Real Madrid 1-0 Athletic Club: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 1 December 2021

Result

Real Madrid 1-0 Athletic Club

La Liga · Wednesday 1 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Real Madrid 1-0 Athletic Club: match report

Real Madrid won against Athletic Club 1-0 in La Liga on Wednesday 1 December 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Karim Benzema of Real Madrid in the 40th minute.

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 33 points from 14 and Athletic Club 8th on 20 points from 14. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 55.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Éder Militão of Real Madrid (8.0), level with Muniain (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Madrid wins, 4 draws and 0 for Athletic Club.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Oier ZarragaAthletic Club
  • 40'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Iñigo LekueAthletic Club
  • 68'Yellow card · Luka ModricReal Madrid
  • 77'Yellow card · CasemiroReal Madrid
  • 77'Yellow card · Iñaki WilliamsAthletic Club

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 6, draws 4, Athletic Club 0.

Team news

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

Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior

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

Unai Simón, Iñigo Lekue, Yeray Álvarez, Unai Núñez, Mikel Balenziaga, Oier Zarraga, Dani García, Unai Vencedor, Muniain, Raúl García, Iñaki Williams