Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao

5 November 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–3

Gerard Moreno 86’
Alexander Sørloth 87’

Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta 2’
Nico Williams 22’
Iñaki Williams 30’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao took a 3-2 win at Villarreal. Athletic Bilbao led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Nico Williams, Nico Williams made it 0-2 in the 22nd minute, set up by Oihan Sancet, and Iñaki Williams made it 0-3 in the 30th minute, set up by Oihan Sancet. In the second half, Gerard Moreno pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 86th minute, set up by Etienne Capoue and Alexander Sørloth made it 2-3 with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Gerard Moreno.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 2.23 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Villarreal's 1.78 from 17.

Match stats

17 Shots 17

6 Shots on Target 7

9 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.78 xG 2.23

1.78 Non-penalty xG 2.23

7 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Villarreal Athletic Bilbao

Kick-off

2’

Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta
Assist: Nico Williams

0-1

22’

Nico Williams
Assist: Oihan Sancet

0-2

30’

Iñaki Williams
Assist: Oihan Sancet

0-3

Half-time0-3

Gerard Moreno
Assist: Etienne Capoue

1-3

86’

Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Gerard Moreno

2-3

87’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Matteo Gabbia
Raúl Albiol
Aissa Mandi
Kiko Femenía

Athletic Bilbao

De Marcos
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta
Nico Williams
Dani García

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.

Villarreal 1.78 xGAthletic Bilbao 2.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Athletic Bilbao attacking Villarreal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Filip Jorgensen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrià Alti	DEF	68			1	0.02	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Matteo Gabbia	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Romero	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ilias Akhomach	MID	80			2	0.07	0.00	0
Etienne Capoue	MID	90		1	2	0.13	0.22	3
Daniel Parejo	MID	68			0	0.00	0.04	1
Álex Baena	MID	90			2	0.07	0.25	4
Alexander Sørloth	FWD	90	1		4	1.12	0.02	1
Gerard Moreno	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.36	1.11	5
Aissa Mandi	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Moreno	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.12	1
Ramón Terrats	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorge Pascual	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Unai Simón	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
De Marcos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Vivian	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aitor Paredes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Íñigo Lekue	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.05	1
Mikel Vesga	MID	90			1	0.02	0.33	1
Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta	MID	79	1		2	0.09	0.04	1
Iñaki Williams	MID	89	1		5	0.37	0.21	2
Oihan Sancet	MID	89		2	2	0.13	0.95	3
Nico Williams	MID	79	1	1	2	0.88	0.15	2
Gorka Guruzeta	FWD	70			3	0.51	0.08	1
Alex Berenguer	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.12	1
Dani García	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai Gómez	Sub	11			1	0.15	0.00	0
Asier Villalibre	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.15	1
Muniain	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 27% Avg odds 3.61

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79

Athletic Bilbao win 48% Avg odds 2.01

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal L D L D W

Athletic Bilbao D L W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Villarreal 5-1 Athletic Bilbao, 13 May 23 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Villarreal, 14 Apr 24 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.