Alaves vs Athletic Bilbao

4 October 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Rodrigo Ely 74’

Match summary

Alaves beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Rodrigo Ely put Alaves ahead with a header in the 74th minute, set up by Lucas Pérez.

There was little between the sides on chances: Alaves created 0.52 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Athletic Bilbao 0.49 from 8. Alaves had a player sent off.

Match stats

Alaves Athletic Bilbao
8 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 0
0 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
0.52 xG 0.49
0.52 Non-penalty xG 0.49
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Alaves Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Rodrigo Ely
Assist: Lucas Pérez1-0 (Alaves)
74’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Alaves
  • Rubén Duarte
Athletic Bilbao
  • Unai Núñez
  • Iñigo Martínez
  • Dani García

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.52 0.49 74’ Rodrigo Ely (Alaves), 1-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.52 0.49 74’ Rodrigo Ely (Alaves), 1-0 Ely 74’
Alaves 0.52 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.49 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Alaves attacking 
60’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 15’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 8’ Deyverson (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Ander Capa (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Edgar Méndez (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Jon Morcillo (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 74’ Rodrigo Ely (Alaves), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 76’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Ximo Navarro (Alaves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Lucas Pérez (Alaves), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 15’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 8’ Deyverson (Alaves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Joselu (Alaves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Ander Capa (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Jon Morcillo (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Edgar Méndez (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Rodrigo Ely (Alaves), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 76’ Rubén Duarte (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Ximo Navarro (Alaves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 88’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Fernando Pacheco GK900 0.000.000
Florian Lejeune DEF900 0.000.000
Ximo Navarro DEF901 0.010.021
Víctor Laguardia DEF650 0.000.000
Edgar Méndez MID901 0.020.031
Rubén Duarte MID861 0.020.061
Rodrigo Battaglia MID900 0.000.000
Pere Pons MID900 0.000.362
Tomás Pina MID760 0.000.000
Joselu FWD902 0.080.000
Deyverson FWD461 0.060.000
Lucas Pérez Sub4411 0.320.042
Rodrigo Ely Sub2511 0.020.000
Manu García Sub140 0.000.000
Javier López Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Alaves win 26% Avg odds 3.66
Draw 33% Avg odds 2.93
Athletic Bilbao win 41% Avg odds 2.30

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Alaves LLLDL
Athletic Bilbao LLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Alaves 2-1 Athletic Bilbao, 23 Feb 20 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Alaves, 10 Apr 21  All Alaves vs Athletic Bilbao meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.