Athletic Club snatches a 2-1 win against Elche. HIGHLIGHTS

BILBAO. Athletic Club beat Elche to win 2-1. A goal from J. was decisive in the 90min.

April 4, 2022

BILBAO. Athletic Club beat Elche to win 2-1. A goal from J. was decisive in the 90min. It was Athletic Club to strike first with a goal of A. Berenguer at the 32′. Then A. Villalibre scored again for Athletic Club in the 86′ minute. Eventually, Josan reduced the distance for Elche (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the San Mamés Barria stadium in Bilbao on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Jorge Figueroa Vázquez with the collaboration of Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Álvaro Yeray Carreño Cabrera. The 4th official was Marta Huerta de Aza. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7 degrees Celsius or 44.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.

Match Statistics

Athletic Club

2 - 1

Elche

48 Ball Possession 52

Shots

17 Total 5
7 On Target 2
10 Off Target 3
2 Shots blocked 1

123 Attack 104
61 Dangerous attack 28
87 Ball safe 93

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 4
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

14 Total 16
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Athletic Club was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Elche that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Athletic Club was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Athletic Club won the match.

Athletic Club shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Elche shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards (M. Vesga and U. Nunez). On the other side, Elche received 4 yellow cards (P. Bigas, I. Marcone, G. Carrillo and Josan).

Match Timeline

18'

Álex Berenguer(goal)Y. Berchiche

32'

48'

Pedro Bigas- Yellow

Mikel Vesga- Yellow

50'

56'

58'

Josan- sub ->Tete Morente

58'

59'

61'

65'

Raúl García- sub ->O. Sancet

65'

67'

Josan- Yellow

74'

Nico Williams- sub ->A. Berenguer

75'

Asier Villalibre- sub ->I. Williams

75'

Asier Villalibre(goal)R. Garcia

86'

88'

90'

Josan(goal)G. Gumbau

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Athletic Club will have 44 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Elche will stay with 32 points like Getafe to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Athletic Club will host Granada on the 26th of November with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Athletic Club (4 draws).

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club

Unai Simón 1.Spain

6.4

Óscar de Marcos 18.Spain

6.5

88'

Yuri Berchiche 17.Spain

7.6

Unai Núñez 3.Spain

6.8

90'

Dani Vivian 12.Spain

6.6

Mikel Vesga 6.Spain

6.8

65'

50'

Unai Vencedor 16.Spain

6.7

Iker Muniain 10.Spain

7.0

Álex Berenguer 7.Spain

8.0

75'

32'

Oihan Sancet 8.Spain

7.3

65'

Iñaki Williams 9.Ghana

7.4

75'

Substitutes

Jokin Ezkieta 13.Spain

Ander Capa 21.Spain

Álex Petxa 2.Spain

6.7

65'

Mikel Balenziaga 24.Spain

Raúl García 22.Spain

7.1

65'

Oier Zarraga 19.Spain

6.4

88'

Asier Villalibre 20.Spain

7.2

75'

86'

Nico Serrano 33.Spain

Nico Williams 30.Spain

6.8

75'

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

The manager Marcelino García Toral decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: M. Vesga for A. Petxa (65′), O. Sancet for R. Garcia (65′), A. Berenguer for N. Williams (75′), I. Williams for A. Villalibre (75′) and O. de Marcos for O. Zarraga (88′).

Elche – Formation

Elche

Edgar Badia 13.Spain

6.9

Pedro Bigas 6.Spain

6.5

48'

H. Palacios 14.Colombia

7.1

Lucas Olaza 12.Uruguay

6.8

Diego González 4.Spain

6.2

Iván Marcone 23.Argentina

6.8

58'

56'

Fidel 16.Spain

6.5

74'

Gerard Gumbau 2.Spain

7.1

Tete Morente 11.Spain

6.1

58'

Pere Milla 10.Spain

6.2

59'

Lucas Boyé 9.Argentina

6.5

18'

Substitutes

Kiko Casilla 1.Spain

Carles Marco 27.Spain

Gonzalo Verdú 5.Spain

E. Roco 3.Chile

Johan Mojica 22.Colombia

Raúl Guti 8.Spain

6.1

58'

Kike Pérez 24.Spain

Omar Mascarell 21.Spain

Josan 17.Spain

7.1

58'

67'

90'

Pablo Piatti 20.Argentina

6.4

74'

Guido Carrillo 7.Argentina

6.5

59'

61'

Ezequiel Ponce 18.Argentina

7.2

18'

Also Elche adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez played with: .

Elche could not rely on the presence of E. Ponce (injured).

Substitutions

Elche made 5 changes: L. Boye for E. Ponce (18′), Tete Morente for Josan (58′), I. Marcone for R. Guti (58′), P. Milla for G. Carrillo (59′) and Fidel for P. Piatti (74′).