BILBAO. Athletic Club was ultimately too good for Almería with the goal of Gorka Guruzeta (10′), Dani García (63′) and Oihan Sancet (81′). Athletic Club capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the San Mamés Barria stadium in Bilbao on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 43,677 spectators.​ The referee was Víctor García Verdura with the support of Joan Méndez Mateo and Julián Villaseñor Julián. The 4th official was Alberto Fuente Martín. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.88 degrees Celsius or 80.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Athletic Club had a superior ball possession 60% while Almería was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Athletic Club was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Athletic Club won the match​.

Athletic Club shot 23 times, 9 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Almería shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards (Óscar de Marcos and Marcelo Gaete). Regarding the opposition, Almería didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this contest, Athletic Club will have 17 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Almería will stay with 3 points to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Athletic Club will host Valencia on the 29th of October with a 14-13 head to head stats in favor of Valencia (14 draws).

Almería will host Las Palmas on the 29th of October with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Almería (9 draws).

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ernesto Valverde Tejedor decided to play with the following team: Unai Simón (7.3), Óscar de Marcos (8.2), Daniel Vivian (7.9), Yeray Álvarez (6.8), Yuri Berchiche (8.5), Marcelo Gaete (7.5), Dani García (7.3), Iñaki Williams (8.1), Oihan Sancet (7.5), Nico Williams (8.8) and Gorka Guruzeta (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Aitor Paredes (6.7), Álex Berenguer, Iker Muniain (7.0), Julen Agirrezabala, Íñigo Lekue, Imanol García de Albéniz, Asier Villalibre (6.7), Raúl García, Beñat Prados (6.7), Malcom Ares and Unai Gómez (7.0).

Athletic Club could not rely on the presence of Aitor Paredes (injured) and Beñat Prados (injured).

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: Yeray Álvarez for Aitor Paredes (8′), Marcelo Gaete for Beñat Prados (75′), Dani García for Iker Muniain (83′), Oihan Sancet for Unai Gómez (83′) and Gorka Guruzeta for Asier Villalibre (75′).

Best player: Nico Williams​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Athletic Club was Nico Williams even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.8) with 29 passes (76% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 23. He performed 11 crosses.

Almería – Formation

Almería started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).

Vicente Moreno Peris played with: Edgar González, Luís Maximiano (7.8), Houboulang Mendes (6.6), Kaiky (6.4), Chumi (6.4), Sergio Akieme (6.3), Adrián Embarba (6.3), Dion Lopy (7.7), Iddrisu Baba (6.4), Largie Ramazani (6.8) and Ibrahima Kone (6.7), Gonzalo Melero (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sergio Arribas (6.4), Diego Mariño, Arnau Puigmal (6.3), Léo Baptistão, Fernando Martínez, Lázaro (6.8), Alejandro Pozo (6.3), Álex Centelles, César Montes, Marcos Pena, Marko Milovanović and Marciano Sanca (6.8).

Substitutions

Almería made 5 changes: Iddrisu Baba for Arnau Puigmal (82′), Ibrahima Kone for Marciano Sanca (68′), Gonzalo Melero for Sergio Arribas (68′), Houboulang Mendes for Alejandro Pozo (68′) and Largie Ramazani for Lázaro (77′).

Best player: Luís Maximiano​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Almería was the goalkeeper: Luís Maximiano. His rating is 7.75. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Athletic Club – Almería – 3-0