Athletic Club beats Las Palmas 1-0 with a late goal scored by U. Gómez. HIGHLIGHTS

BILBAO. Athletic Club snatched a late win Las Palmas 1-0 after U. Gómez scored just 1 goal (90').

December 21, 2023

BILBAO. Athletic Club snatched a late win Las Palmas 1-0 after U. Gómez scored just 1 goal (90′).

Gorka Guruzeta missed a penalty (40′) for Athletic Club.

The match was played at the San Mamés Barria stadium in Bilbao on Wednesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. In front of 39,471 spectators. The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera with the collaboration of Diego Barbero Sevilla and Miguel Martínez Munuera. The 4th official was Carlos Fernández Buergo. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.43 degrees Celsius or 50.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.

Match Statistics

Athletic Club

1 - 0

Las Palmas

51 Ball Possession 49

Shots

19 Total 5
10 On Target 1
7 Off Target 2
2 Shots blocked 2

144 Attack 109
58 Dangerous attack 76
82 Ball safe 88

1 Penalties 0
5 Corners 2
3 Off Sides 4

Fouls

12 Total 8
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

7 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Athletic Club was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Las Palmas that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Las Palmas had a more offensive attitude with 76 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, Athletic Club managed to find the solution to win this match.

Athletic Club shot 19 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Las Palmas shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Athletic Club received 1 yellow card (Iñaki Williams). Regarding the opposition, Las Palmas received 3 yellow cards (Máximo Perrone, Enzo Loiodice and Julián Araujo).

Match Timeline

31'

Marvin Park(VAR)

39'

Julián Araujo- Yellow

Gorka Guruzeta- missed penaltyGorka Guruzeta

40'

Álex Berenguer- sub ->Gorka Guruzeta

56'

Mikel Vesga- sub ->Marcelo Gaete

56'

59'

Sandro Ramírez- sub ->Sory Kaba

Unai Gómez- sub ->Oihan Sancet

66'

68'

Maximo Perrone- Yellow

78'

Nuke Mfulu- sub ->Marvin Park

Raúl García- sub ->Nico Williams

86'

Mikel Jauregizar- sub ->Beñat Prados

86'

90'

Alex Suárez- sub ->Munir El Haddadi

Unai Gómez(goal)

90'

Enzo Loiodice- Yellow

Iñaki Williams- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Athletic Club has 35 points like Atlético Madrid to sit in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Las Palmas will stays with 25 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Athletic Club will play away against Sevilla on the 3rd of January with a 21-13 head to head record in favor of Sevilla (8 draws).

Las Palmas will host FC Barcelona on the 3rd of January with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of FC Barcelona (3 draws).

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club

Unai Simón 1.Spain

7.1

Dani Vivian 3.Spain

7.0

Aitor Paredes 4.Spain

7.1

Iñigo Lekue 15.Spain

6.7

Yuri Berchiche 17.Spain

7.7

Oihan Sancet 8.Spain

7.3

66'

Iñaki Williams 9.Ghana

7.8

90'

Nico Williams 11.Spain

7.7

86'

Ander Herrera 21.Spain

7.3

56'

Beñat Prados 24.Spain

7.5

86'

Gorka Guruzeta 12.Spain

6.6

56'

Substitutes

Julen Agirrezabala 13.Spain

Imanol García de Albéniz 19.Spain

Peru Nolaskoain 23.Spain

Hugo Rincón 32.Spain

Mikel Vesga 6.Spain

6.4

56'

Raúl García 22.Spain

6.4

86'

Unai Gómez 30.Spain

7.9

66'

90'

Mikel Jauregizar 31.Spain

6.8

86'

Álex Berenguer 7.Spain

6.7

56'

Iker Muniain 10.Spain

Asier Villalibre 20.Spain

Malcom Adu 29.Spain

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 (7.1), Íñigo Lekue (6.7), Daniel Vivian (7.0), Aitor Paredes (7.1), Yuri Berchiche (7.7), Marcelo Gaete (7.3), Beñat Prados (7.5), Iñaki Williams (7.8), Oihan Sancet (7.3), Nico Williams (7.7) and Gorka Guruzeta (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Mikel Vesga (6.4), Álex Berenguer (6.7), Iker Muniain, Julen Agirrezabala, Imanol García de Albéniz, Asier Villalibre, Raúl García (6.4), Peru Nolaskoain Esnal, Malcom Ares, Unai Gómez (7.9), Mikel Jauregizar (6.8) and Hugo Rincón.

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: Gorka Guruzeta for Álex Berenguer (56′), Marcelo Gaete for Mikel Vesga (56′), Nico Williams for Raúl García (86′), Beñat Prados for Mikel Jauregizar (86′) and Oihan Sancet for Unai Gómez (66′).

Player of the match: Unai Gómez

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Athletic Club was Unai Gómez.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 8 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.

His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 66′.

Las Palmas – Formation

Las Palmas

Álvaro Valles 13.Spain

9.1

Álvaro Lemos 14.Spain

Mika Mármol 15.Spain

6.6

Saúl Coco 23.Equatorial Guinea

7.1

Sergi Cardona 3.Spain

7.0

Julián Araujo 28.Mexico

7.3

39'

Javier Muñoz 5.Spain

7.3

Maximo Perrone 8.Argentina

6.4

68'

Enzo Loiodice 12.France

7.0

90'

Munir El Haddadi 17.Morocco

7.5

90'

Marvin Park 2.Spain

6.1

78'

Sory Kaba 16.Guinea

6.6

59'

Substitutes

Aarón Escandell 1.Spain

Daley Sinkgraven 18.Netherlands

Alex Suárez 4.Spain

90'

Eric Curbelo 6.Spain

Pejiño 24.Spain

Benito Ramírez 11.Spain

Nuke Mfulu 22.DR Congo

6.6

78'

I. González 29.Spain

Cristian Herrera 7.Spain

Sandro Ramírez 9.Spain

6.7

59'

Marc Cardona 19.Spain

Las Palmas started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Francisco Javier García Pimienta played with: Álvaro Lemos, Álvaro Valles (9.1), Julián Araujo (7.3), Saúl Coco (7.1), Mika Mármol (6.6), Sergi Cardona (7.0), Marvin Park (6.1), Javier Muñoz (7.3), Máximo Perrone (6.4), Enzo Loiodice (7.0) and Munir El Haddadi (7.5), Sory Kaba (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Aarón Escandell, Alex Suárez, Eric Curbelo, Sandro Ramírez (6.7), Benito Ramírez, Marc Cardona, Omenuke Mfulu (6.6), Iñaki González, Alex Gonzalez, Daley Sinkgraven, Cristian Herrera and Pejiño.