Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 May 2026
Result
Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 23 May 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid won against Athletic Club 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 23 May 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.
Gonzalo García opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo García (12'), Jude Bellingham (41'), Kylian Mbappé (51') and Brahim Díaz (88'). Athletic Club scored through Gorka Guruzeta (45+1') and Urko Izeta (90+1').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 83 points from 37 and Athletic Club 12th on 45 points from 37. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Athletic Club 12th with 45.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Pitarch of Real Madrid (8.1), ahead of Kylian Mbappé (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Thiago Pitarch
- 12'Goal · Gonzalo García
- 20'Yellow card · Jude Bellingham
- 41'Goal · Jude Bellingham
- 45+1'Goal · Gorka Guruzeta
- 51'Goal · Kylian Mbappé
- 88'Goal · Brahim Díaz
- 90+1'Goal · Urko Izeta
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raúl Asencio, David Alaba, Álvaro Carreras, Franco Mastantuono, Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde, Thiago Pitarch, Gonzalo García Torres, Kylian Mbappé
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Álex Padilla, Dani Vivian, Yeray Álvarez, Aitor Paredes, Adama Boiro, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Mikel Jauregizar, Iñaki Williams, Unai Gómez, Robert Navarro, Gorka Guruzeta