | Athletic Bilbao | 12 May, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
Real Madrid
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
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W | Real Madrid | 4-1 | Leganes | 1 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
W | Girona | 1-4 | Real Madrid | 26 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
W | Real Madrid | 2-0 | Getafe | 19 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
L | Real Madrid | 2-4 | Atletico Madrid | 15 Aug, 2018 | Super Cup | ||
W | Real Madrid | 3-1 | AC Milan | 11 Aug, 2018 | Friendly |
H2H
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | ||||
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Real Madrid | 1-1 | Athletic Bilbao | 18 Apr, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Athletic Bilbao | 0-0 | Real Madrid | 2 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Athletic Bilbao | 1-2 | Real Madrid | 18 Mar, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Real Madrid | 2-1 | Athletic Bilbao | 23 Oct, 2016 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Real Madrid | 4-2 | Athletic Bilbao | 13 Feb, 2016 | Spanish Primera División |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
January 3, 2025 | ||
Valencia | 21:00 | Real Madrid |
January 10, 2025 | ||
Rayo Vallecano | 21:00 | Celta Vigo |
January 11, 2025 | ||
Alaves | 14:00 | Girona |
Real Valladolid | 16:15 | Real Betis |
Espanyol | 18:30 | Leganes |
Sevilla | 21:00 | Valencia |
January 12, 2025 | ||
Las Palmas | 14:00 | Getafe |
Atlético de Madrid | 16:15 | Osasuna |
January 13, 2025 | ||
Real Sociedad | 21:00 | Villarreal |
January 17, 2025 | ||
Espanyol | 21:00 | Real Valladolid |
January 18, 2025 | ||
Osasuna | 14:00 | Rayo Vallecano |
Leganes | 16:15 | Atlético de Madrid |
Celta Vigo | 18:30 | Athletic Bilbao |
Getafe | 21:00 | Barcelona |
January 19, 2025 | ||
Real Betis | 14:00 | Alaves |
Real Madrid | 16:15 | Las Palmas |
Valencia | 18:30 | Real Sociedad |
Girona | 21:00 | Sevilla |
January 20, 2025 | ||
Villarreal | 21:00 | Mallorca |
Spanish Primera Table
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Atlético de Madrid | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 41 |
2 | Real Madrid | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 40 |
3 | Barcelona | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 38 |
4 | Athletic Bilbao | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 36 |
5 | Villarreal | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 30 |
6 | Mallorca | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
7 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 25 |
8 | Girona | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 25 |
9 | Real Betis | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 25 |
10 | Osasuna | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 25 |
11 | Celta Vigo | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 24 |
12 | Rayo Vallecano | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 22 |
13 | Las Palmas | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 22 |
14 | Sevilla | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 22 |
15 | Leganes | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 18 |
16 | Alaves | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 17 |
17 | Getafe | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
18 | Espanyol | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 15 |
19 | Valencia | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 12 |
20 | Real Valladolid | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 37 | -25 | 12 |
Spanish Primera Results
December 22, 2024 | ||
Real Betis | 1 - 1 | Rayo Vallecano |
Las Palmas | 1 - 0 | Espanyol |
Leganes | 2 - 5 | Villarreal |
Real Madrid | 4 - 2 | Sevilla |
Valencia | 2 - 2 | Alaves |
December 21, 2024 | ||
Barcelona | 1 - 2 | Atlético de Madrid |
Osasuna | 1 - 2 | Athletic Bilbao |
Celta Vigo | 2 - 0 | Real Sociedad |
Getafe | 0 - 1 | Mallorca |
December 20, 2024 | ||
Girona | 3 - 0 | Real Valladolid |
December 18, 2024 | ||
Espanyol | 1 - 1 | Valencia |
Villarreal | 1 - 1 | Rayo Vallecano |
December 15, 2024 | ||
Barcelona | 0 - 1 | Leganes |
Real Sociedad | 0 - 0 | Las Palmas |
Villarreal | 1 - 2 | Real Betis |
Alaves | 1 - 1 | Athletic Bilbao |
Atlético de Madrid | 1 - 0 | Getafe |