{"id":52616,"date":"2026-05-23T13:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52616"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:38:39","slug":"real-madrid-vs-athletic-club-la-liga-2025-26-match-preview-where-to-watch-predicted-lineup-and-score-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/serie-a\/real-madrid-vs-athletic-club-la-liga-2025-26-match-preview-where-to-watch-predicted-lineup-and-score-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid vs Athletic Club La Liga 2025\/26 Match Preview: Where to watch, predicted lineup and score prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid welcome Athletic Club to the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u for the final match of the <b>2025\/26 La<\/b> Liga season on <b>May 23\/24, 2026 (kick-off 12:30 AM IST)<\/b>. Finishing 2nd with 83 points behind champions Barcelona, Los Blancos will want to sign off with a victory in front of their fans, potentially marking Dani Carvajal\u2019s farewell.<\/p>\n<p>Athletic Club sit lower in the table and face a tough trip, though they remain competitive with players like I\u00f1aki Williams leading the line. Real Madrid have a strong home record and will be motivated to end on a positive note.<\/p>\n<p><b>Where to Watch<\/b>: In India, stream live on FanCode and DAZN. International viewers should check local La Liga broadcasters.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Predicted Lineups:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Real Madrid (4-2-3-1 or similar)<\/b>: Courtois; Carvajal, R\u00fcdiger, Huijsen\/Alaba, F. Garc\u00eda; Valverde\/Tchouam\u00e9ni, Camavinga; Brahim\/Mastantuono, Bellingham, Mbapp\u00e9\/Vinicius; Mbapp\u00e9 (flexible front). Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is a major goal threat.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Athletic Club (4-2-3-1): <\/b>Sim\u00f3n; Gorosabel, \u00c1lvarez, Laporte, Boiro; Jauregizar, Ruiz de Galarreta; I. Williams, Navarro, Berenguer; Guruzeta.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid\u2019s attacking firepower, led by Mbapp\u00e9 and Bellingham, should overwhelm Athletic\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p><b> Score Prediction: Real Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club. <\/b>A close but home-dominant encounter is expected.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Real Madrid welcome Athletic Club to the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u for the final match of the 2025\/26 La Liga season\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":52618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4653],"tags":[3771,266,4057],"class_list":["post-52616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serie-a","tag-athletic-club","tag-real-madrid","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52619,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52616\/revisions\/52619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}