BILBAO. Sevilla snatched a late win Athletic Club 1-0 after L. Ocampos scored a penalty (90′).

The match was played at the San Mamés Barria stadium in Bilbao on Thursday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández with the assistance of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Alberto Gómez Lameiro. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Athletic Club was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Sevilla that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sevilla was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sevilla won the match.​

Athletic Club shot 6 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sevilla shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards (Oihan Sancet, Yeray Álvarez and Raúl García). Talking about the opposition, Sevilla received 3 yellow cards (Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña and Lucas Ocampos).

Standings

After playing this match, Athletic Club will stay with 46 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Sevilla will have 41 points like Girona to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Athletic Club will play away with Mallorca on the 1st of May with a 12-5 head to head statistic in favor of Athletic Club (8 draws).

Sevilla will host Girona on the 1st of May with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Sevilla (0 draws).

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ernesto Valverde Tejedor decided to play with the following team: Unai Simón (6.8), Óscar de Marcos (7.2), Daniel Vivian (7.1), Yeray Álvarez (7.6), Yuri Berchiche (6.8), Ander Herrera (7.0), Dani García (7.2), Iñaki Williams (6.3), Oihan Sancet (6.9), Nico Williams (6.1) and Gorka Guruzeta (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ander Iru, Álex Berenguer (6.4), Malcom Ares, Julen Agirrezabala, Ander Capa, Raúl García (6.8), Aitor Paredes, Mikel Balenziaga, Unai Vencedor (6.6), Unai Gómez and Unai Gómez.

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 4 changes: Gorka Guruzeta for Alex Berenguer (66′), Iñaki Williams for Raúl García (80′), Ander Herrera for Unai Vencedor (81′) and Nico Williams for Malcom Ares Djalo (89′).

Best player: Yeray Álvarez​

The most impressive player for Athletic Club was Yeray Álvarez.

His rating is (7.6) with 55 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Sevilla – Formation

Also Sevilla adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria played with: Marko Dmitrović (6.6), Jesús Navas (6.8), Loïc Badé (6.9), Nemanja Gudelj (7.3), Marcos Acuña (7.3), Fernando (6.8), Ivan Rakitić (6.8), Lucas Ocampos (6.2), Suso (6.1), Erik Lamela (6.1) and Youssef En-Nesyri (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Matías Árbol, Bryan Gil (6.6), Óliver Torres, Papu Gómez (6.3), Karim Rekik, Alex Telles, Pape Gueye (6.6), Gonzalo Montiel (6.8), Jesús Corona, Bono and Rafa Mir.

Sevilla could not rely on the presence of Gonzalo Montiel (injured) and Alex Telles  (injured).

Substitutions

Sevilla made 5 changes: Erik Lamela for Bryan Gil (46′), Ivan Rakitic for Pape Alassane Gueye (55′), Suso for Alejandro Gómez (56′), Jesús Navas for Gonzalo Montiel (56′) and Marcos Acuña for Alex Telles (84′).

Best player: Marcos Acuña​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sevilla was Marcos Acuña even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 43 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Athletic Club – Sevilla – 0-1
• Valencia – Real Valladolid – 2-1
• Villarreal – Espanyol – 4-2