Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao

15 December 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Toni Kroos 45+1’
Karim Benzema 74’, 90+2’

Ander Capa 52’

Match summary

Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1. Real Madrid led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Toni Kroos put Real Madrid ahead in first-half stoppage time, set up by Vinícius Júnior. In the second half, Ander Capa equalised in the 52nd minute, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid back in front with a header in the 74th minute, set up by Daniel Carvajal, and Benzema made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Luka Modric.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.58 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.75 from 10. Athletic Bilbao had a player sent off.

Match stats

18 Shots 10

5 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

2.58 xG 0.73

2.58 Non-penalty xG 0.73

13 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao

Kick-off

Toni Kroos
Assist: Vinícius Júnior

1-0

45+1’

Half-time1-0

52’

Ander Capa

1-1

Karim Benzema
Assist: Daniel Carvajal

2-1

74’

Karim Benzema
Assist: Luka Modric

3-1

90+2’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Real Madrid

Lucas Vázquez

Athletic Bilbao

Raúl García
Yeray Álvarez

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Real Madrid 2.58 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Athletic Bilbao attacking Real Madrid attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.17	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Ramos	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.03	1
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.16	2
Luka Modric	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.44	3
Toni Kroos	MID	90	1		4	0.11	0.09	1
Lucas Vázquez	MID	77			0	0.00	0.10	2
Federico Valverde	MID	66			2	0.62	0.53	1
Vinícius Júnior	MID	65		1	3	0.65	0.62	4
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	2		4	0.90	0.03	1
Marco Asensio	Sub	25			1	0.05	0.00	0
Isco	Sub	24			1	0.12	0.00	0
Rodrygo	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.12	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Unai Simón	GK	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Ander Capa	DEF	82	1	2	0.20	0.08	1
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Yeray Álvarez	DEF	90		2	0.10	0.17	1
Yuri	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani García	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai Vencedor	MID	68		0	0.00	0.00	0
De Marcos	MID	82		1	0.05	0.15	2
Raúl García	MID	12		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Berenguer	MID	61		0	0.00	0.05	1
Iñaki Williams	FWD	69		2	0.14	0.05	1
Iñigo Córdoba	Sub	29		1	0.08	0.00	0
Mikel Vesga	Sub	22		1	0.17	0.00	0
Asier Villalibre	Sub	21		0	0.00	0.00	0
Muniain	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Íñigo Lekue	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.08	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 60% Avg odds 1.59

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.93

Athletic Bilbao win 16% Avg odds 6.01

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Real Madrid L D L W W

Athletic Bilbao L W D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Real Madrid, 05 Jul 20 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Real Madrid, 16 May 21 All Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.