Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, May 16, 2021
Real Madrid DWLDW 1
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Athletic Club WDWDL 0
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San Mamés

Match Report

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Real Madrid keep La Liga title hopes alive with win at Athletic Bilbao

Real Madrid kept their La Liga title hopes alive with a 1-0 victory at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
1
64.2
Possession
35.8
11
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
1
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
540
Accurate Passes
257
601
Passes
331
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
37
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
75
Long Balls
43
53
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
12
9
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
4
15
Effective Clearances
28
15
Clearances
28

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ATH · 4-4-2

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 5YerayCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 18Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 27Unai VencedorCM-L
  7. 14Dani GarcíaCM-R
  8. 2Jon MorcilloLM
  9. 12Álex BerenguerRM
  10. 16Oihan SancetCF-L
  11. 9Iñaki WilliamsCF-R

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 6NachoCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 35Miguel GutiérrezLB
  5. 19Álvaro OdriozolaRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 10Luka ModricLM
  8. 15Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 25RodrygoRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 59' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  3. 65' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Dani García.
  4. 65' Substitution, Athletic Club. Asier Villalibre replaces Iñaki Williams.
  5. 65' Substitution, Athletic Club. Raúl García replaces Jon Morcillo.
  6. 68' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Real Madrid 1. Nacho (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Casemiro following a corner.
  7. 72' Substitution, Athletic Club. Unai López replaces Oihan Sancet.
  8. 72' Substitution, Athletic Club. Ibai Gómez replaces Unai Vencedor.
  9. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Rodrygo.
  10. 79' Raúl García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 79' Íñigo Martínez (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 82' Nacho (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 89' Raúl García (Athletic Club) is shown the red card.

LALIGA News

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