La Liga Gameweek 38 Sat, May 23 2026 · 20:00 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Real Madrid
4–2 Full time · HT 2–1 xG 1.90 – 0.81
Athletic Club
  • Gonzalo García 12’
  • J. Bellingham 41’
  • K. Mbappé 51’
  • Brahim Díaz 88’
  • 45’ Gorka Guruzeta
  • 90’ Urko Izeta
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Real Madrid beat Athletic Club

Real Madrid entered as clear favourites and won 4–2 through goals from García, Bellingham, Mbappé and Díaz. Athletic Club replied through goals from Guruzeta and Izeta. Real Madrid finished with the higher xG (1.90 vs 0.81).

Real Madrid ✓63%
Draw23%
Athletic Club15%

Model vs reality

Real Madrid goals
4
Model 1.91 · xG 1.90
Athletic Club goals
2
Model 0.82 · xG 0.81
Total goals
6
Model 2.73 · xG 2.71
Score 4–2
1%
Most likely 1–0 (12%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 51%
Both scored
Yes
Model 48%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchK. MbappéReal Madrid · 1 goal
8.2
  • RefereeJuan Martínez
  • VenueEstadio Santiago Bernabéu
  • Table before kick-offReal Madrid 2nd · Athletic Club 12th

Timeline

  1. Thiago PitarchYellow card · Foul
    3’
  2. Gonzalo García 1–0Assist Dani Carvajal
    12’
  3. J. BellinghamYellow card · Foul
    20’
  4. J. Bellingham 2–0Assist Thiago Pitarch
    41’
  5. Gorka Guruzeta 2–1Assist I. Williams
    45’
  6. Half time · 2–1
  7. ⇄ Andoni GorosabelFor Yeray
    46’
  8. K. Mbappé 3–1Assist Álvaro Fernández
    51’
  9. ⇄ LekueFor Ruíz de Galarreta
    60’
  10. ⇄ Alejandro Rego MoraFor Unai Gómez
    60’
  11. ⇄ D. HuijsenFor D. Alaba
    70’
  12. ⇄ Dani CeballosFor J. Bellingham
    74’
  13. ⇄ Brahim DíazFor Franco Mastantuono
    74’
  14. ⇄ A. GülerFor Gonzalo García
    74’
  15. ⇄ Urko IzetaFor Gorka Guruzeta
    74’
  16. ⇄ M. SerranoFor Dani Carvajal
    84’
  17. ⇄ Mikel VesgaFor Mikel Jauregizar
    85’
  18. Brahim Díaz 4–1Assist Thiago Pitarch
    88’
  19. VAR Brahim DíazGoal cancelled
    89’
  20. Urko Izeta 4–2Assist I. Williams
    90’
  21. Full time · 4–2

Team stats

Real Madrid13 shots · 9 in box, 4 outside
Athletic Club8 shots · 6 in box, 2 outside
Real MadridAthletic Club
74% Possession 26%
1.90 Expected goals (xG) 0.81
2.11 Expected points (xPts) 0.68
13 Shots 8
8 Shots on target 2
5 Shots off target 5
0 Blocked shots 1
9 Shots inside the box 6
4 Shots outside the box 2
745 Passes 254
91% Pass accuracy 69%
2 Corners 1
0 Goalkeeper saves 4
6 Fouls 20
7 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
7.00 Team rating 6.18

Line-ups

Real Madrid 4-4-2

16.3 T. Courtois(G)
186.9 Álvaro Fernández A 46.9 D. Alaba ↓70’ 176.6 Raúl Asencio 26.6 Dani Carvajal A↓84’
457.3 Thiago Pitarch AA 86.9 F. Valverde 57.6 J. Bellingham ↓74’ 306.6 Franco Mastantuono ↓74’
108.2★ K. Mbappé 167.5 Gonzalo García ↓74’
  • 1T. Courtois (G)6.3
  • 18Álvaro FernándezA6.9
  • 4D. Alaba↓70’6.9
  • 17Raúl Asencio6.6
  • 2Dani CarvajalA↓84’6.6
  • 45Thiago PitarchA×27.3
  • 8F. Valverde6.9
  • 5J. Bellingham↓74’7.6
  • 30Franco Mastantuono↓74’6.6
  • 10K. Mbappé ★8.2
  • 16Gonzalo García↓74’7.5

Substitutes used

  • 24D. Huijsen↑70’6.2
  • 19Dani Ceballos↑74’6.5
  • 21Brahim Díaz↑74’7.3
  • 15A. Güler↑74’6.7
  • 51M. Serrano↑84’6.2

Unused: A. Gonzalez, A. Lunin, A. Rüdiger, A. Tchouaméni, E. Camavinga, Fran García

Athletic Club 4-2-3-1

275.2 Á. Padilla(G)
196.0 Adama Boiro 45.7 Aitor Paredes 56.2 Yeray ↓46’ 35.7 Dani Vivian
186.2 Mikel Jauregizar ↓85’ 166.3 Ruíz de Galarreta ↓60’
236.5 Robert Navarro 206.0 Unai Gómez ↓60’ 96.9 I. Williams AA
117.2 Gorka Guruzeta ↓74’
  • 27Á. Padilla (G)5.2
  • 19Adama Boiro6.0
  • 4Aitor Paredes5.7
  • 5Yeray↓46’6.2
  • 3Dani Vivian5.7
  • 18Mikel Jauregizar↓85’6.2
  • 16Ruíz de Galarreta↓60’6.3
  • 23Robert Navarro6.5
  • 20Unai Gómez↓60’6.0
  • 9I. WilliamsA×26.9
  • 11Gorka Guruzeta↓74’7.2

Substitutes used

  • 15Lekue↑60’6.3
  • 2Andoni Gorosabel↑46’5.9
  • 30Alejandro Rego Mora↑60’6.7
  • 6Mikel Vesga↑85’
  • 25Urko Izeta↑74’7.3

Unused: Unai Simón, A. Laporte, Jesús Areso, Nico Serrano, Elijah Gift, Beñat Prados, Maroan Sannadi

Player stats

Top rated
K. MbappéReal Madrid8.2
2nd
J. BellinghamReal Madrid7.6
3rd
Gonzalo GarcíaReal Madrid7.5

Real Madrid

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
T. Courtois G 90 0 0 0 sv 0 94% 54 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Álvaro Fernández D 90 0 1 0 (0) 2 86% 83 0 3 2/3 1/2 6.9
D. Alaba D 70 0 0 1 (0) 0 93% 97 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Raúl Asencio D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 93 0 1 0/0 1/4 6.6
Dani Carvajal D 84 0 1 0 (0) 2 85% 52 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.6
Thiago Pitarch M 90 0 2 2 (1) 2 91% 87 2 1 2/2 1/3 7.3
F. Valverde M 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 94% 95 0 1 1/1 0/1 6.9
J. Bellingham M 74 1 0 2 (2) 0 93% 55 0 1 1/2 3/4 7.6
Franco Mastantuono M 74 0 0 0 (0) 1 84% 31 0 0 3/3 0/2 6.6
K. Mbappé F 90 1 0 5 (2) 0 79% 39 0 0 1/2 0/2 8.2
Gonzalo García F 74 1 0 1 (1) 1 100% 13 0 0 0/1 0/1 7.5
D. Huijsen D 20 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 18 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
Dani Ceballos M 16 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 12 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.5
Brahim Díaz M 16 1 0 1 (1) 0 100% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.3
A. Güler M 16 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
M. Serrano D 6 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2

Athletic Club

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Á. Padilla G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 35% 31 0 0 0/0 0/0 5.2
Adama Boiro D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 88% 16 0 1 3/3 1/1 6.0
Aitor Paredes D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 85% 27 0 2 0/0 0/0 5.7
Yeray D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 10 0 1 0/0 0/1 6.2
Dani Vivian D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 86% 22 3 1 0/0 1/1 5.7
Mikel Jauregizar M 85 0 0 0 (0) 0 54% 24 4 1 0/1 5/1 6.2
Ruíz de Galarreta M 60 0 0 0 (0) 0 65% 23 0 2 2/3 2/1 6.3
Robert Navarro M 90 0 0 1 (0) 3 80% 25 0 0 0/0 2/0 6.5
Unai Gómez M 60 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 6 0 0 0/0 3/0 6.0
I. Williams F 90 0 2 0 (0) 2 36% 14 1 2 2/2 2/0 6.9
Gorka Guruzeta F 74 1 0 4 (1) 1 62% 21 0 1 0/0 1/1 7.2
Lekue D 30 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 9 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.3
Andoni Gorosabel D 44 0 0 0 (0) 1 86% 7 0 1 0/0 2/0 5.9
Alejandro Rego Mora M 30 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 15 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.7
Mikel Vesga M 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
Urko Izeta F 16 1 0 1 (1) 0 100% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.3

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.