Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao

6 April 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 0 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Match summary

Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao could not be separated in a goalless draw.

Villarreal had the better of the chances, with 1.59 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 1.00 from 11. Villarreal had a player sent off.

Match stats

Villarreal Athletic Bilbao
12 Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1.59 xG 1.00
1.59 Non-penalty xG 1.00
7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Villarreal Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Full-time0-0

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Pape Alassane Gueye
Athletic Bilbao
  • Andoni Gorosabel

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 1.59 1.00 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.59 1.00
Villarreal 1.59 xGAthletic Bilbao 1.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Villarreal attacking 
41’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 69’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 17’ Sergi Cardona (Villarreal), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 18’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 50’ Juan Foyth (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 3’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 61’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Maroan Sannadi (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Juan Foyth (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 16’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 32’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Beñat Prados (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Maroan Sannadi (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+8’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 69’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 17’ Sergi Cardona (Villarreal), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 18’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 50’ Juan Foyth (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 83’ Maroan Sannadi (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 3’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 61’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 31’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 14’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Juan Foyth (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+3’ Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+3’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 74’ Maroan Sannadi (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Beñat Prados (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+8’ Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Luiz Júnior GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.000
Juan Foyth DEF902 0.190.000
Logan Costa DEF810 0.000.000
Sergi Cardona DEF801 0.330.061
Tajon Buchanan MID601 0.020.071
Santiago Comesaña MID900 0.000.332
Daniel Parejo MID661 0.040.000
Álex Baena MID903 0.120.233
Thierno Barry FWD903 0.610.352
Ayoze Pérez FWD601 0.290.000
Yeremi Pino Sub300 0.000.071
Gerard Moreno Sub300 0.000.000
Pape Alassane Gueye Sub200 0.000.000
Alfonso Sub100 0.000.000
Willy Kambwala Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 40% Avg odds 2.36
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32
Athletic Bilbao win 31% Avg odds 3.12

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal DWLLW
Athletic Bilbao WLDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Villarreal, 08 Dec 24 Next meeting: Villarreal 1-0 Athletic Bilbao, 27 Sep 25  All Villarreal 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.