Athletic Bilbao vs Espanyol

19 October 2024 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Mateo Busquets Ferrer

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Dani Vivian 6’
Iñaki Williams 28’, 30’
Alex Berenguer 55’

Tejero 90+2’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Espanyol. Athletic Bilbao led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Dani Vivian put Athletic Bilbao ahead from a corner in the 6th minute, set up by Nico Williams, Iñaki Williams made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, set up by Alex Berenguer, and Williams made it 3-0 in the 30th minute, set up by Alex Berenguer. In the second half, Alex Berenguer made it 4-0 in the 55th minute, set up by De Marcos and Tejero pulled one back to make it 4-1 with a direct free kick in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 1.47 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Espanyol's 0.50 from 5.

Match stats

10 Shots 5

6 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.47 xG 0.50

1.47 Non-penalty xG 0.50

5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Espanyol

Kick-off

Dani Vivian
Assist: Nico Williams

1-0

6’

Iñaki Williams
Assist: Alex Berenguer

2-0

28’

Iñaki Williams
Assist: Alex Berenguer

3-0

30’

Half-time3-0

Alex Berenguer
Assist: De Marcos

4-0

55’

90+2’

Tejero

4-1

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao

Unai Núñez
Yuri

Espanyol

Omar El Hilali
Pere Milla
Leandro Cabrera

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.

Athletic Bilbao 1.47 xGEspanyol 0.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Espanyol attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Julen Agirrezabala	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
De Marcos	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.43	1
Unai Núñez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Vivian	DEF	90	1		2	0.14	0.00	0
Yuri	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikel Jauregizar	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta	MID	67			0	0.00	0.07	1
Iñaki Williams	MID	77	2		2	0.72	0.00	0
Alex Berenguer	MID	82	1	2	2	0.46	0.72	2
Nico Williams	MID	77		1	2	0.12	0.07	1
Gorka Guruzeta	FWD	90			1	0.02	0.01	1
Beñat Prados	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adama Boiro	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Serrano	Sub	13			1	0.01	0.02	1
Álvaro Djaló	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai Gómez	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Joan García	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar El Hilali	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marash Kumbulla	DEF	77		0	0.00	0.29	1
Brian Oliván	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pol Lozano	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
José Gragera	MID	50		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jofre Carreras	MID	67		2	0.06	0.00	0
Alex Kral	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Romero	MID	50		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejo Véliz	FWD	50		0	0.00	0.00	0
Walid Cheddira	Sub	40		0	0.00	0.04	1
Pere Milla	Sub	40		2	0.34	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	Sub	40		0	0.00	0.00	0
Irvin Cardona	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.05	1
Tejero	Sub	13	1	1	0.10	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 67% Avg odds 1.42

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.48

Espanyol win 12% Avg odds 8.40

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

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao W W W D L

Espanyol W L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 1-2 Athletic Bilbao, 08 Apr 23 Next meeting: Espanyol 1-1 Athletic Bilbao, 16 Feb 25 All Athletic Bilbao vs Espanyol 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.