Athletic Club vs Villarreal, 2025-26 LALIGA

· Spanish LALIGA

Athletic Club

84': Gorka Guruzeta

FT
1 - 2

Villarreal

26': Sergi Cardona
45'+5': Alfonso González

About

Athletic Club are hosting Villarreal at San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Attempt blocked. Alfon González (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergi Cardona.
3': Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Alfon González (Villarreal).
7': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
7': Nico Williams (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
9': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Gerard Moreno.
11': Attempt blocked. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gerard Moreno.
11': Attempt saved. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Unai Simón (Athletic Club). Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
11': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Unai Simón.
11': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Foul by Nico Williams (Athletic Club).
13': Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
13': Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Attempt missed. Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nico Williams.
17': Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Foul by Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club).
19': Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19': Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
19': Pau Navarro (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
22': Offside, Athletic Club. Yuri Berchiche is caught offside.
25': Foul by Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Club).
25': Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Goal! Athletic Club 0, Villarreal 1. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tani Oluwaseyi with a cross.
29': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Íñigo Lekue.
30': Attempt saved. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Unai Simón (Athletic Club). Assisted by Alfon González with a cross.
30': Delay in match because of an injury Gerard Moreno (Villarreal).
30': Delay in match because of an injury Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club).
33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
36': Handball by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta (Athletic Club).
37': Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
37': Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
38': Attempt blocked. Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
38': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
38': Attempt saved. Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal).
38': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
40': Delay in match because of an injury Luiz Júnior (Villarreal).
41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
42': Foul by Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club).
42': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
43': Foul by Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club).
45': Foul by Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club).
45': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Offside, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno is caught offside.
45': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
45'+4': Attempt saved. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Dani Vivian with a cross.
45'+5': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
45'+5': Goal! Athletic Club 0, Villarreal 2. Alfon González (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
45'+8': First Half ends, Athletic Club 0, Villarreal 2.
45': Substitution, Villarreal. Rafa Marín replaces Pau Navarro.
45': Second Half begins Athletic Club 0, Villarreal 2.
45': Substitution, Athletic Club. Andoni Gorosabel replaces Íñigo Lekue.
46': Attempt blocked. Nico Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iñaki Williams.
46': Attempt missed. Nico Williams (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mikel Jauregizar with a cross.
48': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
48': Attempt missed. Nico Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
49': Attempt blocked. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta.
49': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
50': Attempt saved. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by Unai Simón (Athletic Club). Assisted by Pape Gueye.
50': Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
52': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Nico Williams (Athletic Club).
55': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
55': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Dani Vivian.
59': Attempt missed. Alfon González (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
60': Attempt blocked. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andoni Gorosabel with a cross.
61': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Santi Comesaña.
61': Attempt blocked. Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico Williams.
61': Attempt blocked. Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
61': Attempt missed. Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
62': Offside, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan is caught offside.
63': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
63': Attempt saved. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta with a cross.
65': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Pape Gueye.
66': Substitution, Athletic Club. Robert Navarro replaces Nico Williams.
66': Substitution, Athletic Club. Alejandro Rego replaces Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta.
66': Substitution, Athletic Club. Alex Berenguer replaces Oihan Sancet.
69': Substitution, Villarreal. Nicolas Pépé replaces Alfon González.
69': Substitution, Villarreal. Georges Mikautadze replaces Tani Oluwaseyi.
70': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
71': Attempt blocked. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergi Cardona.
72': Handball by Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal).
74': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Rego (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
75': Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
75': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
76': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
76': Attempt saved. Robert Navarro (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal).
77': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
78': Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moleiro replaces Tajon Buchanan.
79': Attempt missed. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
80': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Andoni Gorosabel (Athletic Club).
81': Foul by Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club).
81': Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Substitution, Athletic Club. Nico Serrano replaces Iñaki Williams.
82': Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Pape Gueye.
82': Attempt saved. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Unai Simón (Athletic Club).
83': Attempt saved. Nico Serrano (Athletic Club) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Gorka Guruzeta.
83': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
83': Attempt blocked. Nico Serrano (Athletic Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
84': Goal! Athletic Club 1, Villarreal 2. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yuri Berchiche.
85': Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Robert Navarro (Athletic Club).
87': Foul by Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club).
87': Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Offside, Villarreal. Nicolas Pépé is caught offside.
89': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
90': VAR Decision: No Goal Athletic Club 1-2 Villarreal.
90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Foul by Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club).
90'+1': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Andoni Gorosabel (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Dani Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Foul by Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club).
90'+1': Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Foul by Alejandro Rego (Athletic Club).
90'+2': Dani Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze following a fast break.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Athletic Club 1, Villarreal 2.
0': Match ends, Athletic Club 1, Villarreal 2.

Statistics

VIL		ATH
8	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	15
5	Saves	5
39.2	Possession	60.8
12	SHOTS	18
6	ON GOAL	6
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
290	Accurate Passes	479
378	Passes	559
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	8
6	Crosses	48
0.5	Cross %	0.2
49	Long Balls	40
14	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	8
14	Effective Tackles	10
20	Tackles	14
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	12
55	Effective Clearances	10
55	Clearances	10

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: San Mamés
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Attendance: 42,981

LALIGA Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	38	+59	94
2	Real Madrid	38	+42	86
3	Villarreal	38	+26	72
4	Atlético Madrid	38	+18	69

Full Table

Line-Ups

Athletic Club (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Unai Simón (GK)
14	Aymeric Laporte
3	Dani Vivian
17	Yuri Berchiche
15	Iñigo Lekue
8	Oihan Sancet
16	Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
18	Mikel Jauregizar
11	Gorka Guruzeta
10	Nico Williams
9	Iñaki Williams

Athletic Club Substitutes:

Álex Padilla, Aitor Paredes, Unai Gómez, Adama Boiro, Nico Serrano, Robert Navarro, Andoni Gorosabel, Mikel Vesga, Urko Izeta, Yeray , Álex Berenguer, Alejandro Rego.

Villarreal (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Luiz Júnior (GK)
12	Renato Veiga
6	Pau Navarro
23	Sergi Cardona
15	Santiago Mouriño
18	Pape Gueye
14	Santi Comesaña
11	Alfonso González
17	Tajon Buchanan
21	Tani Oluwaseyi
7	Gerard Moreno

Villarreal Substitutes:

Alassane Diatta, Alex Freeman, Ayoze Pérez, Nicolas Pépé, Willy Kambwala, Rafa Marín, Alfonso Pedraza, Georges Mikautadze, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moleiro, Arnau Tenas.

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