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Real Madrid vs Ath Bilbao Prediction & Betting tips
The honor to herald the winter break this year goes to Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. The two teams will compete in the Santiago Bernabéu for the final points of this calendar year, can the home team live up to its favorite role?
Real Madrid:
The peace and quiet around the Royal is back and certainly when the team wins the last round, the team will start the winter break with a good feeling. Last Wednesday Real Madrid stood its ground in the cracker against archrival Barcelona (0-0), despite the two penalties withheld dominated after satisfaction in the capital. Casemiro took his fifth yellow card of the season against the Catalans (not entirely unexpectedly), so the Brazilian will be suspended this weekend.
Since the slipper visit to Mallorca in mid-October, the Zinedine Zidane team has actually made few mistakes. A ticket for the eighth finals of the Champions League was obtained quite easily and in La Liga the club was able to stay on the track of Barça. The Madrilenians are still struggling with a long laundry list of injuries, but with the winter break coming Zidane hopes that this problem will be solved to a large extent. Furthermore, thanks to the goal in injury time against Valencia, Karim Benzama is a shared captain of the top scorers list, this weekend the Frenchman Lionel Messi will try to surpass.
Athletic Bilbao:
As with Sunday’s opponent, it is also quiet around the Athletic Bilbao camp at the moment. Occasionally, Gaizka Garitano’s team leaves unnecessary points, but the general feeling in the capital of the Basque Country is good. Last week Los Leones competed against Eibar in their own home, but the team appeared fairly uninspired at the kick-off and failed to create serious opportunities against the mid-engine.
Furthermore, the men of coach Garitano this week unscathed from the cup duel, the club could afford to compete with a refined B-team with four-division team CF Intercity (0-3). Despite the fact that the Basques again have a strong selection this year, the team will not travel to the Bernabéu full of confidence. This millennium, Athletic Bilbao played 22 games in the capital and the club won only once against Los Blancos.
Real Madrid vs Ath Bilbao head to head matches
21.04.19 LL Real Madrid Ath Bilbao 3 : 0
15.09.18 LL Ath Bilbao Real Madrid 1 : 1
18.04.18 LL Real Madrid Ath Bilbao 1 : 1
02.12.17 LL Ath Bilbao Real Madrid 0 : 0
18.03.17 LL Ath Bilbao Real Madrid 1 : 2