Athletic Club 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 22 December 2021

Result

Athletic Club 1-2 Real Madrid

La Liga · Wednesday 22 December 2021, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Athletic Club 1-2 Real Madrid: match report

Athletic Club were beaten by Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 22 December 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Oihan Sancet (10'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (4') and Karim Benzema (7').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 10th on 24 points from 18 and Real Madrid 1st on 43 points from 18. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 86.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (8.7), ahead of Eduardo Camavinga (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Athletic Club wins, 4 draws and 6 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 7'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 10'Goal · Oihan SancetAthletic Club · 1-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid
  • 42'Yellow card · Unai VencedorAthletic Club
  • 61'Yellow card · Mikel BalenziagaAthletic Club
  • 62'Yellow card · Eduardo CamavingaReal Madrid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 0, draws 4, Real Madrid 6.

Team news

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

Julen Agirrezabala, Óscar de Marcos, Yeray Álvarez, Unai Núñez, Mikel Balenziaga, Oier Zarraga, Unai Vencedor, Dani García, Muniain, Iñaki Williams, Oihan Sancet

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

Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, Nacho Fernández, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, Toni Kroos, Eden Hazard, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior