Real Madrid vs Athletic Club - La Liga, Regular Season - 38 (Sat, 23 May 2026)
La Liga Regular Season - 38 Full time
- Goal: Garcia 12'
- Goal: Bellingham 41'
- Goal: Mbappe 51'
- Goal: Diaz 90'
- Goal: Guruzeta 45+1'
- Goal: Izeta 90+1'
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Match reportKylian Mbappé's Pichichi sharpens the awkward truth about Real Madrid's seasonKylian Mbappé won the Pichichi with 25 La Liga goals, but Real Madrid still finished second as a tense Bernabéu farewell closed the season. Events
First half
- Yellow card: T. Pitarch 3'
- Goal: G. Garcia assist: D. Carvajal 1-0 12'
- Yellow card: J. Bellingham 20'
- Goal: J. Bellingham assist: T. Pitarch 2-0 41'
- 45+1' Goal: G. Guruzeta assist: I. Williams 2-1
Second half
- 46' Substitution: Y. AlvarezA. Gorosabel
- Goal: K. Mbappe assist: A. Carreras 3-1 51'
- 60' Substitution: I. Ruiz de GalarretaI. Lekue
- 60' Substitution: U. GomezA. Rego
- Substitution: D. AlabaD. Huijsen 70'
- Substitution: J. BellinghamD. Ceballos 74'
- Substitution: G. GarciaA. Guler 74'
- Substitution: F. MastantuonoB. Diaz 74'
- 74' Substitution: G. GuruzetaIzeta
- Substitution: D. CarvajalM. Serrano 84'
- 86' Substitution: M. JauregizarM. Vesga
- Goal: B. Diaz assist: T. Pitarch 4-1 90'
- 90+1' Goal: Izeta assist: I. Williams 4-2
Stats
Real MadridAthletic Club
- 74% Possession 26%
- 13 Shots 8
- 8 On target 2
- 1.86 xG 0.86
- 2 Corners 1
- 6 Fouls 20
All stats
- 742 Passes 251
- 91% Pass accuracy 69%
- 0 Saves 4
- 6 Offsides 2
- 2 Yellow cards 0
Player of the match
KMKylian Mbappé
Real Madrid· 1 goalStories
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Lineups & ratings
10
4 ↓70'
Alaba
1
Courtois
2 ↓84'
8
5 ↓74'
18
16 ↓74'
17
30 ↓74'
45
Pitarch
16 ↓60'
5 ↓46'
Álvarez
3
11 ↓74'
9
23
Navarro
4
27
Padilla
20 ↓60'
Gómez
19
Boiro
18 ↓86'
Real Madrid
4-4-2 Coach Alvaro Arbeloa
10
4 ↓70'
Alaba
1
Courtois
2 ↓84'
8
5 ↓74'
18
16 ↓74'
17
30 ↓74'
45
Pitarch
10
4 ↓70'
Alaba
1
Courtois
2 ↓84'
8
5 ↓74'
18
16 ↓74'
17
30 ↓74'
45
Pitarch
- 24 Dean Huijsen for D. Alaba
- 15 Arda Güler for G. Garcia
- 19 Dani Ceballos for J. Bellingham
- 21 Brahim Díaz for F. Mastantuono
- 51 Manuel Serrano Salazar for D. Carvajal
- 6 Eduardo Camavinga
- 13 Andriy Lunin
- 14 Aurélien Tchouaméni
- 20 Fran García
- 22 Antonio Rüdiger
- 50 Álvaro González
Athletic Club
4-2-3-1 Coach Ernesto Valverde
16 ↓60'
5 ↓46'
Álvarez
3
11 ↓74'
9
23
Navarro
4
27
Padilla
20 ↓60'
Gómez
19
Boiro
18 ↓86'
- 2 Andoni Gorosabel for Y. Alvarez
- 15 Íñigo Lekue for I. Ruiz de Galarreta
- 30 Alejandro Rego Mora for U. Gomez
- 25 Urko Izeta for G. Guruzeta
- 6 Mikel Vesga for M. Jauregizar
- 1 Unai Simón
- 12 Jesús Areso
- 14 Aymeric Laporte
- 21 Maroan Sannadi
- 22 Nico Serrano
- 24 Beñat Prados
- 40 Elijah Gift
Bench · Real Madrid
- 24 Dean Huijsen for D. Alaba
- 15 Arda Güler for G. Garcia
- 19 Dani Ceballos for J. Bellingham
- 21 Brahim Díaz for F. Mastantuono
- 51 Manuel Serrano Salazar for D. Carvajal
- 6 Eduardo Camavinga
- 13 Andriy Lunin
- 14 Aurélien Tchouaméni
- 20 Fran García
- 22 Antonio Rüdiger
- 50 Álvaro González
Bench · Athletic Club
- 2 Andoni Gorosabel for Y. Alvarez
- 15 Íñigo Lekue for I. Ruiz de Galarreta
- 30 Alejandro Rego Mora for U. Gomez
- 25 Urko Izeta for G. Guruzeta
- 6 Mikel Vesga for M. Jauregizar
- 1 Unai Simón
- 12 Jesús Areso
- 14 Aymeric Laporte
- 21 Maroan Sannadi
- 22 Nico Serrano
- 24 Beñat Prados
- 40 Elijah Gift