Athletic Bilbao vs Elche

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao and Elche shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was goalless at half-time.

Facundo Buonanotte put Elche ahead from the penalty spot in the 50th minute and Iñaki Williams equalised in the 79th minute, set up by Alex Berenguer.

Athletic Bilbao had the better of the chances, with 3.13 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Elche's 0.82 from 3.

Athletic Bilbao dominated the La Liga matchday five encounter against Elche, recording sixty-seven percent possession, nineteen shots to three, and seven corners to one. Despite Athletic Bilbao generating an expected goals figure of 3.13 compared to Elche's 0.82, the hosts were frustrated for long periods by a resilient Elche side. The home team completed six hundred and fourteen passes with an eighty-eight percent accuracy rate, launched one hundred and forty-one attacks, and registered three shots on target. However, Elche defended doggedly throughout the ninety minutes, ultimately securing a draw despite being heavily outplayed territorially and statistically.

The deadlock was broken shortly after the interval when Elche were awarded a penalty, which Facundo Buonanotte converted in the fiftieth minute following his forty-ninth minute chance. Federico Redondo received a yellow card in the fifty-sixth minute for a foul. After a series of substitutions by both managers, Athletic Bilbao drew level in the seventy-ninth minute through an own goal by Iñaki Williams, who put through his own net. Abiel Osorio was booked in the seventy-five minute, whilst Álex Berenguer and Beñat Gerenabarrena received yellow cards in the eighty-first minute. Rubén Sánchez and Yuri Berchiche were cautioned in the closing stages as the match ended one-one.