Athletic Bilbao vs Alaves

16 March 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Gorka Guruzeta 32’, 37’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao won 2-0 at home to Alaves. Athletic Bilbao led 2-0 at half-time.

Gorka Guruzeta put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Nico Williams and Guruzeta made it 2-0 in the 37th minute.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 2.31 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Alaves's 1.39 from 7. Luis Rioja had a penalty saved for Alaves.

Match stats

Athletic Bilbao Alaves
16 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.31 xG 1.39
2.31 Non-penalty xG 0.64
12 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Alaves
Kick-off
Gorka Guruzeta
Assist: Nico Williams1-0 (Athletic Bilbao)
32’
Gorka Guruzeta2-0 (Athletic Bilbao)
37’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao
  • Nico Williams
Alaves
  • Abdelkabir Abqar
  • Antonio Blanco
  • Carlos Benavídez

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 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 1.39 32’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 1-0 32’ 37’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 2-0 37’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 1.39 32’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 1-0 Guruzeta 32’ 37’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 2-0 Guruzeta 37’
Athletic Bilbao 2.31 xGAlaves 1.39 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Alaves attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking 
65’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.95 xG, off target 31’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), penalty, 0.74 xG, saved 32’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 15’ Jon Guridi (Alaves), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 53’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 81’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+3’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 81’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 34’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 71’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Giuliano Simeone (Alaves), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Carlos Vicente (Alaves), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 35’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Kike García (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Giuliano Simeone (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Carlos Vicente (Alaves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.95 xG, off target 31’ Luis Rioja (Alaves), penalty, 0.74 xG, saved 32’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 15’ Jon Guridi (Alaves), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 53’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 81’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+3’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 81’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 34’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 71’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Giuliano Simeone (Alaves), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Carlos Vicente (Alaves), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 35’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Kike García (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Giuliano Simeone (Alaves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Carlos Vicente (Alaves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Unai Simón GK900 0.000.000
De Marcos DEF900 0.000.000
Yeray Álvarez DEF900 0.000.000
Dani Vivian DEF901 0.030.000
Íñigo Lekue DEF900 0.000.193
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta MID860 0.000.082
Beñat Prados MID750 0.000.031
Iñaki Williams MID904 0.290.172
Unai Gómez MID750 0.000.000
Nico Williams MID8213 0.180.632
Gorka Guruzeta FWD8224 1.570.071
Muniain Sub151 0.100.000
Dani García Sub150 0.000.000
Raúl García Sub81 0.030.000
Alex Berenguer Sub81 0.090.000
Mikel Vesga Sub41 0.010.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 60% Avg odds 1.60
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.76
Alaves win 15% Avg odds 6.53

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

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao DWLDW
Alaves DDDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Alaves 0-2 Athletic Bilbao, 22 Sep 23 Next meeting: Alaves 1-1 Athletic Bilbao, 15 Dec 24  All Athletic Bilbao vs Alaves 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.