Today at 21.45 in the Spanish league the last match of the 9th round will be played.
In Madrid, "Real" and Bilbao "Athletic" teams will compete.
"Real" - "Athletic"
Tournament: "La Liga" league (9th round)
Stadium: "Santiago Bernabeu" (Madrid)
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias
Date and time: 2016-10-23, 21:45
Sporting form
The undefeated "Real" club this season will seek not only to maintain the streak, but also to defeat tough opponents.
The scoring ability of Zinedine Zidane's players should be a concern for the "Bilbao" team - in the last two matches, the royal team scored 11 goals.
In Spain, they defeated Warsaw's "Legia" 5:1 at home, and did not spare Seville's "Betis" in an away game with a score of 6:1.
The away team is performing worse, but in the last 5 "La Liga" matches they have won 4 games and suffered one defeat (2:1 away against "Malaga").
In the Spanish championship, "Real" is in 3rd place (18 points), "Athletic" - 6th place (15 points).
Predicted lineups
"Real": Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Pepe, Marcelo; Kroos, Isco, Kovacic; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo.
"Athletic": Kepa; Marcos, Yeray, Laporte, Lekue; Benat, Iturraspe; Susaeta, Muniain, Williams; Aduriz.
Injuries
The home team will have to do without the injured Casemiro, Luka Modric, and Sergio Ramos.
Ernesto Valverde's team will be missing Aketxe, Balenziaga, and Boveda, but Benat should be back for the match.
Interesting facts
- "Real" has not had such a series for a long time - two consecutive matches without a win at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium. The last time this happened was back in April 2011.
- "Real" has played three consecutive home games in the 1969-1970 season in the Spanish championship.
- The "Athletic" team has lost 11 consecutive games at the future opponent's field and concedes an average of 3.8 goals. This is the worst series in history against the "whites."
- Coach E.Valverde has not had any success at the Madrid stadium - 5 defeats and 18 goals conceded.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the history of "La Liga" against the Bilbao team (16 goals).
- Athletic's striker Aduriz has scored two goals against "Real" in the Spanish league, but none of them away.
- Aduriz's dry spell continues at the "Santiago Bernabeu" - nine goalless matches.
- "Real" also stands out in Europe - the team occupies the first place among the top 5 European league clubs by the number of players who have scored at least one goal (14).
- T.Kroos leads among the top 5 Old Continent leagues players in terms of assists made (5).
Prediction
There will be no Ramos in the "Real" team, so Aduriz can take advantage of the defensive gap and score a dream goal, but that won't stop the hosts from securing a 3-1 victory.
Guess how the "La Liga" match between "Real" and "Athletic" will end! The betting company "CBet" considers "the whites" as favorites, what about you?
