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Estadio Bernabéu · 33,627 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Real Madrid pad LaLiga lead with win over Athletic Bilbao

Karim Benzema scored his 12th league goal of the season as Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao in a narrow 1-0 win at the Bernabeu.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
2
37.9
Possession
62.1
18
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
7
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
310
Accurate Passes
604
387
Passes
674
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
44
Long Balls
86
24
Accurate Long Balls
57
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
8
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
6
21
Effective Clearances
21
21
Clearances
21

Highlights

01:10 Karim Benzema puts away the opening goal for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 03:01 Real Madrid holds on for narrow win over Athletic Bilbao Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4David AlabaCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 11Marco AsensioRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Luka JovicSUB
  2. 12MarceloSUB
  3. 6NachoSUB
  4. 7Eden HazardSUB
  5. 25Eduardo CamavingaSUB
  6. 15Federico ValverdeSUB
  7. 24Mariano DíazSUB
  8. 22IscoSUB
  9. 21RodrygoSUB
  10. 13Andriy LuninSUB
  11. 5Jesús VallejoSUB
  12. 2Dani CarvajalSUB

ATH · 4-4-2

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 3Unai NúñezCD-L
  3. 5YerayCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 15Iñigo LekueRB
  6. 16Unai VencedorCM-L
  7. 14Dani GarcíaCM-R
  8. 10Iker MuniainLM
  9. 19Oier ZarragaRM
  10. 9Iñaki WilliamsCF-L
  11. 22Raúl GarcíaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Óscar de MarcosSUB
  2. 7Álex BerenguerSUB
  3. 26Julen AgirrezabalaSUB
  4. 31Aitor ParedesSUB
  5. 11Jon MorcilloSUB
  6. 33Nico SerranoSUB
  7. 2Alex PetxarrománSUB
  8. 8Oihan SancetSUB
  9. 21Ander CapaSUB
  10. 30Nico WilliamsSUB
  11. 6Mikel VesgaSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Oier Zarraga (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Athletic Bilbao 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  3. 43' Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Óscar De Marcos replaces Íñigo Lekue.
  5. 63' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Nico Williams replaces Unai Vencedor.
  6. 64' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Marco Asensio.
  7. 68' Luka Modric (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Oihan Sancet replaces Raúl García.
  9. 70' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Alex Berenguer replaces Iker Muniain.
  10. 70' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Luka Modric.
  11. 77' Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 77' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 80' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Toni Kroos.
  14. 80' Substitution, Real Madrid. Nacho replaces Lucas Vázquez.
  15. 82' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Mikel Vesga replaces Dani García.

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