Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 13 February 2016
Result
Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 13 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid beat Athletic Club 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 13 February 2016. The half-time score was 3-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (3'), J. Rodríguez (37'), Toni Kroos (45') and Cristiano Ronaldo (87'). Athletic Club scored through Eraso (10') and Gorka Elustondo (90').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 46 points from 23 and Athletic Club 8th on 32 points from 23. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Athletic Club 4th with 61.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid (9.4), ahead of Toni Kroos (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 10'Goal · Eraso
- 14'Yellow card · Xabi Etxeita
- 16'Yellow card · Raphaël Varane
- 37'Goal · J. Rodríguez
- 43'Yellow card · Mikel Balenziaga
- 45'Goal · Toni Kroos
- 71'Yellow card · Luka Modric
- 83'Second yellow · Raphaël Varane
- 87'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90'Goal · Gorka Elustondo
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Keylor Navas, Danilo, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Daniel Carvajal, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, Mateo Kovacic, James Rodríguez, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Athletic Club expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Mikel Balenziaga, Aymeric Laporte, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel San José, Iñaki Williams, Beñat, Javier Eraso, Aritz Aduriz, Raúl García