Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid, taking place on Sunday, 22 January 2023, at The Estadio San Mamés in Bilbao.
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Athletic Bilbao, Recent FormThe Athletic Bilbao players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Real Sociedad recently, that ended in a 3-1 defeat. During that encounter they had 42% possession and had 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target, while their opponents hit 5 of their 11 shots on goal.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 6, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 5 goals and some valuable points in the process. With a defensive record of 4 clean sheets in their last 6 matches, they can certainly claim to be hard to beat.
They have had a strong run of form at The Estadio San Mamés recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 home games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Gorka Guruzeta will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Athletic Bilbao.
Real Madrid, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Real Madrid players having failed to take any points away from their recent 2-1 away defeat at the hands of Villarreal. They achieved 51% possession in that match and had 12 strikes at goal, with 3 hitting the target, up against Villarreal's tally of 17 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
Carlo Ancelotti will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 11 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 8 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. They are consistently finding a way through on goal, scoring in each of their last 16 games. They are in some turmoil defensively at the moment and have been unable to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
With 4 wins from their last 6 away matches, they have put together an impressive run of form away from home recently. They will be very happy with their early away form this season, winning 7 of their 9 away league games.
With 7 goals from the last 6 away outings in the league, Karim Benzema has given the travelling Real Madrid support something to shout about on the road.
In the last league encounter between these sides, it was Athletic Bilbao who ended up empty-handed, losing 1-2 to Real Madrid.
Los Blancos will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against Athletic, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 5 meetings between the two. In their past 5 meetings, Real Madrid's defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so Los Leones will have to take their chances when they come. Playing at home, Athletic have failed to score in 2 of their last 3 league games against Real Madrid.
Real Madrid will be looking to continue their winning streak against Athletic having won in their last 5 meetings in the league.
Real Madrid player Karim Benzema will be looking to get on the scoresheet again against Athletic, having scored 5 goals in the last 5 league meetings between the teams.
There is only really one injury concern for the Athletic manager Ernesto Valverde ahead of this clash, with Iñigo Martínez (Physical discomfort) missing out, which gives Valverde a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Carlo Ancelotti has a number of injury concerns in his Real Madrid squad to contend with: David Alaba (Leg), Aurélien Tchouaméni (Leg) and Lucas Vázquez (Sprained ankle)
Athletic Bilbao Playing at home | Real Madrid Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 2.2 |
| 0.4 | Goals conceded | 1 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 33' |
| 45' | Time first goal conceded | 35' |
| 1.7 | Yellow cards | 1.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.7 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
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