Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao

Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao Free Betting Tips – Spanish Cup

The second semifinal of the Supercopa de Espana will pit Real Madrid against Athletic Bilbao at Estadio Rosaleda in Malaga on Thursday 14 January. The day before, FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad will face each other on Cordoba’s side for the first half, to determine who will make it to the final next Sunday at the Stade de la Cartuja in Seville. Because since January 2020, the equivalent of the Spanish Champions Trophy does not concern only the La Liga champion and the winner of the Copa del Rey, but the first two of the Spanish championship, which is Real, defending champion, and Barça, his runner-up, and the two Copa del Rey finalists, who are none other than Sociedad and Bilbao.

To date, we, therefore, do not know the winner of the Spanish Cup, the two Basque clubs having categorically refused to play a final without their audience. Real and Athletic, therefore, hope that the supporters will have been able to return to the stadiums by April, and an unprecedented winner, who is neither the La Liga champion, nor the second, nor the designated winner. of the Copa del Rey, could therefore be crowned in the event of the success of one of the two teams. But before thinking about the final victory, it will be necessary to overcome the two ogres of Spanish football, Real Madrid being the reigning champion of the competition. The Madrid club had indeed won in Djebbah, Saudi Arabia, in 2020, after beating Valencia in the semi-final and Atlético Madrid in the final …

Key stats for the match Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao

Real Madrid is in a very good situation: 7 wins, 2 draws, no defeat since December 5.
If we take into account Bilbao’s last 9 games, the results are less flattering: only 2 wins, 3 draws, 4 defeats.
The Basque club has not beaten the capital club since 2015: 7 Madrid victories, 5 draws since.
16 points separate Real Madrid, 2nd with 37 points in 18 games, from Bilbao, 12th with 21 points in 18 games, in La Liga.
The Madrilenians have conceded only 3 goals in their last 9 games, or 6 clean sheets.
Note that the meeting is played on neutral ground and in a single match, and not in Madrid as the order of the meeting might suggest.

Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao Free Betting Tips

If it was not expected that Athletic Bilbao competes with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga, the current 12th place of the Basque club remains a disappointment, the latter having in the past regularly monopolized European places. The first part of the season is therefore not successful on the side of Bilbao, and at this level, it is difficult to imagine Marcelino’s men worrying those of Zinedine Zidane, who have come back well since the beginning of December. Madrid victory and qualification on neutral ground!