Spanish La Liga - Athletic Bilbao VS Real Madrid Prediciton
Spanish La Liga - Athletic Bilbao VS Real Madrid
Match Time:05-12-2024 04:00 Thursday (GMT+8)
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Athletic Bilbao - DWDWWW
There is just a single fitness concern for the Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Ander Herrera (Muscle injury) is sidelined.
In our view, Los Leones will possibly use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Yeray Alvarez, Daniel Vivian, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Mikel Jauregizar, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.
Athletic Bilbao, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 La Liga success against Rayo Vallecano.
In that game, Athletic Bilbao had 53% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Oihan Sancet (65', 78'). Rayo Vallecano had 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. Randy Nteka (14') was the scorer for Rayo Vallecano.
Their most recent results show that it has been a great time for the Athletic Bilbao defence. Athletic Bilbao have been stingy, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last 6 outings standing at 3.
Looking at their past form shows that Athletic Bilbao:
haven't won against Real Madrid in their last 18 matches in the league. What a terrible run without a win that has been.
haven't been defeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.
Real Madrid - LLWWLW
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has some current player fitness concerns. Aurélien Tchouaméni (ankle sprain), Vinicius Junior (Muscle injury), David Alaba (Cruciate ligament tear), Éder Militão (Cruciate ligament tear) and Daniel Carvajal (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.
It’s our belief that Los Blancos might play in a 4-4-2 system, giving starts to Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vazquez, Raul Asencio, Antonio Ruediger, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Daniel Ceballos, Luka Modric, Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo and Kylian Mbappe.
Real Madrid will go into this game following a 2-0 La Liga win to defeat Getafe in their last game.
In that game, Real Madrid had 69% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Real Madrid, the goals were scored by Jude Bellingham (30') and Kylian Mbappé (38'). For their opponents, Getafe had 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.
The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Real Madrid has become evident of late. Checking on their last 6 meetings reveals that it’s occurred 5 times. During these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal total of 9 while Real Madrid have scored 10. We will just have to see if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Heading into this fixture, Real Madrid haven't been defeated by Athletic Bilbao when they've played them away from home in the last 9 league matches. Travelling fans must really look forward to this fixture.
Athletic Bilbao possible starting lineup:
Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Vivian, Alvarez, Berchiche; Ruiz de Galarreta, Prados; I. Williams, Sancet, N. Williams; Djalo
Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Courtois; Vazquez, Asencio, Rudiger, Garcia; Modric, Valverde, Bellingham, Guler; Rodrygo, Mbappe
Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
The two teams have a long-standing rivalry and their meetings are often referred to as El Viejo Clásico or the Old Classic. They have squared off 244 times in competitive games. Real Madrid have the upper hand in these meetings, recording 123 wins. Bilbao have 76 wins and 45 games have ended in stalemates.
Los Blancos are unbeaten in their last four meetings against the hosts. They secured a league double last season, recording 2-0 home and away wins.
Athletic Bilbao are unbeaten in their last eight home games in all competitions, recording six wins.
Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last 21 LaLiga away games.
Bilbao have lost their last five LaLiga home meetings against the visitors, failing to score in four games during that period.
Madrid are unbeaten in LaLiga against Lehoiak since 2015, with their two defeats during that period coming in the Copa del Rey and Spanish Supercopa
Prediction: Athletic Bilbao 2-2 Real Madrid
Real Madrid may have won their last three league games against Osasuna, Leganes and Getafe, but they will face a much tougher test in Wednesday's tricky away meeting with Athletic. Having lost just one of their last 26 home league matches, we think that Athletic will make full use of the San Mames factor to take a point off the reigning La Liga champions.
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