Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid
Spanish Primera Division
Match date: 14 April 2013
Kick Off Time: 20:00 GMT
Match date: 14 April 2013
Kick Off Time: 20:00 GMT
Real Madrid have a chance to bounce back from the mistakes that saw them
lose 3-2 away to Galatasaray. Los Blancos will play Bilbao on Sunday.
Athletic Club with 3 wins and 2 losses in their last five games;
their home record is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in their last ten
matches. Athletic Club is currently placed 14 in the
standings of La Liga after 30 played games; 10 wins, 5 draws and 15
losses. They have seven clean sheets home and have failed to score three
times on home soil. Their top scorer is the Spanish attacker Aduriz
with 13 goals in his 29 appearances. Their most recent injury is
Fernando Amorebieta who is out due to a thigh muscle strain. Bilbao has 4
suspensions coming in to this game; De Marcos, Laporte, Gurpegi and
their top scorer Aduriz are all out due to red cards.
Real Madrid Football Team are currently 2nd of the La Liga table, with
65 points and are 13 points behind leaders Barcelona. It is very
unlikely that they will win the title this year, as there aren’t many
fixtures remaining. In their last 5 matches, they have 4 wins a 1 draw.
They are currently unbeaten in 8 matches in a row, their last loss were
against Granada 1-0 playing away. Their recent win was against Levante
with a big 5-1 scoreline playing at home.
Possible line-ups:
Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz; Castillo, Aurtenetxe, Ekiza, Iraola; Jose, Iturraspe; Munian, Ander, Susaeta; Llorente.
Real Madrid: Lopez; Arbeloa, Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo; Alonso, Khedira, Kaka; Callejon, Benzema, Morata.
Venue: Estadio San Mames, Spain
Venue: Estadio San Mames, Spain
Referee: Fernando Teixeira