Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao

21 April 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Karim Benzema 47’, 76’, 90’

Match summary

Real Madrid won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Athletic Bilbao. It was goalless at half-time.

Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead with a header in the 47th minute, set up by Marco Asensio, Benzema made it 2-0 from a corner in the 76th minute, set up by Luka Modric, and Benzema made it 3-0 in the 90th minute, set up by Gareth Bale.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 1.94 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.54 from 5.

Match stats

Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao
11 Shots 5
4 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.94 xG 0.54
1.94 Non-penalty xG 0.54
12 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Karim Benzema
Assist: Marco Asensio1-0 (Real Madrid)
47’
Karim Benzema
Assist: Luka Modric2-0 (Real Madrid)
76’
Karim Benzema
Assist: Gareth Bale3-0 (Real Madrid)
90’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Real Madrid
  • Keylor Navas
  • Toni Kroos
Athletic Bilbao
  • Iñigo Martínez
  • Yuri
  • Raúl García
  • Iñigo Córdoba

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.94 0.54 47’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 1-0 47’ 76’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 2-0 76’ 90’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 3-0 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.94 0.54 47’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 1-0 Benzema 47’ 76’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 2-0 Benzema 76’ 90’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 3-0 Benzema 90’
Real Madrid 1.94 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Real Madrid attacking 
47’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 87’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 89’ Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 76’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.24 xG, goal 85’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 90’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.21 xG, goal 49’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.18 xG, off target 81’ Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 49’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 56’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 27’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 13’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 87’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 89’ Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 85’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 76’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.24 xG, goal 90’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.21 xG, goal 49’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.18 xG, off target 81’ Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 49’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 56’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 27’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 13’ Marcelo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Keylor Navas GK900 0.000.000
Daniel Carvajal DEF900 0.000.281
Raphael Varane DEF900 0.000.000
Jesús Vallejo DEF900 0.000.000
Marcelo DEF903 0.330.000
Casemiro MID900 0.000.000
Luka Modric MID9010 0.000.613
Toni Kroos MID701 0.130.051
Lucas Vázquez FWD701 0.050.162
Karim Benzema FWD9034 0.910.000
Marco Asensio FWD8410 0.000.562
Isco Sub200 0.000.000
Gareth Bale Sub2011 0.280.211
Brahim Diaz Sub61 0.240.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 65% Bet365 odds 1.45
Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33
Athletic Bilbao win 13% Bet365 odds 7.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Real Madrid WWLWD
Athletic Bilbao WWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Real Madrid, 15 Sep 18 Next meeting: Real Madrid 0-0 Athletic Bilbao, 22 Dec 19  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.