Athletic Club vs Real Madrid Predictions

Los Leones will have the home advantage, but Los Blancos will be coming in with a strong fight. Real Madrid are likely to come out on top and secure a win against Athletic Club Bilbao in their upcoming La Liga clash

Match info: La Liga

Venue: San Mames, Bilbao

Date: Wednesday, 3^rd December 2025

Time: 7 pm Nigerian time

Real Madrid will be aiming to win in La Liga for the first time in over a month when they continue their domestic campaign away to Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday night.

Los Blancos are currently second in the La Liga table, one point behind the leaders Barcelona, while Athletic sit down in eighth, 11 points behind fourth-placed Atletico Madrid.

Head-to-head:

• Athletic Club have won 79 of the 248 meetings between the two teams.
• Real Madrid recorded 124 victories.
• The remaining 45 clashes ended in draws.
• Real Madrid have only won one of their last five matches.
• Athletic Bilbao have won two of their last five games.
• Los Leones and Los Blancos have not drawn any of their last four matches against each other.
• Real Madrid have kept six clean sheets in the last 10 clashes between the two sides.
• Seven of their last 10 encounters produced at least two goals

Form:

• Athletic Club in the league: L-L-W-L-W
• Athletic Club in all competitions: L-W-L-D-W
• Real Madrid in the league: W-W-D-D-D
• Real Madrid in all competitions: L-D-D-W-D

Team News:

• Athletic Club will be without the services of Maroan Sannadi, Benat Prados, Unai Eguiluz and Robert Navarro. They are injured. Aymeric Laporte and Inaki Williams might also miss out due to fitness issues. Oihan Sancet is suspended.
• Dani Carvajal, Dean Huijsen, David Alaba and Raul Asencio will not be in action for Real Madrid as they are injured.

Player(s) to watch:

• Nico Williams was one of the goal scorers in the 2-0 win against Levante. He has now scored three goals and has an assist to his name in 10 LaLiga appearances this season. Williams will be keen to step up his game so that he can help his side outplay Los Blancos.
• Kylian Mbappe was yet again able to find the net in the previous fixture for Real Madrid. Even though it was not a top performance by him, he succeeded in converting a spot kick, which helped them secure a 1-1 draw against Girona. The Frenchman will be yet again ready to lead his side on the attacking front.