MADRID. Real Madrid beats Athletic Club 1-0 after K. Benzema scored just 1 goal (40′). Real Madrid took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos with the collaboration of Rubén Becerril Gómez and Diego Santaursula Aguado. The 4th official was Pablo Morales Moreno. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.5 degrees Celsius or 45.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Madrid had a strong ball possession 56% while Athletic Club was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Athletic Club has a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Real Madrid was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Real Madrid shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Athletic Club shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards (L. Modric and Casemiro). Regarding the opposition, Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards (O. Zarraga, I. Lekue and I. Williams).

Standings

After this encounter, Real Madrid will have 36 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Athletic Club will stay with 20 points like Espanyol and Osasuna to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Madrid will play away with Granada on the 21st of November with a 16-1 head to head in favor of Real Madrid (0 draws).

Athletic Club will host Granada on the 26th of November with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Athletic Club (4 draws).

Real Madrid – Formation

Real Madrid started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Carlo Ancelotti decided to play with the following team: Thibaut Courtois (7.4), Lucas Vázquez (7.1), Éder Militão (7.9), David Alaba (7.1), Ferland Mendy (7.4), Luka Modrić (7.2), Casemiro (7.1), Toni Kroos (7.6), Marco Asensio (7.3), Karim Benzema (7.2) and Vinícius Júnior (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Nacho Fernández (7.1), Jesús Vallejo, Daniel Carvajal, Luka Jović, Marcelo, Rodrygo (6.4), Isco, Eduardo Camavinga (7.1), Eden Hazard, Andriy Lunin, Mariano Díaz and Federico Valverde (6.8).

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 4 changes: M. Asensio for Rodrygo (64′), L. Modric for F. Valverde (70′), T. Kroos for E. Camavinga (80′) and Lucas for N. Fernandez (80′).

Best player: Éder Militão​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Madrid was Éder Militão even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 65 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marcelino García Toral played with: Unai Simón (7.8), Íñigo Lekue (6.2), Yeray Álvarez (7.0), Unai Núñez (6.9), Mikel Balenziaga (6.8), Oier Zarraga (6.2), Dani García (6.8), Unai Vencedor (6.8), Iker Muniain (7.8), Raúl García (7.1) and Iñaki Williams (6.7).

They had on the bench: Alex Berenguer (6.6), Ander Capa, Alex Petxa, Nico Williams (6.8), Jon Morcillo, Aitor Paredes Casamichana, Mikel Vesga (6.4), Julen Agirrezabala, Óscar de Marcos (6.8), Nico Serrano and Oihan Sancet (6.5).

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: I. Lekue for O. de Marcos (46′), U. Vencedor for N. Williams (63′), R. Garcia for O. Sancet (70′), I. Muniain for A. Berenguer (70′) and D. Garcia for M. Vesga (82′).

Best player: Iker Muniain​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Athletic Club was Iker Muniain.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Real Madrid – Athletic Club – 1-0