Real Madrid 1-1 Athletic Club: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 18 April 2018

Result

Real Madrid 1-1 Athletic Club

La Liga · Wednesday 18 April 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Real Madrid 1-1 Athletic Club: match report

Real Madrid drew with Athletic Club 1-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 18 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Iñaki Williams opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Real Madrid's goal came from Cristiano Ronaldo (87'). Athletic Club scored through Iñaki Williams (14').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 67 points from 32 and Athletic Club 13th on 39 points from 32. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Athletic Club 16th with 43.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Asensio of Real Madrid (8.8), ahead of Kepa Arrizabalaga (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Iñaki WilliamsAthletic Club · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Iñaki WilliamsAthletic Club
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Lucas VázquezReal Madrid
  • 61'Yellow card · IturraspeAthletic Club
  • 84'Yellow card · Óscar de MarcosAthletic Club
  • 87'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Mikel San JoséAthletic Club
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Daniel CarvajalReal Madrid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 6, draws 3, Athletic Club 1.

Team news

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

Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Raphaël Varane, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Lucas Vázquez, Marco Asensio, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema

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

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Iñigo Martínez, Unai Núñez, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel Balenziaga, Mikel San José, Iturraspe, Iñigo Lekue, Raúl García, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams