Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano

2 December 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Francisco José Hernández Maeso

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Gorka Guruzeta 23’
Alfonso Espino 47’ (og)
Iñaki Williams 64’
Nico Williams 68’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Gorka Guruzeta put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Oihan Sancet. In the second half, Espino's own goal made it 2-0 in the 47th minute, Iñaki Williams made it 3-0 in the 64th minute, set up by Gorka Guruzeta, and Nico Williams made it 4-0 in the 68th minute, set up by Íñigo Lekue.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 1.69 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Rayo Vallecano's 0.35 from 11.

Match stats

9 Shots 11

4 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.69 xG 0.35

1.69 Non-penalty xG 0.35

9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Rayo Vallecano

Kick-off

Gorka Guruzeta
Assist: Oihan Sancet

1-0

23’

Half-time1-0

Alfonso Espino
Own goal

2-0

47’

Iñaki Williams
Assist: Gorka Guruzeta

3-0

64’

Nico Williams
Assist: Íñigo Lekue

4-0

68’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao

Dani Vivian

Rayo Vallecano

Alfonso Espino
Falcao

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 1.69 xGRayo Vallecano 0.35 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
De Marcos	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aitor Paredes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Vivian	DEF	86			0	0.00	0.00	0
Íñigo Lekue	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.07	1
Ander Herrera	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta	MID	83			0	0.00	0.07	1
Iñaki Williams	MID	83	1		3	0.66	0.02	1
Oihan Sancet	MID	76		1	0	0.00	0.43	1
Nico Williams	MID	90	1		2	0.09	0.15	2
Gorka Guruzeta	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.56	0.47	1
Yuri	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Muniain	Sub	14			1	0.38	0.00	0
Alex Berenguer	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.38	1
Beñat Prados	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Peru Nolaskoain	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Stole Dimitrievski	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Iván Balliu	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.02	1
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90	3	0.06	0.00	0
Abdul Mumin	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alfonso Espino	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Pathé Ciss	MID	90	2	0.11	0.03	1
Óscar Valentín	MID	57	0	0.00	0.00	0
Isi Palazón	MID	57	0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai López	MID	57	1	0.03	0.01	1
Álvaro García	MID	90	2	0.06	0.03	1
Sergio Camello	FWD	71	0	0.00	0.03	1
Óscar Trejo	Sub	33	0	0.00	0.07	2
Jorge De Frutos	Sub	33	0	0.00	0.06	2
Kike Pérez	Sub	33	1	0.02	0.00	0
Falcao	Sub	19	1	0.03	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 66% Avg odds 1.46

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.71

Rayo Vallecano win 14% Avg odds 7.04

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

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao L D W W D

Rayo Vallecano W D D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rayo Vallecano 0-0 Athletic Bilbao, 05 Mar 23 Next meeting: Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Athletic Bilbao, 25 May 24 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.