Real Madrid are in Bilbao this Wednesday night to take on Athletic Club and we'll have all the details from this LaLiga Santander match in this live blog. It's always a special occasion when Real Madrid visit San Mames in Bilbao and the home crowd will be up for this one, even if Athletic are missing eight players and even if Real Madrid are down 11. We might two unfamiliar starting XIs, but we should see plenty of entertainment.

Athletic Club vs Real Madrid LIVE - Latest updates

This is the beginning of our Athletic Club vs Real Madrid live blog, with all the updates from this Wednesday night clash following on from here and with the most recent entries nearest the top.

17:35 GMT: How many players are missing for Athletic vs Real Madrid?

Both these sides have significant lists of absentees for this game, due to COVID-19, injuries and suspension. For Real Madrid, they're without 11 players, namely: Casemiro, Daniel Carvajal, David Alaba, Luka Modric, Marco Asensio, Marcelo, Andriy Lunin, Gareth Bale, Dani Ceballos, Rodrygo and Isco. For Athletic Club, they'll be without the following eight players: Unai Simon, Inigo Martinez, Alex Berenguer, Dani Vivian, Jokin Ezkieta, Yuri Berchiche, Asier Villalibre and Peru Nolaskoain.

17:15 GMT: The Athletic vs Real Madrid start time

This LaLiga Santander match will kick off at 21:30 CET in Spain. For those in the UK, that's 20:30 GMT and those fans can watch along on LaLigaTV. For those in the United States, it's a kick off of 15:30 ET or 12:30 PT and it'll be on ESPN+. Real Madrid have also created the below graphic of other global kick off times for Athletic vs Real Madrid.