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Athletic Club vs Real Madrid: match prediction

Athletic Club
VS
Real Madrid
LaLiga · Round 16 · 6 Dec 2026 · season 2026/27

The match has not been played. This is not a tip: the model turns the chances both sides create and concede into probabilities, and it is wrong regularly.

Home win26%Athletic Club
Draw23%
Away win51%Real Madrid
Expected points, home1.02

What to expect

A slight edge to Real Madrid: 51% against 26%. Attack against defence: Real Madrid should create more, 1.92 expected goals a match against 1.41. Athletic Club are 4.2 points short of what their play deserved — more dangerous than the table suggests.

How they arrive

ClubPlacePPointsxPTSΔxG/matchxGA/match
Athletic Club7111620.2−4.21.801.30
Real Madrid2123027.7+2.32.551.01

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Chances come from both teams' strength by xG with a home advantage; line-ups and injuries are not part of the calculation.

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