Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid

16 December 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Gorka Guruzeta 51’
  • Nico Williams 64’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao saw off Atletico Madrid 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Gorka Guruzeta put Athletic Bilbao ahead from a corner in the 51st minute, set up by Ander Herrera and Nico Williams made it 2-0 in the 64th minute, set up by Íñigo Lekue.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 2.73 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Atletico Madrid's 0.35 from 7. Oihan Sancet missed a penalty for Athletic Bilbao.

Match stats

Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid
16 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.73 xG 0.34
1.99 Non-penalty xG 0.34
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Gorka Guruzeta
Assist: Ander Herrera1-0 (Athletic Bilbao)
51’
Nico Williams
Assist: Íñigo Lekue2-0 (Athletic Bilbao)
64’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Atletico Madrid
  • Rodrigo de Paul

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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.73 0.35 51’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 1-0 51’ 64’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), 2-0 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.73 0.35 51’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 1-0 Guruzeta 51’ 64’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), 2-0 Williams 64’
Athletic Bilbao 2.73 xGAtletico Madrid 0.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Atletico Madrid attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking 
36’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, off target 51’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 22’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 19’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 68’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 5’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 64’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 87’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 83’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 88’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 39’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 12’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 42’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 9’ Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 89’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 15’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 36’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, off target 51’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 22’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 19’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 68’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 5’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 64’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 87’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 83’ Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 88’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 39’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 12’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 42’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 9’ Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 89’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 32’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 33’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 15’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 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
Íñigo Lekue DEF9010 0.000.121
Dani Vivian DEF900 0.000.000
Aitor Paredes DEF900 0.000.000
Yuri DEF900 0.000.162
Ander Herrera MID9012 0.070.491
Beñat Prados MID780 0.000.021
Iñaki Williams MID863 0.270.000
Oihan Sancet MID863 1.090.705
Nico Williams MID9013 0.460.312
Gorka Guruzeta FWD9013 0.630.061
Mikel Vesga Sub121 0.090.000
Unai Gómez Sub41 0.120.000
Mikel Jauregizar Sub40 0.000.091
Alex Berenguer Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 38% Avg odds 2.51
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.36
Atletico Madrid win 34% Avg odds 2.85

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

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao WWDWD
Atletico Madrid LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Athletic Bilbao, 19 Feb 23 Next meeting: Atletico Madrid 3-1 Athletic Bilbao, 27 Apr 24  All Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid 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.