Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao

1 March 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Julián Álvarez 66’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Julián Álvarez put Atletico Madrid ahead in the 66th minute, set up by Marcos Llorente.

The chances backed that up: Atletico Madrid created 2.02 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 1.60 from 15.

Match stats

Atletico Madrid Athletic Bilbao
12 Shots 15
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.02 xG 1.54
2.02 Non-penalty xG 1.54
4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Atletico Madrid Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Julián Álvarez
Assist: Marcos Llorente1-0 (Atletico Madrid)
66’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Atletico Madrid
  • Pablo Barrios Rivas
  • Alexander Sørloth
Athletic Bilbao
  • Andoni Gorosabel
  • Yeray Álvarez
  • Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.02 1.60 66’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 66’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.02 1.60 66’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 Álvarez 66’
Atletico Madrid 2.02 xGAthletic Bilbao 1.60 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Atletico Madrid attacking 
18’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.64 xG, off target 75’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.56 xG, hit the woodwork 4’ Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.49 xG, off target 66’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 11’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 41’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 75’ Beñat Prados (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 73’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 36’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 76’ Beñat Prados (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 22’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 88’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 88’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 60’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 18’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.64 xG, off target 75’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.56 xG, hit the woodwork 4’ Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.49 xG, off target 66’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 11’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 41’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 75’ Beñat Prados (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 73’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 36’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 76’ Beñat Prados (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 22’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 88’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 88’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 60’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jan Oblak GK900 0.000.000
Nahuel Molina DEF900 0.000.051
Clement Lenglet DEF900 0.000.000
Robin Le Normand DEF902 0.520.000
Javi Galán DEF900 0.000.602
Giuliano Simeone MID581 0.050.641
Rodrigo de Paul MID901 0.010.031
Pablo Barrios Rivas MID690 0.000.000
Samuel Lino MID592 0.100.000
Antoine Griezmann FWD630 0.000.082
Alexander Sørloth FWD593 0.800.081
Marcos Llorente Sub3210 0.000.371
Julián Álvarez Sub3112 0.440.000
Conor Gallagher Sub310 0.000.000
Ángel Correa Sub271 0.090.000
Giménez Sub210 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 45% Avg odds 2.14
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27
Athletic Bilbao win 26% Avg odds 3.71

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

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid DWDDW
Athletic Bilbao DDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Atletico Madrid, 31 Aug 24 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Atletico Madrid, 06 Dec 25  All Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao 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.