Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao face each other in one of the two advanced matches of the nineteenth day of LaLiga Santander, next to Barcelona – Real Sociedad, which is played tomorrow. Both matches are played during the week to make room on the calendar for the dispute of the Spain Supercup, in which the four teams will be present.
The set of Zinedine Zidane He arrives with strengthened morale after a last week in which they played a lot and achieved three consecutive wins. Two of them have been in LaLiga Santander and against two of the best teams in the championship, such as Sevilla and Atlético de Madrid, while the other win was on matchday six of the group stage of the Champions League, before him Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Currently the Real Madrid occupies the third position, with 23 points, three from the leadership, which hold Real Sociedad and Atlético, both with 26. The Madridistas have played 12 games to date, one less than the Basques and one more than their citizen rivals, whom they defeated 2-0 last Saturday, in one of the best games of the season.
They still have to play the match of the first day against him Getafe, while at Athletic he has his duels against Seville and Levante, corresponding to the first two dates of the championship. Looking ahead to this match, Zidane You will be able to count on practically all your staff, except for the injured Eden Hazard and Martin Odegaard.
He Athletic Bilbao, meanwhile, lives a complicated present. The squad of Gaizka Garitano comes from tying two goals in Mestalla, against him Valencia of Javi Gracia. Currently, “the lions” occupy twelfth place in the classification, with only 14 points to their credit.
In the last five games played, they have only been able to achieve one victory, against Real Betis 4-0. The only home win for the Bilbao team was on matchday three, with a 1-2 victory over the Eibar, in the Basque derby played at the stadium of Ipurúa.
When do you play Real Madrid – Athletic?
The game is played today, Tuesday, December 15, at 22.00 hours
Where to watch Real Madrid – Athletic?
The encounter can be seen by Movistar LaLiga (46) and Movistar LaLiga 1 (47), platform dials Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information about the match live on the website of Sports world.