Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano

13 April 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Adrián Cordero Vega

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Oihan Sancet 58’ (pen), 90+4’
Nico Williams 80’

Pathé Ciss 37’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Rayo Vallecano. Rayo Vallecano led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pathé Ciss put Rayo Vallecano ahead in the 37th minute. In the second half, Oihan Sancet equalised from the penalty spot in the 58th minute, Nico Williams put Athletic Bilbao in front from a corner in the 80th minute, set up by Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta, and Sancet made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Maroan Sannadi.

There was little between the sides on chances: Athletic Bilbao created 1.98 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Rayo Vallecano 2.06 from 11. Pedro Díaz had a penalty saved for Rayo Vallecano.

Match stats

13 Shots 11

4 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 1

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.98 xG 1.82

1.23 Non-penalty xG 0.99

9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Rayo Vallecano

Kick-off

37’

Pathé Ciss

0-1

Half-time0-1

Oihan Sancet
Penalty

1-1

58’

Nico Williams
Assist: Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta

2-1

80’

Oihan Sancet
Assist: Maroan Sannadi

3-1

90+4’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao

Dani Vivian
Adama Boiro
Álvaro Djaló
Iñaki Williams

Rayo Vallecano

Alfonso Espino
Pedro Díaz
Unai López

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 1.98 xGRayo Vallecano 2.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rayo Vallecano 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
Andoni Gorosabel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Dani Vivian	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aitor Paredes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adama Boiro	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Mikel Jauregizar	MID	90			2	0.14	0.04	1
Beñat Prados	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álvaro Djaló	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai Gómez	MID	50			1	0.35	0.03	1
Alex Berenguer	MID	77			2	0.16	0.00	0
Gorka Guruzeta	FWD	50			1	0.03	0.00	0
Oihan Sancet	Sub	40	2		3	0.84	0.00	0
Maroan Sannadi	Sub	40		1	2	0.09	0.51	3
Iñaki Williams	Sub	27			1	0.33	0.05	1
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta	Sub	27		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Nico Williams	Sub	13	1		1	0.04	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Augusto Batalla	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrei Ratiu	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Aridane Hernández	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alfonso Espino	DEF	89		1	0.09	0.00	0
Pathé Ciss	MID	89	1	1	0.33	0.00	0
Pedro Díaz	MID	67		3	1.23	0.07	1
Jorge De Frutos	MID	74		1	0.11	0.44	1
Gerard Gumbau	MID	67		1	0.07	0.05	1
Pep Chavarría	MID	90		0	0.00	0.14	2
Álvaro García	FWD	90		2	0.14	0.15	2
Óscar Valentín	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai López	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.11	1
Adrián Embarba	Sub	16		0	0.00	0.00	0
Isi Palazón	Sub	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Raúl de Tomás	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 52% Avg odds 1.85

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.24

Rayo Vallecano win 19% Avg odds 5.08

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

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao L D W D D

Rayo Vallecano D L D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Athletic Bilbao, 01 Dec 24 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Rayo Vallecano, 25 Aug 25 All Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano 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.