Good evening and welcome to Sports Mole's live coverage of the La Liga clash between Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid from San Mames.
Bilbao opened their La Liga season with a 2-1 home win over Leganes on August 20, before sharing the points with newly-promoted Huesca at San Mames on August 27.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, have started the new season with wins over Getafe, Girona and Leganes, and will be looking to move onto 12 points ahead of their Champions League group opener with Roma on September 19.
Stay tuned for live minute-by-minute coverage of the action from San Mames.
BILBAO: Simon; De Marcos, Yeray, Inigo, Berchiche; D Garcia, R Garcia, Benat; Susaeta, Williams, Muniain
REAL MADRID: Courtois; Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Modric, Kroos, Ceballos; Asensio, Benzema, Bale
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ππ Come on lads! #RMLiga pic.twitter.com/X0q1gUvAS1
— Real Madrid C.F. π¬π§πΊπΈ (@realmadriden) September 15, 2018
Captain's armband #AthleticRealMadrid #AthleticClub pic.twitter.com/VWxVjCIWOz
— Athletic Club (@Athletic_en) September 15, 2018
4 - Karim Benzema has scored four goals with only five shots on target in La Liga 2018/19. Last season, the Frenchman needed 19 games to score the same number of goals in La Liga (four goals with his first nine shots on target). Critical. pic.twitter.com/ddd3Cs694l
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 15, 2018