Espanyol vs Athletic Bilbao

5 November 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Pablo González Fuertes

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Borja Iglesias 41’

Match summary

Espanyol saw off Athletic Bilbao 1-0. Espanyol led 1-0 at half-time.

Borja Iglesias put Espanyol ahead with a header in the 41st minute, set up by Dídac Vilá.

The chances backed that up: Espanyol created 1.46 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.78 from 10.

Match stats

Espanyol Athletic Bilbao
8 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.46 xG 0.78
1.46 Non-penalty xG 0.78
5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Espanyol Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Borja Iglesias
Assist: Dídac Vilá1-0 (Espanyol)
41’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Esteban Granero
Athletic Bilbao
  • San José
  • Dani García
  • Unai Núñez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.46 0.78 41’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), 1-0 41’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.46 0.78 41’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), 1-0 Iglesias 41’
Espanyol 1.46 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Espanyol attacking 
62’ Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 72’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 90+2’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 54’ Sergio García (Espanyol), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 41’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.23 xG, goal 36’ Sergio García (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 73’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 80’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 43’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 82’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 47’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 62’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 89’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Unai Núñez (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ San José (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 62’ Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 90+2’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 54’ Sergio García (Espanyol), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 41’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.23 xG, goal 36’ Sergio García (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 73’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 80’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 43’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 62’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Unai Núñez (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ San José (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Diego López GK900 0.000.000
Javi López DEF900 0.000.000
David López DEF900 0.000.000
Mario Hermoso DEF900 0.000.000
Dídac Vilá DEF9010 0.000.532
Sergi Darder MID901 0.050.743
Marc Roca MID900 0.000.000
Esteban Granero MID891 0.060.000
Leo Baptistao FWD681 0.020.152
Borja Iglesias FWD9013 0.960.051
Sergio García FWD802 0.370.000
Pablo Piatti Sub220 0.000.000
Javi Puado Sub100 0.000.000
Víctor Sánchez Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 47% Bet365 odds 2.00
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30
Athletic Bilbao win 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Espanyol WDWWD
Athletic Bilbao DLDDD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Espanyol, 08 Mar 19  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.