Athletic Bilbao vs Real Betis

27 August 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee César Soto Grado

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–2

  • Mikel Vesga 30’ (pen), 45’ (pen)
  • Gorka Guruzeta 45+7’
  • Unai Gómez 84’
  • Willian José 2’
  • Isco 10’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao came back from 2 goals down to win 4-2 at home to Real Betis. Athletic Bilbao led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Willian José put Real Betis ahead in the 2nd minute, Isco made it 0-2 in the 10th minute, set up by Aitor Ruibal, Mikel Vesga pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 30th minute, Vesga equalised from the penalty spot in the 45th minute, and Gorka Guruzeta put Athletic Bilbao in front in first-half stoppage time, set up by Iñaki Williams. In the second half, Unai Gómez made it 4-2 in the 84th minute.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 2.87 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Real Betis's 0.35 from 7.

Match stats

Athletic Bilbao Real Betis
14 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.87 xG 0.35
1.38 Non-penalty xG 0.35
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Real Betis
Kick-off
2’
Willian José0-1 (Real Betis)
10’
Isco
Assist: Aitor Ruibal0-2 (Real Betis)
Mikel Vesga
Penalty1-2 (Athletic Bilbao)
30’
Mikel Vesga
Penalty2-2 (Athletic Bilbao)
45’
Gorka Guruzeta
Assist: Iñaki Williams3-2 (Athletic Bilbao)
45+7’
Half-time3-2
Unai Gómez4-2 (Athletic Bilbao)
84’
Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao
  • Aitor Paredes
  • Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta
  • Mikel Vesga
  • Alex Berenguer
Real Betis
  • Abner
  • Guido Rodríguez

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 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.87 0.35 2’ Willian José (Real Betis), 0-1 2’ 10’ Isco (Real Betis), 0-2 10’ 30’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), 1-2 30’ 45’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), 2-2 45’ 45+7’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 3-2 45+7’ 84’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), 4-2 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.87 0.35 2’ Willian José (Real Betis), 0-1 José 2’ 10’ Isco (Real Betis), 0-2 Isco 10’ 30’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), 1-2 Vesga 30’ 45’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), 2-2 Vesga 45’ 45+7’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 3-2 Guruzeta 45+7’ 84’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), 4-2 Gómez 84’
Athletic Bilbao 2.87 xGReal Betis 0.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Betis attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking 
30’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 45’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 52’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 84’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 2’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 10’ Isco (Real Betis), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 33’ Ayoze Pérez (Real Betis), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 51’ Ayoze Pérez (Real Betis), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 35’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Ayoze Pérez (Real Betis), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 64’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 4’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Marc Roca (Real Betis), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Imanol García de Albéniz (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Rodrigo Sánchez (Real Betis), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 30’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 45’ Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 52’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 84’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 10’ Isco (Real Betis), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 2’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 33’ Ayoze Pérez (Real Betis), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 51’ Ayoze Pérez (Real Betis), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Ayoze Pérez (Real Betis), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 64’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 4’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Marc Roca (Real Betis), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Imanol García de Albéniz (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Rodrigo Sánchez (Real Betis), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Unai Simón GK900 0.000.000
Íñigo Lekue DEF901 0.030.000
Dani Vivian DEF901 0.020.000
Aitor Paredes DEF900 0.000.000
Imanol García de Albéniz DEF751 0.010.000
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta MID901 0.020.051
Mikel Vesga MID9022 1.490.031
Iñaki Williams MID9011 0.050.602
Muniain MID751 0.040.000
Nico Williams MID842 0.090.072
Gorka Guruzeta FWD7513 0.650.000
Unai Gómez Sub1511 0.460.000
Yuri Sub150 0.000.000
Alex Berenguer Sub150 0.000.000
Asier Villalibre Sub60 0.000.000
Dani García Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 49% Avg odds 1.96
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Real Betis win 23% Avg odds 4.14

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

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao LLDLW
Real Betis LWDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Real Betis, 04 May 23 Next meeting: Real Betis 3-1 Athletic Bilbao, 25 Feb 24  All Athletic Bilbao vs Real Betis 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.