Real Madrid vs Athletic Club

Real Madrid lost their last LaLiga match against Athletic Club 1-2 last December, having failed to lose any of their previous 18 against them in the competition (W13 D5). They haven’t lost both matches in a single season against them since 2004/05, with Ernesto Valverde as Athletic manager.

Real Madrid have not lost any of their last 19 LaLiga home games against Athletic Club (W16 D3), dating back to a 0-2 defeat in February 2005, the longest such run without a home defeat against them in the top-flight.

Athletic Bilbao have won four of their last five LaLiga away games against teams from Comunidad de Madrid (L1), two of them in the current campaign (L1), though have never won three in a single season in the competition.

Real Madrid have dropped points in two of their last five LaLiga home games (W3 D1 L1), as many times as they had in their previous 17 home games in the competition combined (W15 D1 L1).

Athletic Club have only lost four of their first 31 games in LaLiga 2024/25 (W15 D12), their lowest tally at this stage of a season in the competition in their history.