Athletic Club defeated Sevilla with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

SEVILLA. Athletic Club had a surprising win over Sevilla with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Vesga (30') and a goal from A. Paredes (76').

John Ross

January 5, 2024

SEVILLA. Athletic Club had a surprising win over Sevilla with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Vesga (30′) and a goal from A. Paredes (76′). Sevilla was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).

The match was played at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Sevilla on Thursday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. In front of 28,336 spectators. The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez with the assistance of Raúl Cabañero Martínez and Juan José López Mir. The 4th official was Manuel Ángel Pérez Hernández. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.73 degrees Celsius or 74.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.

Match Statistics

Sevilla

0 - 2

Athletic Club

! 61 Ball Possession 39

Shots

11 Total 15
2 On Target 6
7 Off Target 6
2 Shots blocked 3

125 Attack 111
65 Dangerous attack 48
77 Ball safe 75

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

10 Total 14
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sevilla had a strong ball possession 61% while Athletic Club was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sevilla was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Athletic Club found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Sevilla shot 11 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Athletic Club shot 15 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sevilla received 3 yellow cards (Ivan Rakitić, Marcão and Djibril Sow). On the other side, Athletic Club received 1 yellow card (Raúl García).

Match Timeline

30'

Mikel Vesga(goal)Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta

Djibril Sow- Yellow

36'

41'

Adnan Januzaj- sub ->Loïc Badé

65'

Tanguy Nianzou- sub ->Juanlu Sánchez

65'

Óliver Torres- sub ->Djibril Sow

65'

69'

Ander Herrera - sub ->Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta

69'

Beñat Prados- sub ->Oihan Sancet

74'

Raúl García- sub ->Gorka Guruzeta

74'

Unai Gómez- sub ->Mikel Vesga

75'

76'

Aitor Paredes(goal)Marcelo Gaete

80'

Malcom Adu- sub ->Nico Williams

Marcão- sub ->Adrià Pedrosa

80'

Marcão- Yellow

86'

90'

Raúl García- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Sevilla stays with 16 points like Celta de Vigo to hold in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Athletic Club will has 38 points like Atlético Madrid to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Sevilla will host Deportivo Alavés on the 14th of January with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Sevilla (5 draws).

Athletic Club will host Real Sociedad on the 14th of January with a 13-12 head to head record in favor of Athletic Club (9 draws).

Sevilla – Formation

Sevilla

Marko Dmitrović 1.Serbia

6.7

Adrià Pedrosa 3.Spain

6.8

80'

Sergio Ramos 4.Spain

7.5

Juanlu Sánchez 26.Spain

7.5

65'

Kike Salas 27.Spain

7.3

Loïc Badé 22.France

7.3

65'

Nemanja Gudelj 6.Serbia

6.8

41'

Suso 7.Spain

7.9

Djibril Sow 18.Switzerland

6.6

65'

36'

Boubakary Soumaré 24.France

Lucas Ocampos 5.Argentina

7.3

Rafa Mir 9.Spain

6.4

Substitutes

Alberto Flores 31.Spain

Matías Árbol 33.Spain

Federico Gattoni 2.Argentina

Tanguy Nianzou 14.France

6.8

65'

Marcão 23.Brazil

6.8

80'

86'

Darío Benavides 29.Spain

Lulo Dasilva 39.Spain

I. Rakitić 10.Croatia

7.1

41'

75'

Óliver Torres 21.Spain

6.8

65'

Adnan Januzaj 25.Belgium

6.7

65'

Manu Bueno 28.Spain

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

The manager Enrique Sánchez Flores decided to play with the following team: B. Soumaré, M. Dmitrović (6.7), Juanlu Sánchez (7.5), Loïc Badé (7.3), Sergio Ramos (7.5), Kike Salas (7.3), Adrià Pedrosa (6.8), Djibril Sow (6.6), Nemanja Gudelj (6.8), Suso (7.9), Lucas Ocampos (7.3) and Rafa Mir (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ivan Rakitić (7.1), Federico Gattoni, Tanguy Nianzou (6.8), Óliver Torres (6.8), Marcão (6.8), Adnan Januzaj (6.7), Manu Bueno, Darío Benavides, Alberto Flores, Matías Árbol and Lulo Dasilva.

Sevilla could not rely on the presence of Ivan Rakitić (injured).

Substitutions

Sevilla made 5 changes: Nemanja Gudelj for I. Rakitić (41′), Djibril Sow for Óliver Torres (65′), Juanlu Sánchez for T. Nianzou (65′), Loïc Badé for A. Januzaj (65′) and Adrià Pedrosa for Marcão (80′).

Player of the match: Suso

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sevilla was Suso.

His rating is 7.9 with 62 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 10 crosses.

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club

Unai Simón 1.Spain

6.4

Dani Vivian 3.Spain

7.0

Aitor Paredes 4.Spain

8.1

76'

Iñigo Lekue 15.Spain

6.8

Yuri Berchiche 17.Spain

7.5

Mikel Vesga 6.Spain

7.5

74'

30'

Álex Berenguer 7.Spain

7.3

Oihan Sancet 8.Spain

7.5

69'

Nico Williams 11.Spain

6.7

80'

Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta 16.Spain

7.3

69'

Gorka Guruzeta 12.Spain

7.1

74'

Substitutes

Julen Agirrezabala 13.Spain

Beñat Prados 24.Spain

6.4

69'

Óscar de Marcos 18.Spain

Imanol García de Albéniz 19.Spain

Peru Nolaskoain 23.Spain

Ander Herrera 21.Spain

7.5

69'

Raúl García 22.Spain

6.6

74'

90'

Unai Gómez 30.Spain

6.7

74'

Mikel Jauregizar 31.Spain

Iker Muniain 10.Spain

Asier Villalibre 20.Spain

Malcom Adu 29.Spain

6.7

80'

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

Ernesto Valverde Tejedor played with: Unai Simón (6.4), Íñigo Lekue (6.8), Daniel Vivian (7.0), Aitor Paredes (8.1), Yuri Berchiche (7.5), Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (7.3), Mikel Vesga (7.5), Álex Berenguer (7.3), Oihan Sancet (7.5), Nico Williams (6.7), Gorka Guruzeta (7.1).

They had on the bench: Beñat Prados (6.4), Iker Muniain, Julen Agirrezabala, Óscar de Marcos, Imanol García de Albéniz, Asier Villalibre, Marcelo Gaete (7.5), Raúl García (6.6), Peru Nolaskoain Esnal, Malcom Ares (6.7), Unai Gómez (6.7) and Mikel Jauregizar.

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta for Marcelo Gaete (69′), Gorka Guruzeta for Raúl García (74′), Nico Williams for Malcom Ares (80′), Mikel Vesga for Unai Gómez (74′) and Oihan Sancet for Beñat Prados (69′).