Betting tips for Real Madrid vs Ath Bilbao 18.04.2018

One of the great classics of the Santander League is played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, with the hosts receiving Athletic Club Bilbao. Real Madrid returned to the 3rd position in the Santander League by defeating Málaga 0-2. The European champion came to tie 1 in the Derby against Atleti the previous day. The Whites had placed third after beating Butarque CD Leganés in a game postponed in its day for the Club World Cup. Despite thrashing Deportivo Alavés at the Bernabéu (4-0), the team again failed in Barcelona against Espanyol (3 rd loss in 4 duels against Catalan teams since the failed proclamation of independence), an accident seen that later won at Getafe (3-1), in Paris (1-2), in Ipurúa (1-2), thrashed home Girona (6-3), UD Las Palmas in the Insular (0-3) and tied at 1 at home against Atlético, which keeps them in third place with 65 points (19 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses) in 31 matches.

In Europe, the Real Madrid closed their ticket to the second round of the Champions League as second of their group behind a Tottenham that defeated them in London and drew in Madrid. In the first leg of the round of 16, Real Madrid won 3-1 at PSG, overcoming Rabiot's initial goal with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and another from Marcelo. In Paris, CR7 was decisive with a new double that gave the victory and the classification for quarters, which eliminated Juventus. In the semifinals, Bayern Munich is measured.

Nacho is low due to injury.

Ath Bilbao remains in the lower middle of the Santander League, occupying the 13th position in the Santander League after scoring 39 points in 32 matches.

The team from Vizcaya misses Ernesto Valverde, with whom he finished last season occupying the 7th position in the Santander League. The victory of FC Barcelona in the final of the Copa del Rey ended up getting into the Europa League this season, having had an outstanding participation last year. The Basque team, one of the three Spanish clubs to have never lost the category (the others are two are Real Madrid and FC Barcelona) has a budget of 171.7 million euros for this campaign. The march of Ernesto Valverde to FC Barcelona led to the promotion of Ziganda from the branch team, with the change in the bench being the main novelty, together with the return of several of the players who acted on loan last season (Herrerín, Kike Sola, Iriondo, Ager Aketxe, Vesga ...).

The elimination to Formentera of the Second Division B did a lot of damage to the Lions, who after eliminating Spartak Moscow in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, lost to Olympique Marseille.



The locals are favorites, having won the previous 4 games before the goalless draw of the first round. They must win and do it without conceding a goal.

Real Madrid vs Ath Bilbao Prediction: X/1 5.50

Real Madrid vs Ath Bilbao Betting Tip: Over  3.5 Goals @ 1.80

Real Madrid vs Ath Bilbao  Score Recommendations: 3-2 10.00