Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Bilbao — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Spain - Primera Liga, 23 May 2026

📅23/05/2026 · 🕒22:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home Pick
62%
1.53
Draw
20%
4.19
Away
18%
4.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under
42%
2.61
Over
58%
1.45
Both Teams to Score
Yes
56%
1.53
No
44%
2.33
Total Goals
0-1
20%
5.54
2-3
41%
2.0
4-5
26%
2.52
6+
13%
5.71
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
35%
1.89
1/2
4%
34.0
1/X
4%
14.45
X/1
17%
4.35
X/2
6%
11.0
X/X
12%
6.99
2/1
11%
18.5
2/2
7%
7.69
2/X
4%
15.9
Value flag · 2/1 at 18.5 — our 11% vs market 2.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Real Madrid win — 62%
Fair price · no betting value
Every market fairly priced — no value edge at these odds. Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
STRENGTH Home Win BTTS Yes Over 2.5 — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Selection The Market
62%
Home Win
61%
+1.7pp
20%
Draw
20%
-0.3pp
17%
Away Win
19%
-1.4pp
42%
Under 2.5
35%
+7.2pp
58%
Over 2.5
65%
-7.2pp
56%
BTTS Yes
61%
-5.6pp
44%
BTTS No
39%
+5.6pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — the market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Real Madrid The Market 65%
Head to Head
AWAY Athletic Bilbao The Market 22%
+5% / +4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -11% / -12%
2.28/0.89 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.07/1.41
+18% / +17% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -33% / +3%
53% Ball Possession 47%
15 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
406 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 346 · 79%
37.1 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.1
19.2 Crosses 20.5
1.8 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Real Madrid
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Athletic Bilbao
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.57 xG 1.02
62% Ball Possession 38%
13 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
565 Passes 300
89% Pass Accuracy 80%
26 Box Touches 18
14 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 2
03.12.2025 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 0-3 HT 0-2 Real Madrid Real Madrid İS1
20.04.2025 Real Madrid Real Madrid 1-0 HT 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
04.12.2024 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 2-1 HT 0-0 Real Madrid Real Madrid İS1
31.03.2024 Real Madrid Real Madrid 2-0 HT 1-0 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
12.08.2023 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 0-2 HT 0-2 Real Madrid Real Madrid İS1
04.06.2023 Real Madrid Real Madrid 1-1 HT 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Real Madrid
4-2
AWAY Athletic Bilbao
1.90 xG 0.81
74% Ball Possession 26%
13 Total Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 1
675 Passes 176
91% Pass Accuracy 69%
21 Box Touches 12
5 Crosses 12
2 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Real Madrid saw off Athletic Bilbao 4-2. Half-time: 2-1. 6 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Real Madrid as the likeliest winner at 62%, and the 4-2 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (58%), both teams to score (56%) came in.

On the day, Real Madrid had 74% of the ball to Athletic Bilbao's 26%, shots finished 13-8, expected goals 1.90 to 0.81.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Real Madrid had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Real Madrid and 0.50 for Athletic Bilbao.

What was the final score of Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao?

Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Bilbao in the Spain - Primera Liga on 23/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao?

Before kick-off our model rated a Real Madrid win the most likely single outcome at about 62%, with the full match-result split Real Madrid 62%, draw 20%, Athletic Bilbao 17%. The final score 4-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Real Madrid), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Real Madrid) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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