Real Madrid vs Athletic Club, 2020-2021 LaLiga
· Spanish LALIGA
FT
3 - 1
3 - 1
13': Raúl GarcíaReal Madrid level on points atop La Liga with win over Bilbao
Karim Benzema scored the winner as Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao to go level on points in La Liga with Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ander Capa.
- 4': Attempt missed. Óscar De Marcos (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Iñaki Williams with a cross.
- 7': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Club).
- 7': Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Club).
- 7': Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Raúl García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 11': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner.
- 13': Attempt missed. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Óscar De Marcos.
- 13': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Club).
- 13': Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Second yellow card to Raúl García (Athletic Club) for a bad foul.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
- 19': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Dani García.
- 19': Foul by Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).
- 19': Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
- 23': Attempt missed. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ferland Mendy.
- 26': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Dani García.
- 27': Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Foul by Raphael Varane (Real Madrid).
- 27': Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 28': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Sergio Ramos.
- 29': Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
- 35': Attempt missed. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sergio Ramos.
- 38': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Ferland Mendy.
- 39': Attempt missed. Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Berenguer with a cross following a corner.
- 41': Attempt saved. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Valverde.
- 41': Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
- 42': Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 44': Attempt missed. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ferland Mendy with a cross.
- 44': Attempt missed. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
- 45'+1': Goal! Real Madrid 1, Athletic Club 0. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Real Madrid 1, Athletic Club 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Real Madrid 1, Athletic Club 0.
- 46': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Alex Berenguer.
- 46': Foul by Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).
- 46': Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Ferland Mendy.
- 52': Attempt saved. Ander Capa (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Óscar De Marcos.
- 52': Goal! Real Madrid 1, Athletic Club 1. Ander Capa (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 54': Offside, Real Madrid. Daniel Carvajal tries a through ball, but Vinícius Júnior is caught offside.
- 58': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Unai Vencedor.
- 59': Substitution, Athletic Club. Iñigo Córdoba replaces Alex Berenguer.
- 60': Attempt missed. Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
- 64': Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Vinícius Júnior.
- 64': Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Federico Valverde.
- 65': Attempt saved. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric.
- 65': Foul by Unai Vencedor (Athletic Club).
- 65': Isco (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Offside, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio tries a through ball, but Karim Benzema is caught offside.
- 66': Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Unai Vencedor.
- 67': Substitution, Athletic Club. Asier Villalibre replaces Iñaki Williams.
- 67': Foul by Dani García (Athletic Club).
- 67': Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Hand ball by Iñigo Córdoba (Athletic Club).
- 68': Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Óscar De Marcos (Athletic Club).
- 69': Offside, Real Madrid. Daniel Carvajal tries a through ball, but Luka Modric is caught offside.
- 70': Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
- 70': Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Offside, Real Madrid. Isco tries a through ball, but Lucas Vázquez is caught offside.
- 73': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Óscar De Marcos.
- 74': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Ander Capa.
- 74': Goal! Real Madrid 2, Athletic Club 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal with a cross following a corner.
- 75': Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Lucas Vázquez.
- 76': Offside, Real Madrid. Isco tries a through ball, but Ferland Mendy is caught offside.
- 77': Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
- 77': Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club).
- 79': Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Substitution, Athletic Club. Íñigo Lekue replaces Ander Capa.
- 80': Substitution, Athletic Club. Iker Muniain replaces Óscar De Marcos.
- 83': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Luka Modric.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Iñigo Córdoba (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Íñigo Lekue.
- 84': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Raphael Varane.
- 85': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Rodrygo.
- 87': Asier Villalibre (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Foul by Raphael Varane (Real Madrid).
- 88': Attempt blocked. Isco (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrygo.
- 88': Dani García (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Rodrygo (Real Madrid).
- 89': Foul by Dani García (Athletic Club).
- 89': Isco (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Attempt missed. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Luka Modric.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Mikel Vesga (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Yeray Álvarez.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Goal! Real Madrid 3, Athletic Club 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luka Modric.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Íñigo Martínez (Athletic Club) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Unai Simón.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Real Madrid 3, Athletic Club 1.
- 0': Match ends, Real Madrid 3, Athletic Club 1.
Statistics
 ATH |
RMA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 5 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 31.6 | Possession | 68.4 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 227 | Accurate Passes | 597 |
| 296 | Passes | 649 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 14 | Crosses | 26 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 64 | Long Balls | 58 |
| 31 | Accurate Long Balls | 45 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 3 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 7 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 8 |
| 19 | Clearances | 8 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: Alfredo Di Stéfano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Venue: Alfredo Di Stéfano
Location: Madrid, Spain
LALIGA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 30 | +51 | 76 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 30 | +36 | 69 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 30 | +19 | 58 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | +20 | 57 |
Line-Ups
Real Madrid (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thibaut Courtois (GK) |
| 4 | Sergio Ramos |
| 5 | Raphaël Varane |
| 23 | Ferland Mendy |
| 2 | Dani Carvajal |
| 15 | Federico Valverde |
| 8 | Toni Kroos |
| 10 | Luka Modric |
| 9 | Karim Benzema |
| 20 | Vinícius Júnior |
| 17 | Lucas Vázquez  |
Athletic Club (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unai Simón (GK) |
| 4 | Iñigo Martínez |
| 5 | Yeray |
| 17 | Yuri Berchiche |
| 21 | Ander Capa |
| 22 | Raúl García |
| 27 | Unai Vencedor |
| 14 | Dani García |
| 9 | Iñaki Williams |
| 12 | Álex Berenguer |
| 18 | Óscar de Marcos |
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