Elche vs Athletic Bilbao

11 September 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–4

  • Ezequiel Ponce 59’
  • Nicolás Fernández Mercau 9’ (og)
  • Oihan Sancet 14’ (pen)
  • Nico Williams 22’
  • Alex Berenguer 44’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao won comfortably, 4-1 away at Elche. Athletic Bilbao led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mercau's own goal put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 9th minute, Oihan Sancet made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 14th minute, Nico Williams made it 0-3 in the 22nd minute, set up by De Marcos, and Alex Berenguer made it 0-4 in the 44th minute. In the second half, Ezequiel Ponce pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 59th minute, set up by Lucas Boyé.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 3.43 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Elche's 0.75 from 9.

Match stats

Elche Athletic Bilbao
9 Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 8
5 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.75 xG 3.24
0.75 Non-penalty xG 2.50
6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Elche Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
9’
Nicolás Fernández Mercau
Own goal0-1 (Athletic Bilbao)
14’
Oihan Sancet
Penalty0-2 (Athletic Bilbao)
22’
Nico Williams
Assist: De Marcos0-3 (Athletic Bilbao)
44’
Alex Berenguer0-4 (Athletic Bilbao)
Half-time0-4
Ezequiel Ponce
Assist: Lucas Boyé1-4 (Elche)
59’
Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Elche
  • Enzo Roco
  • Pedro Bigas
  • Omar Mascarell

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.75 3.43 9’ Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Athletic Bilbao) own goal, 0-1 9’ 14’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), 0-2 14’ 22’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), 0-3 22’ 44’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), 0-4 44’ 59’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), 1-4 59’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.75 3.43 9’ Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Athletic Bilbao) own goal, 0-1 Mercau 9’ 14’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), 0-2 Sancet 14’ 22’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), 0-3 Williams 22’ 44’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), 0-4 Berenguer 44’ 59’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), 1-4 Ponce 59’
Elche 0.75 xGAthletic Bilbao 3.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Elche attacking 
14’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 54’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.61 xG, hit the woodwork 44’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 59’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 39’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 54’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 7’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+3’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 22’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 58’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 72’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 42’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 82’ Oier Zarraga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 82’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Fidel (Elche), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+1’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 37’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 30’ Álex Collado (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Gerard Gumbau (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Gerard Gumbau (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Oier Zarraga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Gerard Gumbau (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 71’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 9’ Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche), own goal 14’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 54’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.61 xG, hit the woodwork 44’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 39’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 59’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 54’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 7’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+3’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 22’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 42’ Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 58’ Ezequiel Ponce (Elche), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 72’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 82’ Oier Zarraga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Fidel (Elche), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 82’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+1’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 37’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 30’ Álex Collado (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Gerard Gumbau (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Gerard Gumbau (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Oier Zarraga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Gerard Gumbau (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 71’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 9’ Nicolás Fernández Mercau (Elche), own goal
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Edgar Badía GK900 0.000.000
Pol Lirola DEF730 0.000.121
Pedro Bigas DEF900 0.000.000
Enzo Roco DEF530 0.000.000
Nicolás Fernández Mercau DEF900 0.000.091
Gerard Gumbau MID793 0.040.000
Omar Mascarell MID370 0.000.000
Álex Collado MID531 0.020.021
Domingos Quina MID900 0.000.000
Pere Milla MID900 0.000.000
Lucas Boyé FWD9011 0.020.402
Ezequiel Ponce Sub5313 0.600.032
Fidel Sub371 0.080.000
John Donald Sub370 0.000.000
Josan Sub170 0.000.081
Raúl Guti Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Elche win 20% Avg odds 4.70
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.63
Athletic Bilbao win 53% Avg odds 1.80

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

Form going into the game

Elche WLDLL
Athletic Bilbao LDWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Elche, 03 Apr 22 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Elche, 28 May 23  All Elche 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.