Spanish LALIGA

FT Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Athletic Club LWDLD 1
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Real Madrid LLWWW 3
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Alfredo Di Stéfano

Match Report

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Real 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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

RMA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

RMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 15Federico ValverdeAM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorAM-L
  11. 17Lucas VázquezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12MarceloSUB
  2. 22IscoSUB
  3. 25RodrygoSUB
  4. 19Álvaro OdriozolaSUB
  5. 3Éder MilitãoSUB
  6. 26Diego AltubeSUB
  7. 13Andriy LuninSUB
  8. 11Marco AsensioSUB
  9. 6NachoSUB

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 5YerayCD-R
  4. 17Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 21Ander CapaRB
  6. 22Raúl GarcíaAM
  7. 27Unai VencedorLM
  8. 14Dani GarcíaRM
  9. 9Iñaki WilliamsF
  10. 12Álex BerenguerAM-L
  11. 18Óscar de MarcosAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Asier VillalibreSUB
  2. 13Jokin EzkietaSUB
  3. 2Jon MorcilloSUB
  4. 16Oihan SancetSUB
  5. 11Iñigo CórdobaSUB
  6. 19Kenan KodroSUB
  7. 8Unai LópezSUB
  8. 15Iñigo LekueSUB
  9. 24Mikel BalenziagaSUB
  10. 6Mikel VesgaSUB
  11. 10Iker MuniainSUB
  12. 3Unai NúñezSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Raúl García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 13' Second yellow card to Raúl García (Athletic Club) for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 59' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iñigo Córdoba replaces Alex Berenguer.
  7. 64' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  8. 64' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Federico Valverde.
  9. 66' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Unai Vencedor.
  10. 67' Substitution, Athletic Club. Asier Villalibre replaces Iñaki Williams.
  11. 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.
  12. 75' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Lucas Vázquez.
  13. 80' Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Substitution, Athletic Club. Íñigo Lekue replaces Ander Capa.
  15. 80' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iker Muniain replaces Óscar De Marcos.
  16. 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.

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