Athletic Bilbao vs Espanyol

8 March 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Pablo González Fuertes

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Raúl García 80’
  • Facundo Ferreyra 9’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol drew 1-1. Espanyol led 1-0 at half-time.

Facundo Ferreyra put Espanyol ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Wu Lei and Raúl García equalised with a header in the 80th minute, set up by Ibai Gómez.

There was little between the sides on chances: Athletic Bilbao created 0.59 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Espanyol 0.88 from 5.

Match stats

Athletic Bilbao Espanyol
15 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 0
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
0.59 xG 0.88
0.59 Non-penalty xG 0.88
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Espanyol
Kick-off
9’
Facundo Ferreyra
Assist: Wu Lei0-1 (Espanyol)
Half-time0-1
Raúl García
Assist: Ibai Gómez1-1 (Athletic Bilbao)
80’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao
  • Iñigo Martínez
  • Yuri
  • Dani García
Espanyol
  • Mario Hermoso
  • Esteban Granero
  • Óscar Melendo
  • Facundo Ferreyra
  • Víctor Sánchez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 0.88 9’ Facundo Ferreyra (Espanyol), 0-1 9’ 80’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), 1-1 80’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 0.88 9’ Facundo Ferreyra (Espanyol), 0-1 Ferreyra 9’ 80’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), 1-1 García 80’
Athletic Bilbao 0.59 xGEspanyol 0.88 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking 
9’ Facundo Ferreyra (Espanyol), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 59’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 88’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 22’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 69’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Markel Susaeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Ibai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Hernán Pérez (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 62’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 32’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Kenan Kodro (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ San José (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Roberto Rosales (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 79’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 9’ Facundo Ferreyra (Espanyol), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 59’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 88’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 39’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Markel Susaeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Ibai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Hernán Pérez (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 62’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 32’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ San José (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Kenan Kodro (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Roberto Rosales (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Iago Herrerín GK900 0.000.000
De Marcos DEF900 0.000.000
Iñigo Martínez DEF901 0.020.092
Yeray Álvarez DEF902 0.050.051
Yuri DEF901 0.020.043
San José MID901 0.020.011
Dani García MID650 0.000.000
Markel Susaeta MID771 0.050.062
Raúl García MID9015 0.300.061
Muniain MID901 0.010.041
Iñaki Williams FWD481 0.060.000
Kenan Kodro Sub421 0.020.021
Beñat Sub250 0.000.000
Ibai Gómez Sub1311 0.040.202

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 58% Bet365 odds 1.66
Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.60
Espanyol win 16% Bet365 odds 6.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao LDWWL
Espanyol DWDDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 1-0 Athletic Bilbao, 05 Nov 18 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Espanyol, 30 Oct 19  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.