Athletic v Real Madrid Prediction and Preview

Athletic v Real Madrid meet on Saturday afternoon (15:15, UK time) at San Mamés in the 28th week of La Liga. This is the most difficult game on the road Los Blancos have to face until the end of the season.
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Los Blancos travel on Saturday afternoon to Bilbao to face Athletic, one of the best teams playing at home in La Liga. This is the most difficult game for Zidane’s side on the road and the three points are really important to continue on the top of the table.

Athletic Club won the Basque Country Derby last weekend against Real Sociedad (0-2) with the goals scored by Raúl García and Iñaki Williams. However, Athletic are strong at home, where they’ve only lost one game this season, the opening match against FC Barcelona in August. San José is suspended and will miss the game, whereas Sabin Merino is the only injury concern.

Real Madrid beat Betis (2-1) at Santiago Bernabéu suffering a lot and thanks to a late goal scored by Sergio Ramos. Keylor Navas made a huge mistake and there is big debate whether he has to be the goalkeeper at San Mamés. Bale can play again after serving two games of suspension and Varane, Pepe and Coentrao are the only players sidelined.

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Athletic (4-5-1): Kepa; Balenziaga, Laporte, Yeray, De Marcos; Iturraspe, Beñat, Raúl García, Muniain, Iñaki Williams; and Aduriz.
Real Madrid (4-3-3): Keylor Navas; Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Nacho, Carvajal; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema.

Athletic Club have won 6, drawn 0 and lost 4 games out of the last 10.
Real Madrid have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 of the last 10 games.
In the last 10 games, Athletic Bilbao have scored an average of 1,3 goals and have received an average of 1,3 goals.
In the last 10 games, Real Madrid have scored an average of 2,7 goals per game and have conceded 1,2 goals per game.
There have been over 2,5 goals in 5 of the last 10 Athletic games.
There have been 2,5 goals in 9 of the last 10 Real Madrid games.

We have to see what version of Real Madrid we’ll see on Saturday. Los Blancos played really well on the road against Eibar two weeks ago, but they played poorly against Betis. Cristiano Ronaldo, who hasn’t scored in his last three visits to San Mamés, has to be the most important footballer in the pitch. Despite is a difficult game, we have to trust Zidane’s men to win the game.

Los Blancos beat Athletic Club (2-1) at Santiago Bernabéu this season thanks to a late goal scored by Morata. Last season, Real Madrid won at San Mamés with Karim Benzema scoring (1-2) both goals.

Match Prediction

Real Madrid to win 4/6 at Bet365.

Over/Under Prediction

Over 2,5 goals 4/7 at Bet365.

Result

Real Madrid to win 1-3 at 11/1 with Bet365.

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