Athletic, a reliable team in a single game against Madrid

No champions. Since the Spain Supercup is disputed with the current format, no champion of League The Copa del Rey has managed to qualify for the final. In 2020 they were finalists Atletico Madrid (League runner-up) and the Real Madrid (Cup semi-finalist). In 2021 they reached the last game Barcelona (League runner-up) and the Athletic (Cup runner-up). In 2022, the current runners-up in the League (Real Madrid) and Cup (Athletic) will compete for the title.

Titles. The Real Madrid has disputed 18 editions of the Spain Supercup, winning ten of them (although he actually has eleven titles because he won the tournament in 1989 without playing). The Athletic Club they face their fifth Super Cup final and aspire to their fourth title (they won the 1984 edition without playing for having achieved the League-Cup double that season).

Clashes. Real Madrid Y Athletic Club they have faced each other in 238 official matches, resulting in 119 wins and 450 goals for the meringues, for 75 wins and 326 goals for the lions. There were 44 ties. In their only duel in the Spanish Super Cup, Athletic beat Madrid a year ago in Málaga, in the semifinals (1-2, with a double of Raul Garcia and goal of Benzema).

Finals. Real Madrid Y Athletic Club They will meet in a single match final for the sixth time in their history. To date, the Basque team has always won. Both clubs played in the finals of the Spain Championship in 1916 (4-0 for Athletic in Barcelona), in 1930 (3-2 for Athletic in Barcelona), in 1933 (2-1 for Athletic in Barcelona), in 1943 (1-0 for Athletic in Metropolitan of Madrid) and in 1958 (2-0 for Athletic in the Santiago Bernabeu).

repeat title. The Athletic Club could win the Super Cup in consecutive years, something that only two other teams in the history of Spanish football have achieved: the Real Madrid once (1988-1989-1990) and the Barcelona three times (1991-1992, 2005-2006 and 2009-2010-2011).

League and Super Cup. Real Madrid was only capable of winning Spain Supercup Y League in the same season twice: 1988-89 and 2019-20. In the other eight cases in which the white team won the Super Cup, they failed to win the league title afterwards. For the white team it would be their 95th official title, only one less than those that the Barcelona.

goalscorers. Karim Benzema He has scored four goals in the Spain Supercup, the same as Aduriz, Bakero, Xavi and Cristiano Ronaldo. They only surpass him Messi (14), Raul (seven), Beguiristain (six), Stoichkov (six and Kanouté (five). The Athletic Club is the rival against whom he has scored the most goals (17 in 26 official matches) throughout his career, ahead of Valencia (15) and Granada (14).

Brothers and sisters. Inaki and Nico Williams could be the fourth pair of brothers to dispute a final of the Spain Supercup, following in the footsteps of Julio and Patxi Salinas (on November 30, 1983 with the Athletic), Oscar and Roger Garcia (on August 22, 1998 with the Barcelona), Frank and Ronald de Boer (on August 15, 1999 with the Barcelona).

Trainers. Marcellin has never defeated Ancelotti as a coach. They have met six times, resulting in two draws and four wins for the Italian coach. They also met twice in their respective careers as professional players. It was in a playoff UEFA Cup 1987-88 in which the Sporting won 1-0 at Milan in Gijón and lost 3-0 in the second leg that was played in Lecce. They coincided 52 minutes on the pitch.

Referee. Real Madrid has never lost with Cesar Soto Grado as a collegiate (four wins and two draws in six games), while the Athletic He has always been defeated with the Toledo braid (twice in two matches). Soto Grado was the referee of the Athletic-Real Madrid which was disputed in New San Mames 25 days ago (Madrid won 1-2). This will be their first meeting in the Spain Supercup.