Espanyol vs Athletic Bilbao

25 January 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Raúl de Tomás 63’
  • Asier Villalibre 12’

Match summary

The points were shared as Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1. Athletic Bilbao led 1-0 at half-time.

Asier Villalibre put Athletic Bilbao ahead from a corner in the 12th minute, set up by Muniain and Raúl de Tomás equalised in the 63rd minute, set up by Adrián Embarba.

There was little between the sides on chances: Espanyol created 0.55 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Athletic Bilbao 0.66 from 11.

Match stats

Espanyol Athletic Bilbao
9 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.55 xG 0.66
0.55 Non-penalty xG 0.66
7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Espanyol Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
12’
Asier Villalibre
Assist: Muniain0-1 (Athletic Bilbao)
Half-time0-1
Raúl de Tomás
Assist: Adrián Embarba1-1 (Espanyol)
63’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Víctor Sánchez
  • Bernardo
  • Marc Roca
Athletic Bilbao
  • Mikel Vesga

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.55 0.66 12’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), 0-1 12’ 63’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), 1-1 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.55 0.66 12’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), 0-1 Villalibre 12’ 63’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), 1-1 de Tomás 63’
Espanyol 0.55 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Espanyol attacking 
85’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), set piece, 0.24 xG, off target 33’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 28’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 37’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 63’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 63’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 53’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 7’ Jonathan Calleri (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 45’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Jonathan Calleri (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), set piece, 0.24 xG, off target 33’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 28’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 37’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 63’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 63’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 53’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 7’ Jonathan Calleri (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Asier Villalibre (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 45’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Jonathan Calleri (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Diego López GK900 0.000.000
Víctor Sánchez DEF610 0.000.000
Bernardo DEF900 0.000.241
Leandro Cabrera DEF900 0.000.031
Dídac Vilá DEF900 0.000.071
Óscar Melendo MID570 0.000.000
David López MID900 0.000.000
Marc Roca MID900 0.000.000
Sergi Darder MID900 0.000.021
Raúl de Tomás FWD9015 0.200.000
Jonathan Calleri FWD832 0.100.000
Adrián Embarba Sub3311 0.010.112
Lluis López Sub290 0.000.000
Wu Lei Sub71 0.240.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 39% Avg odds 2.47
Draw 32% Avg odds 2.98
Athletic Bilbao win 29% Avg odds 3.24

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol LDLDW
Athletic Bilbao LDDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Espanyol, 30 Oct 19 Next meeting: Espanyol 1-1 Athletic Bilbao, 26 Oct 21  All Espanyol 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.