Athletic Club vs Real Madrid prediction | 6 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Athletic Club
Ranking: #37 overall, #5 in Spain

78.2 → 80.1 (+1.9 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-0 27 Aug Barcelona (A) 78.2 -0.2
0-2 30 Aug Celta Vigo (A) 79.4 +1.2
3-0 05 Sep Atl Madrid (H) 79.5 +0.1
1-1 12 Sep Elche (H) 79.6 +0.1
0-0 19 Sep Alavés (H) 80.1 +0.5
Real Madrid
Ranking: #6 overall, #2 in Spain

90.0 → 90.5 (+0.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-1 12 Sep Rayo (H) 91.4 +0.1
2-3 15 Sep Elche (A) 91.7 +0.3
2-1 20 Sep Atl Madrid (A) 90.2 -1.5
1-0 10 Oct Villarreal (H) 90.3 +0.1
3-4 14 Oct Roma (A) 90.5 +0.2

Athletic Club vs Real Madrid: by the numbers

Athletic Club trail Real Madrid by 31 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 3 in Spain.

Athletic Club arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +1.9 rating points over their last 10 matches against Real Madrid's +0.5.

Athletic Club lost 0.2 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 23 May 2026.

The best xGtoday rating Athletic Club have ever held is 84.6, first set on 13 January 2024.

Real Madrid first climbed to #3 in our European rankings on 26 July 2018.