Real Madrid, looking to extend their winning streak, play host to Athletic Bilbao this Wednesday December 1st in the La Liga match day 15 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men will be eager to keep this momentum going being the top team in the La Liga standings with 33 points, 4 points on top of the second placed Atletico. Following the return of manager Ancelotti, Real Madrid have had a relatively strong and getting goals hasn’t been tough for them.
Madrid have had an impressive run and have as well shown an improvement in the champions league and are through to the round of 16 with back to back wins against Tiraspol and Shakhtar that inclusive in their 9 unbeaten games run.
Real Madrid now come from the back of a 2-1 victory against the top 4 placed Sevilla. In that match Madrid came from a goal down through the strike from Vinicius Jr before Karim Benzema made the second goal and grabbed all the points to the top position.
Los Blancos will now be aiming to make this 5 wins in a row at home turf.
Athletic Bilbao on the other hand are placed in the 8th position with 20 points just 3 points below Xavi Hernandez Barcelona. Marcelino’s side had a strong start to the domestic campaign collecting 16 points from their opening nine La Liga matches but have now failed to win any of their last five league outings.
Athletic, under Marcelino, have been consistently stubborn with the occasional flourish and attacking intent but on the return from the international break Athletic Club have failed to beat Levante and Granada, both of whom sit in the bottom five.
Considering that the Basques are not regarded as good travelers much will be needed of them to pick up all the points or any.
Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao head to head
In the previous six encounters,, Bilbao have only won once with the hosts managing 4 victories and only one match ended in a draw. Real Madrid have a winning streak of 6 matches whereas Bilbao haven’t won in their last 5 games. However, Bilbao have lost none of their last 9 away matches.
- Bilbao 0-1 Real Madrid 16/05/21
- Real Madrid 1-2 Bilbao 14/01/21
- Real Madrid 3-1 Bilbao 16/12/20
- Bilbao 0-1 Real Madrid 05/07/20
- Real Madrid 0-0 Bilbao 22/12/19
Home
- Real Madrid 2-1 Sevilla
- Tiraspol 0-3 Real Madrid
- Granada 1-4 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 2-1 Vallecano
- Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar
Away
- Bilbao 2-2 Granada
- Levante 0-0 Bilbao
- Bilbao 0-1 Cadiz
- Real Sociedad 1-1 Bilbao
- Espanyol 1-1 Bilbao
Real Madrid team news
Gareth Bale, Dani Ceballos, and Eden Hazard remain in the recovery room.
Athletic Bilbao team news
Inigo Martinez is banned for the match, while Berchiche, Nolaskoain, Villalibre and Vivian will miss out with injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Real Madrid to win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both sides to score
