Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Atlético Madrid WLWWW 1
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Athletic Club DLWWW 0
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ATM101
ATH000
San Mamés · 44,687 att.

Match Report

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Fernando Torres scores winner as Atletico Madrid keep pace in title race

Fernando Torres again proved his worth to Atletico Madrid by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao to keep the pressure on Barcelona.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
31.9
Possession
68.1
8
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
578
323
Passes
687
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
9
13
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
71
23
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
20
25
Tackles
30
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
8
31
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 16Xabier EtxeitaCD-L
  3. 2Eneko BóvedaCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 10Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 22Raúl GarcíaAM
  7. 7Beñat LM
  8. 6Mikel San JoséRM
  9. 21Borja VigueraF
  10. 19Iker MuniainAM-L
  11. 14Markel SusaetaAM-R

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 20JuanfranRB
  6. 6KokeCM-L
  7. 12Augusto FernándezCM-R
  8. 17Saúl ÑíguezLM
  9. 22Thomas ParteyRM
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-L
  11. 9Fernando TorresCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Lucas Hernández replaces Diego Godín because of an injury.
  2. 38' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Atlético de Madrid 1. Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  3. 59' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iñaki Williams replaces Muniain.
  4. 62' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Yannick Carrasco replaces Thomas Partey.
  5. 66' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iturraspe replaces Etxeita.
  6. 73' Substitution, Athletic Club. Íñigo Lekue replaces Markel Susaeta.

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