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Real Madrid

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Real Madrid, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-4 La Liga success against Osasuna.

In that game, Real Madrid had 63% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For Real Madrid, the goalscorers were Vinicius Júnior (4', 64'), Dani Carvajal (18') and Brahim Díaz (61'). Osasuna had 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Ante Budimir (7') and Iker Muñoz (91') scored for Osasuna.

Real Madrid haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They’ve claimed a sum of 13 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. In any event, we’ll just have to find out if the trend shall be replicated in this game or not.

Analysis of their past results shows that Real Madrid:

• have not been beaten in the league by Athletic Bilbao in their last 17 games. It's quite some record.
• are unbeaten in their previous 19 league matches at home. What a fortress they have created.

Athletic Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao will go into the clash following on from a 2-0 La Liga win as they beat Alaves in their last game.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao managed 60% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Gorka Guruzeta (32', 37'). Alaves had 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

During their 6 latest matches, Ernesto Valverde's Athletic Bilbao have turned their attacks into goals a total of 11 times, giving them a goals scored per game average of 1.83.

Going into this encounter, Athletic Bilbao haven't won against Real Madrid when they have played them away from home in the previous 18 league games. What a horrible run of results.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 22/12/2021 tells us that Real Madrid have won 4 of them and Athletic Bilbao 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

An aggregate of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 for Los Blancos and 3 belonging to Los Leones. The average goals per game has been 2.

The last league encounter between these sides was La Liga match day 1 on 12/08/2023 which ended up with the score at Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Real Madrid.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao managed 46% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

For their opponents, Real Madrid got 14 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Rodrygo (28') and Jude Bellingham (36') scored.

The match was refereed by Jesús Gil Manzano.

ℹ️ Team News: Real Madrid

Thibaut Courtois (Meniscus tear) and David Alaba (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti. Vinicius Junior is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Out of a mainly healthy group of players, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde to be concerned about. Nico Williams (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that Real Madrid will probably be able to score a couple when they meet Athletic Bilbao, who could well find it tough scoring.

Our selection here is for a 2-0 margin for Real Madrid come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 31/03/2024