Athletic Bilbao vs Girona

19 February 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Alex Berenguer 2’, 56’
Iñaki Williams 60’

Viktor Tsygankov 49’
Eric Garcia 75’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao beat Girona 3-2. Athletic Bilbao led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Alex Berenguer put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 2nd minute. In the second half, Viktor Tsygankov equalised in the 49th minute, set up by Iván Martín, Berenguer put Athletic Bilbao back in front in the 56th minute, set up by Gorka Guruzeta, Iñaki Williams made it 3-1 in the 60th minute, and Eric Garcia pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 75th minute, set up by Aleix García.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 2.79 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Girona's 1.81 from 12.

Match stats

14 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.79 xG 1.81

2.79 Non-penalty xG 1.81

5 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Girona

Kick-off

Alex Berenguer

1-0

2’

Half-time1-0

49’

Viktor Tsygankov
Assist: Iván Martín

1-1

Alex Berenguer
Assist: Gorka Guruzeta

2-1

56’

Iñaki Williams

3-1

60’

75’

Eric Garcia
Assist: Aleix García

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao

Íñigo Lekue

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 2.79 xGGirona 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Girona 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
Unai Simón	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Íñigo Lekue	DEF	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Vivian	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yeray Álvarez	DEF	88			1	0.04	0.00	0
Yuri	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Beñat Prados	MID	88			0	0.00	0.07	1
Iñaki Williams	MID	90	1		6	1.52	0.07	1
Unai Gómez	MID	76			1	0.10	0.10	1
Alex Berenguer	MID	90	2		3	0.94	0.13	2
Gorka Guruzeta	FWD	76		1	2	0.13	0.27	1
De Marcos	Sub	60			0	0.00	0.14	2
Oihan Sancet	Sub	14			1	0.07	0.00	0
Nico Williams	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aitor Paredes	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikel Vesga	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Paulo Gazzaniga	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnau Martinez	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Garcia	DEF	90	1		1	0.52	0.05	1
Juanpe	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Miguel Gutiérrez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleix García	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.54	2
Yangel Herrera	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Viktor Tsygankov	MID	90	1		3	0.88	0.00	0
Iván Martín	MID	76		1	0	0.00	0.84	2
Sávio	MID	90			3	0.18	0.00	0
Artem Dovbyk	FWD	90			1	0.05	0.09	2
Portu	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.12	2
Valery Fernández	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.06	1
Jhon Solis	Sub	1			1	0.04	0.00	0
Cristhian Stuani	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 51% Avg odds 1.86

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.69

Girona win 23% Avg odds 4.25

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

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao W L D W D

Girona D W W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Girona 1-1 Athletic Bilbao, 27 Nov 23 Next meeting: Girona 2-1 Athletic Bilbao, 06 Oct 24 All Athletic Bilbao vs Girona 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.