Visit to San Mamés for a new LaLiga challenge
We will face Athletic Club de Bilbao at San Mamés starting at 4:15pm this Saturday, December 16, in a new LaLiga match.
Return to LaLiga after the midweek victory in the Champions League, which ensures our place in the round of 16 as group winners. Our team is now focused on the demanding week ahead, with three league games ahead of us. The first of them, this Saturday at 4:15pm in San Mamés against Athletic Club.
With the aim of not getting out of the fight for LaLiga, we will seek to bring the three points back to Madrid. To achieve this, it will be key to continue taking advantage of the good form of Antoine Griezmann, who is already the third top scorer in the competition with 9 goals.
We arrive with 34 points and in third position in the qualifying table, adding six victories in the last seven games in all competitions. Five points below is Athletic Club, which is fifth with 29 points. The last defeat of the Basque team this season dates back to October 22 (1-0 against Barcelona at the Lluis Companys Stadium), and at home they have only lost on matchday 1 against Real Madrid.
The direct duel ends positively: in the 210 games we have had against Athletic Club we have 93 victories, 36 draws and 81 defeats. Last season, we won both league matches (0-1 at San Mamés and 1-0 at the Cívitas Metropolitano).
