2014-15 Spanish La-Liga BBVA top team Real Madrid to take on Athletic Club in week-26 match on 7 March at San Mamés Barria in Bilbao. The match has been scheduled to begin at 17:00 GMT. Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao match live streaming and telecast can be watched online around the globe on bet365. Alberto Undiano Mallenco will be the referee in Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao game.
Preview
Athletic will be missing Mikel San Jose in the midfield and defence as he got suspension. Carlos Gurpegi is expected to play today against Real Madrid strong forward lineup having Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema. Luka Modric may be returning to Real Madrid starting playing 11. Lucas Silva will be having midfield responsibility for the side.
For Real Madrid, it will be interesting to watch how they play today and their manager Carlo Ancelotti has mentioned that team is improving day by day and we are up to the mark for game against Athletic Bilbao. It will not be easy for us to beat Athletic Club but we have to react well against 10 number team in the competition. In a talk with Club’s official website Ancelotti further added more things.
Carlo Ancelotti said, “The team is improving – we’ve dropped two points against Villarreal, but La Liga will be decided in the final match. We have to focus on the two-point lead we’ve got, which isn’t much, but is a lead we must make the most of. Now we have to carry on against Athletic Bilbao which will be difficult. We will try to produce a good reaction.”
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The interesting fact about this Real Madird and Athletic Bilbao clash that Real Madrid has beaten Athletic Club 19 times in played 21 games in any tournament. Let’s have a look at the probable playing line-ups for both teams.
Expected playing line-up
| Real Madrid | Athletic Club |
| Iker Casillas (Goalkeeper) | Gorka Iraizoz (Goalkeeper) |
| Karim Benzema | Mikel Balenziaga |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Oscar De Marcos |
| Gareth Bale | Xabier Etxeita |
| Pepe | Aymeric Laporte |
| Raphael Varane | Iker Muniain |
| Marcelo | Carlos Gurpegi |
| Daniel Carvajal | Benat |
| Isco | Mikel Rico |
| Lucas Silva | Aritz Aduriz |
| Toni Kroos | Markel Susaeta |
Prediction
Off-course Real Madrid is favorite to win today but anything can happen for Athletic Bilbao if Benat, Aduriz and Susaeta play good football. As per Sports-Mirchi predictions Real Madrid have 65 percent chances to win against Athletic Club.
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Live Telecast and Streaming
| Country | Broadcaster |
| Algeria, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman | beIN Sports |
| Argentina | DIRECTV Play Latin America, DIRECTV Argentina |
| Aruba | DIRECTV Caribbean |
| Australia | FOX Sports 4 Australia |
| Belgium | Proximus 11+ |
| Angola, Benin, Burundi, Nigeria | SuperSport 5 Africa |
| Spain | C+ Liga Multi, Gol Stadium, Canal+ Yomvi, GOL T, Canal+ Liga / HD |
| India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka | Star Sports 4 Asia |
| Netherlands | Sport1 Select HD |
| Botswana, Cameroon | SuperSport 5 Africa |
| Austria | LAOLA1.TV |
| Comoros, Congo, Congo DR | SuperSport 5 Africa |
| Bosnia And Herzegovina, Serbia | SportKlub 1 Serbia |
| Pakistan, Bhutan, Maldives | Star Sports 4 Asia |
| Mexico | Blue To Go Video Everywhere, Planeta Fútbol |
| Korea Republic | Star Sports Korea, KBSN Sports |
| Cote D’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea | SuperSport 5 Africa |
| Ireland | NOW TV, Sky Go, Sky Go Extra, Sky Sports 5/HD |
| Italy | FOX Sports HD |
| Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Mali | SuperSport 5 Africa |
| Hong Kong | Now Sports 2 |
| France | beIN Sports 2 |
| Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland | SuperSport 5 Asia |
| Czech Republic | Sport 2 CZ/SK |
| Croatia | Sportklub 1 Croatia |
| Chile | DIRECTV Play Latin America, DIRECTV Chile |
| United Kingdom | Sky Go, NOW TV, Sky Sports 5/HD, Sky Go Extra |
| United States of America | beIN SPORTS CONNECT, Fubo TV, beIN Sports USA |
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