Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao

25 February 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Ezequiel Ávila 13’
  • Yuri 38’ (og)
  • Johnny Cardoso 67’
  • Gorka Guruzeta 45+7’

Match summary

Real Betis beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1. Real Betis led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ezequiel Ávila put Real Betis ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Willian José, Yuri's own goal made it 2-0 in the 38th minute, and Gorka Guruzeta pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Alex Berenguer. In the second half, Johnny Cardoso made it 3-1 in the 67th minute, set up by Nabil Fekir.

The chances backed that up: Real Betis created 0.92 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.14 from 3. Athletic Bilbao had a player sent off.

Match stats

Real Betis Athletic Bilbao
13 Shots 3
5 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 1
0.92 xG 0.14
0.92 Non-penalty xG 0.14
7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Real Betis Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Ezequiel Ávila
Assist: Willian José1-0 (Real Betis)
13’
Yuri
Own goal2-0 (Real Betis)
38’
45+7’
Gorka Guruzeta
Assist: Alex Berenguer2-1 (Athletic Bilbao)
Half-time2-1
Johnny Cardoso
Assist: Nabil Fekir3-1 (Real Betis)
67’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Real Betis
  • Ezequiel Ávila
Athletic Bilbao
  • Nico Williams
  • Dani Vivian
  • Yuri
  • Alex Berenguer
  • Imanol García de Albéniz

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.92 0.14 13’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), 1-0 13’ 38’ Yuri (Real Betis) own goal, 2-0 38’ 45+7’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 2-1 45+7’ 67’ Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis), 3-1 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.92 0.14 13’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), 1-0 Ávila 13’ 38’ Yuri (Real Betis) own goal, 2-0 Yuri 38’ 45+7’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), 2-1 Guruzeta 45+7’ 67’ Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis), 3-1 Cardoso 67’
Real Betis 0.92 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Real Betis attacking 
13’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 38’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 33’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 64’ William Carvalho (Real Betis), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Nabil Fekir (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Nabil Fekir (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Nabil Fekir (Real Betis), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 40’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 46’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ William Carvalho (Real Betis), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), own goal 13’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 38’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 33’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 64’ William Carvalho (Real Betis), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Nabil Fekir (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Nabil Fekir (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Nabil Fekir (Real Betis), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 40’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 67’ Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 12’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ William Carvalho (Real Betis), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Willian José (Real Betis), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), own goal
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Silva GK900 0.000.000
Aitor Ruibal DEF790 0.000.041
Germán Pezzella DEF900 0.000.000
Chadi Riad DEF900 0.000.000
Youssouf Sabaly DEF900 0.000.000
Johnny Cardoso MID9011 0.030.000
Sergi Altimira MID530 0.000.021
Pablo Fornals MID900 0.000.091
Nabil Fekir MID9013 0.130.183
Ezequiel Ávila MID5813 0.410.000
Willian José FWD9014 0.270.422
William Carvalho Sub372 0.080.000
Rodrigo Sánchez Sub320 0.000.000
Héctor Bellerín Sub110 0.000.000
Assane Diao Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Betis win 25% Avg odds 3.77
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Athletic Bilbao win 46% Avg odds 2.10

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

Form going into the game

Real Betis LWDWD
Athletic Bilbao LDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 4-2 Real Betis, 27 Aug 23 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Real Betis, 03 Nov 24  All Real Betis 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.