Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 15 December 2020
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Tuesday 15 December 2020, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid defeated Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Tuesday 15 December 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Toni Kroos opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Toni Kroos (45+1'), Karim Benzema (74') and Karim Benzema (90+2'). Athletic Club scored through Ander Capa (52').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 23 points from 12 and Athletic Club 13th on 14 points from 12. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Athletic Club 9th with 46.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (8.9), ahead of Toni Kroos (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Madrid wins, 5 draws and 0 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 13'Second yellow · Raúl García
- 42'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 45+1'Goal · Toni Kroos
- 52'Goal · Ander Capa
- 74'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 80'Yellow card · Yeray Álvarez
- 90+2'Goal · Karim Benzema
Head-to-head
Team news
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Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, Lucas Vázquez, Federico Valverde, Vinicius Junior, Karim Benzema
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Ander Capa, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Unai Vencedor, Óscar de Marcos, Raúl García, Álex Berenguer, Iñaki Williams