Athletic Club 1-1 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 23 September 2015

Result

Athletic Club 1-1 Real Madrid

La Liga · Wednesday 23 September 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Athletic Club 1-1 Real Madrid: match report

Athletic Club drew with Real Madrid 1-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 23 September 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Sabin Merino (67'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (19') and Karim Benzema (70').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 15th on 3 points from 4 and Real Madrid 4th on 10 points from 4. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 84.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (9.4), ahead of Isco (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 1 draw and 8 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
  • 57'Yellow card · PepeReal Madrid
  • 64'Yellow card · BeñatAthletic Club
  • 66'Yellow card · Óscar de MarcosAthletic Club
  • 67'Goal · Sabin MerinoAthletic Club · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Toni KroosReal Madrid
  • 81'Yellow card · Ibai GómezAthletic Club
  • 81'Yellow card · Ibai GómezAthletic Club
  • 90'Yellow card · Raúl GarcíaAthletic Club

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 1, draws 1, Real Madrid 8.

Team news

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Aymeric Laporte, Óscar de Marcos, Xabier Etxeita, Mikel Balenziaga, Mikel San José, Beñat, Susaeta, Raúl García, Sabin Merino, Aritz Aduriz

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Keylor Navas, Raphaël Varane, Pepe, Marcelo, Daniel Carvajal, Cristiano Ronaldo, Toni Kroos, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modrić, Isco, Karim Benzema