Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, December 16, 2023
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Match Report

Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images

Athletic Club beat Atletico to close on UCL spots

Gorka Guruzeta and Nico Williams scored second-half goals to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Saturday, lifting the Basque side up the LaLiga table to two points from the Champions League spots.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
4
62
Possession
38
7
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
538
Accurate Passes
284
631
Passes
386
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
55
33
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
5
10
Effective Clearances
26
10
Clearances
26

Highlights

01:12 Guruzeta sweeps home to put Athletic Club 1-0 up on Atletico Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Aitor ParedesCD-L
  3. 3Dani VivianCD-R
  4. 17Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 15Iñigo LekueRB
  6. 8Oihan SancetAM
  7. 24Beñat PradosLM
  8. 21Ander HerreraRM
  9. 12Gorka GuruzetaF
  10. 11Nico WilliamsAM-L
  11. 9Iñaki WilliamsAM-R

ATM · 3-5-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 20Axel WitselCD
  3. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  4. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-R
  5. 8Saúl ÑíguezCM-L
  6. 14Marcos LlorenteCM-R
  7. 6KokeAM
  8. 12Samuel LinoLM
  9. 16Nahuel MolinaRM
  10. 19Álvaro MorataCF-L
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Penalty missed. Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) right footed shot is just a bit too high.
  2. 45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo De Paul replaces Nahuel Molina.
  3. 45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. José Giménez replaces Çaglar Söyüncü.
  4. 49' Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Atletico Madrid 0. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ander Herrera following a corner.
  6. 59' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  7. 60' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Memphis Depay replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
  8. 64' Goal! Athletic Club 2, Atletico Madrid 0. Nico Williams (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Íñigo Lekue with a through ball.
  9. 67' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. César Azpilicueta replaces Álvaro Morata.
  10. 77' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Beñat Prados.
  11. 85' Substitution, Athletic Club. Unai Gómez replaces Oihan Sancet.
  12. 85' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Jauregizar replaces Iñaki Williams.
  13. 90' Substitution, Athletic Club. Alex Berenguer replaces Nico Williams.

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