Real Madrid v Athletic Club Prediction: 6/5 Real to sign off with a home victory

Real Madrid are set to complete a rare trophyless season on Saturday night, but they can sign off with a home win over Athletic Club as Alvaro Arbeloa takes charge of the team for the final time.

Madrid have fallen 11 points behind champions Barcelona, but have won both their games since losing 2-0 to their big rivals in El Clasico.

Their final visitors of the season have taken a step back after finishing fourth last season, slipping to 12th in the La Liga standings and having taken only one point from their last three matches.

Real Madrid v Athletic Club Tips Summary

Best Bet - Real Madrid -1 on handicap @ 6/5
Alternative Bet - Vinicius Junior anytime goalscorer @ 5/4
Bet Builder - Real Madrid to win to nil, Most goals in second half & Jude Bellingham 1+ shots on target @ 7/1

Real Madrid v Athletic Club Prediction

Best Bet: Real Madrid -1 on handicap @ 6/5

It has not been one of the better seasons in the trophy-filled history of Real, but the Spanish giants should still be able to sign off with a satisfying victory over Athletic at the Bernabeu on Saturday.

Head coach Alvaro Arebeloa, who replaced Xabi Alonso in January, will be leading the team for the final time before the expected return of Jose Mourinho and he is not the only one saying farewell.

Club stalwart Dani Carvajal is set to end his 23-year association with the club after making more than 300 first-team appearances and winning 27 trophies since his first-team debut in 2013.

Injuries have affected Los Blancos' squad throughout the season, but with Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham all fully fit they have the ingredients to finish the campaign on a high note.

The same cannot be said for their Bilbao-based opponents who have failed to hit the heights of last season and have lost five of their last eight games.

The visitors are working with a depleted squad, with star winger Nico Williams (hamstring) among their likely absentees, and that has shown up on the scoresheet with only one goal in their last three matches.

Real won their last home fixture 2-0 against Oviedo and should be capable of rounding out their campaign with another multiple-goal winning margin after winning the teams' first league meeting 3-0.

Alternative Bet: Vinicius Junior anytime goalscorer @ 5/4

Vincicius Junior may be disappointed to stand only joint-fourth in the top scorer list in Spain this season with 16 goals, but he has been making late progress with five goals in his last six matches and can add to his tally on Saturday night.

The Brazilian netted the only goal of the game to beat Sevilla last Sunday, having netted a double against Espanyol at the start of this month, which followed goals against Real Betis and Alaves.

Real Madrid v Athletic Club Bet Builder Tip

• Real Madrid to win to nil

• Most goals in second half

• Jude Bellingham 1+ shots on target

  Pays 7/1

Begin a three-leg bet builder for Saturday's season finale in Madrid by taking the home side to win to nil.

Madrid have won while keeping clean sheets in three of their last four games, while Bilbao have looked pretty toothless in recent outings and failed to find the net in the teams' first encounter.

While a first-half goal was good enough for Madrid last time out, this contest could take time to warm up with nothing on the line for either side and backing more goals to arrive after the interval could pay.

There have been more goals after the break in each of Athletic's last three away games.

Bellingham has had at least one shot on target in three of his last four appearances for Los Blancos and he can record another accurate strike in the final match of the season.

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Key Match Stats

• Real Madrid have won three of their last four league games

• Athletic Club have lost four of their last five away matches

• Real Madrid have won their last two Primera Liga games to nil

• Six of Real's 18 home league games this season have finished with over 3.5 goals

• Los Blancos have won 15 of their 18 home league games

• Vinicius Junior has scored five goals in his last six appearances

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