Athletic Club 0-3 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 2 May 2012

Result

Athletic Club 0-3 Real Madrid

La Liga · Wednesday 2 May 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Athletic Club 0-3 Real Madrid: match report

Athletic Club were beaten by Real Madrid 0-3 in La Liga on Wednesday 2 May 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Athletic Club did not score. Real Madrid scored through Gonzalo Higuaín (16'), M. Özil (20') and Cristiano Ronaldo (50').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 8th on 48 points from 35 and Real Madrid 1st on 91 points from 35. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 100.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 9 for Real Madrid.

Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Real Madrid's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Javi MartínezAthletic Club
  • 12'Missed penalty · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
  • 13'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid
  • 16'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · M. ÖzilReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Fábio CoentrãoReal Madrid
  • 37'Yellow card · Mikel San JoséAthletic Club
  • 45+1'Yellow card · ToqueroAthletic Club
  • 50'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 0-3
  • 65'Yellow card · ArbeloaReal Madrid
  • 69'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid
  • 73'Second yellow · Javi MartínezAthletic Club
  • 78'Yellow card · M. ÖzilReal Madrid
  • 85'Yellow card · Iñigo PérezAthletic Club

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 1, draws 0, Real Madrid 9.

Team news

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Óscar de Marcos, Ekiza, Susaeta, Javi Martínez, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Toquero, Mikel San José, Fernando Llorente, Iñigo Pérez

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Juanmi Callejón, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín