Athletic Club Bilbao vs Real Madrid – La Liga – Preview

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Sreya

Athletic Club Bilbao vs Real Madrid – Real Madrid travel to San Mames on 18th March, Saturday to face Athletic Bilbao in a crucial La Liga fixture.

The race for the La Liga has heated up in the recent weeks with Barcelona closing the gap on league leaders Real Madrid – Zinedine Zidane’s side are on sixty two points having played a game lesser than Barcelona who are on sixty points.

Athletic Club Bilbao are seventh with forty four points and won 2-0 against Real Sociedad in their last league outing. Real Madrid also won their previous league fixture 2-1 against Real Betis.

Team News

Sabin Merino is injured and Mikel San Jose is suspended. Raphael Varane and Pepe are listed as doubts for the visitors.

Athletic Club Bilbao Possible Starting Lineup: Kepa, De Marcos, Aymeric Laporte, Yeray Alvarez, Balenziaga, Benat Etxebarria, Iturraspe, Inaki Williams, Raul Garcia, Iker Muniain, Aduriz.

Real Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Nacho, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo.

“We want to stretch our good run of form at home. We need to continue to do what we are doing and we will give something extra because we will play against Real Madrid. This is an important game for us.

We are very well and what we have to do is take advantage of the confidence we have in order to put them under pressure and take three points.”

– Benat Extebarria, Athletic Club Bilbao.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Athletic Club Bilbao vs Real Madrid H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs resulted in four wins and one loss for Real Madrid.

In fact, Real Madrid have won 22 of their last 25 matches against Athletic Club in all competitions, although Athletic Club are undefeated in their last 13 home matches in the La Liga.

It should be a closely contested affair but Real Madrid are likely to win 2-1 tomorrow