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Mbappé 7', Camavinga 42', Mbappé 59'
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2025/26 · La Liga · Matchday 38
Real Madrid 4–2 Athletic Bilbao
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Match summary
Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 4–2 at Santiago Bernabéu on 23 May 2026 in La Liga matchday 38 in front of 70,398 spectators. Gonzalo 12', Bellingham 41', Mbappé 51' and Brahim 88' scored for Real Madrid; Gorka Guruzeta 45+1' and Urko Izeta 90+1' replied for Athletic Bilbao.
It was Real Madrid's 40th win in 55 meetings between the clubs (40 wins, 7 draws, 8 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid have won the last 3 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of D W L W W. Real Madrid finished that season 2nd, Athletic Bilbao 9th in La Liga.
Line-ups
1Courtois18Carreras4Alaba17Asencio2Carvajal45Pitarch8Valverde5Bellingham30Mastantuono10Mbappé16Gonzalo27Padilla19Boiro4Paredes5Yeray3Vivian18Jauregizar16Ruiz de Galarreta23Navarro20Gómez9Williams11Guruzeta
- Real Madrid · Substitutes
- 24Dean Huijsen↑ 70'
- 21Brahim Díaz ⚽↑ 74'
- 15Arda Güler↑ 74'
- 19Dani Ceballos↑ 74'
- 51Manuel Serrano↑ 84'
- 50Álvaro González
- 13Andriy Lunin
- 6Eduardo Camavinga
- 22Antonio Rüdiger
- 14Aurélien Tchouaméni
- 20Fran García
- Athletic Bilbao · Substitutes
- 2Andoni Gorosabel↑ 45'
- 15Iñigo Lekue↑ 60'
- 30Alejandro Rego↑ 60'
- 25Urko Izeta ⚽↑ 74'
- 6Mikel Vesga↑ 85'
- 22Nico Serrano
- 12Jesús Areso
- 14Aymeric Laporte
- 40Elijah Gift
- 24Beñat Prados
- 1Unai Simón
- 21Maroan Sannadi
Match events
- 3'Yellow cardPitarch
- 12'GoalGonzalo
- 20'Yellow cardBellingham
- 41'GoalBellingham
- 45'SubstitutionAndoni Gorosabel for Yeray
- 45+1'GoalGorka Guruzeta
- 51'GoalMbappé
- 60'SubstitutionIñigo Lekue for Unai Gómez
- 60'SubstitutionAlejandro Rego for Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
- 70'SubstitutionHuijsen for Alaba
- 74'SubstitutionBrahim for Bellingham
- 74'SubstitutionArda Güler for Mastantuono
- 74'SubstitutionCeballos for Gonzalo
- 74'SubstitutionUrko Izeta for Gorka Guruzeta
- 84'SubstitutionManuel Serrano for Carvajal
- 85'SubstitutionMikel Vesga for Mikel Jauregizar
- 88'GoalBrahim
- 90+1'GoalUrko Izeta
Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao: head-to-head
All 55 meetings- 55Meetings
- 40Real Madrid wins
- 7Draws
- 8Athletic Bilbao wins
Previous meetings