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La Liga · Sat, 23 May 2026 ·

Real Madrid vs Athletic Club — 4 - 2

Real Madrid

Score 4 - 2

FTHT 2-1

Athletic Club

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu · Referee: J. Martinez

Real Madrid vs Athletic Club head-to-head record

Match report

Real Madrid beat Athletic Club 4-2

Athletic Club were beaten 4-2 by Real Madrid at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu on Saturday, 23 May 2026 in La Liga matchday 38. G. Garcia (12'), J. Bellingham (41'), K. Mbappe (51') and B. Diaz (88') scored for Real Madrid, while G. Guruzeta (45') and Izeta (90') found the net for Athletic Club. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Real Madrid had 74% of the ball and 13 shots (8 on target) against Athletic Club’s 8 (2 on target). Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) was the top-rated player with 8.2. The result leaves Real Madrid 4th in the La Liga table on 15 points and Athletic Club 10th on 8.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Real Madrid

4th · 15 points · P 7 W 5 D 0 L 2

Form

Athletic Club

10th · 8 points · P 6 W 2 D 2 L 2

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#TeamPGDPts
3Real Betis7+216
4Real Madrid7+1015
5Sevilla7+113
9Villarreal7+18
10Athletic Club6+18
11Getafe7-38

Full La Liga table

Match events

  1. 3'yellow cardThiago PitarchYellow Card
  2. 12'goalG. GarciaAssist: D. Carvajal
  3. 20'yellow cardJude BellinghamYellow Card
  4. 41'goalJ. BellinghamAssist: T. Pitarch
  5. 45'goalG. GuruzetaAssist: I. Williams
  6. 46'substitutionY. AlvarezOff: A. Gorosabel
  7. 51'goalK. MbappeAssist: A. Carreras
  8. 60'substitutionI. Ruiz de GalarretaOff: I. Lekue
  9. 60'substitutionU. GomezOff: A. Rego
  10. 70'substitutionD. AlabaOff: D. Huijsen
  11. 74'substitutionJ. BellinghamOff: D. Ceballos
  12. 74'substitutionF. MastantuonoOff: B. Diaz
  13. 74'substitutionG. GarciaOff: A. Guler
  14. 74'substitutionG. GuruzetaOff: Izeta
  15. 84'substitutionD. CarvajalOff: M. Serrano
  16. 85'substitutionM. JauregizarOff: M. Vesga
  17. 88'goalB. DiazAssist: T. Pitarch
  18. 89'VAR decisionBrahim DíazGoal cancelled
  19. 90'goalIzetaAssist: I. Williams

Lineups

Real Madrid

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Alvaro Arbeloa

Starting XI

  1. 1T. CourtoisG
  2. 2D. CarvajalD
  3. 17R. AsencioD
  4. 4D. AlabaD
  5. 18A. CarrerasD
  6. 30F. MastantuonoM
  7. 5J. BellinghamM
  8. 8F. ValverdeM
  9. 45T. PitarchM
  10. 16G. GarciaF
  11. 10K. MbappeF

Substitutes

  1. 50A. GonzalezG
  2. 13A. LuninG
  3. 22A. RudigerD
  4. 14A. TchouameniM
  5. 6E. CamavingaM
  6. 24D. HuijsenD
  7. 19D. CeballosM
  8. 21B. DiazM
  9. 20F. GarciaD
  10. 15A. GulerM
  11. 51M. SerranoD

Athletic Club

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Ernesto Valverde

Starting XI

  1. 27A. PadillaG
  2. 3D. VivianD
  3. 5Y. AlvarezD
  4. 4A. ParedesD
  5. 19A. BoiroD
  6. 16I. Ruiz de GalarretaM
  7. 18M. JauregizarM
  8. 9I. WilliamsM
  9. 20U. GomezM
  10. 23R. NavarroM
  11. 11G. GuruzetaF

Substitutes

  1. 1U. SimonG
  2. 14A. LaporteD
  3. 15I. LekueD
  4. 2A. GorosabelD
  5. 12J. AresoD
  6. 22N. SerranoF
  7. 30A. RegoM
  8. 40E. GiftF
  9. 6M. VesgaM
  10. 25IzetaF
  11. 24B. Prados DiazM
  12. 21M. SannadiF

Match statistics

  • 74%Possession26%
  • 1.90Expected goals (xG)0.81
  • 13Total shots8
  • 8Shots on target2
  • 5Shots off target5
  • 0Blocked shots1
  • 9Shots inside the box6
  • 4Shots outside the box2
  • 2Corners1
  • 7Offsides2
  • 6Fouls20
  • 2Yellow cards0
  • –Red cards–
  • 0Goalkeeper saves4
  • 745Passes254
  • 675Accurate passes176
  • 91%Pass accuracy69%
  • -1.82Goals prevented-1.82

Player statistics

Real Madrid

Real Madrid player statistics
PlayerMinRatingGA
1Thibaut CourtoisG906.3
2Dani CarvajalD846.61
4David AlabaD706.9
17Raúl AsencioD906.6
18Álvaro CarrerasD906.91
5Jude BellinghamM747.61
8Federico ValverdeM906.9
30Franco MastantuonoM746.6
45Thiago PitarchM907.32
10Kylian MbappéFTop rated908.21
16Gonzalo GarcíaF747.51
13Andriy LuninG––
50Álvaro GonzálezG––
20Fran GarcíaD––
22Antonio RüdigerD––
24Dean HuijsenD206.2
51Manuel Serrano SalazarD86.2
6Eduardo CamavingaM––
14Aurélien TchouaméniM––
15Arda GülerM166.7
19Dani CeballosM166.5
21Brahim DíazM167.31

Athletic Club

Athletic Club player statistics
PlayerMinRatingGA
27Alex PadillaG905.2
3Dani VivianD905.7
4Aitor ParedesD905.7
5Yeray ÁlvarezD456.2
19Adama BoiroD906.0
9Iñaki WilliamsM906.92
16Iñigo Ruiz de GalarretaM606.3
18Mikel JauregizarM856.2
20Unai GómezM606.0
23Robert NavarroM906.5
11Gorka GuruzetaF747.21
1Unai SimónG––
2Andoni GorosabelD455.9
12Jesús AresoD––
14Aymeric LaporteD––
15Íñigo LekueD306.3
6Mikel VesgaM5–
24Beñat PradosM––
30Alejandro Rego MoraM306.7
21Maroan SannadiF––
22Nico SerranoF––
25Urko IzetaF167.31
40Elijah GiftF––

Also in Matchday 38 (La Liga)

All Matchday 38 fixtures and results