Athletic Club

11th · La Liga · 9 points · Matches played: 7

18 points behind Barcelona · Table & Fixtures →

L90 Strength L90 Strength is LOAD90’s own club strength rating on a fixed 0–100 scale, built from its Elo rating. League Strength uses the mean Elo of a league's clubs and a separate league calibration, so the two scores are not directly comparable.

+3.1 is current form. We look at the goals the team scores and concedes and at the quality of its chances (expected goals, xG) over recent matches. If attack and defence are playing above what the Elo rating predicts, L90 Strength goes up for the forecast; if below, it goes down.

Base L90 Strength changed +5.6 over the last 5 matches; that is already inside the number. 55.2+3.1
World Rank 66th Global, by Elo
La Liga Rank 8th L90 Strength
Last ValenciaA xG 0.7–1.6 0–0 Next LevanteA 35%

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Our take

Mid-table strength, top-table form.

Athletic Club lean on a top-third defence, with a mid-table attack behind it. Across the 7 league matches with forecasts, their points total is close to our pre-match expectations. Gorka Guruzeta is out, and The toughest of the next 4 matches is the trip to Levante.

La Liga · 7 games. Their underlying numbers look slightly better than their results. Scoring fewer goals than their chances suggest is partly offset by conceding fewer than expected; good goalkeeping or poor finishing by opponents may explain the defensive gap.

They allow very few chances (10 shots a game against). Their results hold up much the same at home and away.

  • Relegation 2%Likely 9th · 51 projected points
  • Next 4: about 6 of 12 points Toughest at Levante · , 35% to win
  • 1 key player outGorka Guruzeta · 16% of squad weight missing
  • 9 pts vs 9.4 expected-0.4 vs pre-match expectations · 7 matches with forecasts

Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Athletic Club. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals for this club in each category.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses observed Playing style averages; window size is not xG coverage and the two metrics can have different denominators. Points minus xPts uses the same covered current-league matches and stored forecasts as Club strength, including labelled historical reconstructions.

Headlines

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking
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Season

League position and season results.

Overview

2026-2027
La LigaView table →
Position
11th/ 20
Points
91.29 PPG
Played
7
League gap
18pts behind leader
28.6%Win %
Wins2
Draws3
Losses2

Expected metrics · 7 of 7 matches covered

Goals For
71.00 / game
xG 10.35 3.35 fewer goals than expected. vs 7 goals
Goals Against
60.86 / game
xGA 8.87 2.87 fewer conceded than expected. vs 6 conceded
Goal Difference
+1+0.14 / game
xGD +1.48 Goal difference is 0.48 lower than expected. vs +1 GD
Clean Sheets
457% of games

League standings

La Liga · 2026-2027

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Full La Liga table, Athletic Club highlighted
#ClubRatingPWDLGDPtsForm
1– Barcelona 93 9900 +30 27
2– Atletico Madrid 81 9711 +11 22
3▲ Real Madrid 89 9702 +14 21
4▼ Real Betis 72 9612 +2 19
5▲ Real Sociedad 58 9513 +0 16
6▼ Sevilla 50 9423 -2 14
7– Alaves 48 9324 +3 11
8▲ Celta Vigo 54 9252 +3 11
9▼ Deportivo La Coruna 45 9252 +1 11
10▲ Osasuna 46 9324 -8 11
11▼ Athletic Club 55 7232 +1 9
12▼ Villarreal 67 9234 +0 9
13– Rayo Vallecano 58 8233 -5 9
14– Getafe 48 9234 -6 9
15▼ Espanyol 44 9225 -1 8
16▼ Racing Santander 41 9225 -12 8
17– Levante 48 8143 -4 7
18– Elche 44 9144 -6 7
19– Valencia 51 9135 -9 6
20– Malaga 41 9045 -12 4

20 clubs · ▲ Up · ▼ Down · – Unchanged · Since the start of the latest played matchweek.

League position over time

Position by matchweek

Higher is better. One point per matchweek; partial rounds are marked. Postponed games count when played. Hover, tap or focus a point for details.

View position history
Athletic Club league position by matchweek
MWResults through (UTC)PositionPtsP
227 Aug 20261902
331 Aug 20261233
6 · Partial17 Sep 2026975
720 Sep 20261086
8 · Partial12 Oct 20261086
919 Oct 20261197

Squad 32 players · this season, all competitions · 5 out

Top scorer
Robert Navarro2 goals
Most assists
I. Williams2 assists
Injured
Best rated
Aitor Paredes7.38 avg rating
Most minutes
Unai Simón630 min
Key to the model
Unai SimónStarter · weight 1.95
PlayerAgeAppsMinGARatingModel role
Goalkeepers
Unai Simón 29 7 (7) 630 0 0 7.04 starter
Á. Padilla 23 0 (0) 0 0 0 — depth
Mikel Santos 21 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Defenders
A. Laporte 32 7 (6) 572 0 0 7.13 starter
Yuri 36 5 (5) 446 0 0 6.40 starter
Aitor Paredes 26 5 (4) 388 1 0 7.38 rotation
Jesús Areso 27 6 (4) 370 0 0 6.68 rotation
Yeray 31 4 (4) 316 0 1 6.68 starter
J. Louis-Jean 22 6 (3) 232 0 0 6.93 rotation
Hugo Rincón 23 3 (2) 196 0 0 6.72 rotation
Adama Boiro 24 1 (0) 20 0 0 6.20 rotation
Unai Eguíluz injured 24 0 (0) 0 0 0 — depth
Andoni Gorosabel 30 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
I. Monreal Agundez 21 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Dani Vivian injured 27 0 (0) 0 0 0 — rotation
Beñat Prados 25 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Midfielders
Oihan Sancet 26 6 (6) 515 1 0 6.81 starter
Beñat Gerenabarrena 23 6 (5) 418 0 0 6.46 starter
Robert Navarro 24 6 (5) 407 2 0 7.13 rotation
Ruíz de Galarreta 33 6 (5) 350 0 1 6.96 starter
Peio Canales injured 21 5 (3) 310 0 0 6.65 rotation
Mikel Jauregizar 22 6 (2) 257 0 0 6.83 starter
Alejandro Rego Mora 23 1 (0) 27 0 0 6.74 rotation
Selton Sánchez — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — depth
Forwards
I. Williams injured 32 7 (7) 455 0 2 6.46 rotation
Álex Berenguer 31 7 (3) 370 1 0 6.79 starter
Nico Williams 24 6 (4) 364 1 0 7.12 rotation
Gorka Guruzeta injured 30 5 (2) 178 0 0 6.54 starter
Maroan Sannadi 25 4 (0) 91 0 0 6.33 depth
Álvaro Djaló 27 1 (0) 9 0 0 6.50 depth
Nico Serrano 23 1 (0) 4 0 0 6.30 depth
A. Hierro — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —

Stats are this season in all competitions. Model role is how much the availability model weighs each player before the trip to Levante: core, starter, rotation or depth, from several seasons of minutes and ratings.

Performance

Strength, recent form and playing style.

Strength La Liga · 20 clubs

L90 Strength8th of 20
55 Elo 1677 · World #66
Current Strength
53 With absences before 21 Oct: -16 Elo
Attack9th of 20
51 Scores 1.56 per match against an average top-five side
Defence5th of 20
64 Concedes 1.34 per match against an average top-five side

In forecast League average

L90 Strength comes from Elo; Attack and Defence from goals scored and conceded, expected goals (xG) and shots on target, all on fixed 0–100 scales shared by every league. These are the numbers the forecast uses.

Strong at both ends Defence first Attack first Struggling Attack → Defence → Barcelona: attack 97, defence 92, L90 Strength 93 Atletico Madrid: attack 82, defence 87, L90 Strength 81 Real Madrid: attack 89, defence 85, L90 Strength 89 Real Betis: attack 79, defence 59, L90 Strength 72 Real Sociedad: attack 62, defence 48, L90 Strength 58 Sevilla: attack 48, defence 57, L90 Strength 50 Alaves: attack 48, defence 55, L90 Strength 48 Celta Vigo: attack 36, defence 61, L90 Strength 54 Deportivo La Coruna: attack 40, defence 57, L90 Strength 45 Osasuna: attack 50, defence 50, L90 Strength 46 Athletic Club: attack 51, defence 64, L90 Strength 55 Villarreal: attack 76, defence 73, L90 Strength 67 Rayo Vallecano: attack 61, defence 60, L90 Strength 58 Getafe: attack 27, defence 59, L90 Strength 48 Espanyol: attack 36, defence 51, L90 Strength 44 Racing Santander: attack 42, defence 22, L90 Strength 41 Levante: attack 55, defence 41, L90 Strength 48 Elche: attack 39, defence 51, L90 Strength 44 Valencia: attack 39, defence 52, L90 Strength 51 Malaga: attack 28, defence 31, L90 Strength 41
Every La Liga club on the Attack and Defence scales. Dashed lines are the league average. Tap a crest to open that club.

Form last 5 for the index · last 7 listed

70
Form index · 7th of 20 in league
Points, last 5
9
Median top-5 club
6.6
Own forecasts
7.4 +1.6
Table11th L90 Strength8th Form7th

Lower in the table than their strength suggests.

Form compares points with what a median top-five club (L90 Strength 50) would take from the same fixtures, so wins over strong sides count for more; 50 is a typical run. "Own forecasts" is the gap to this club's pre-match expectations. Form is context: in our tests it did not improve the forecast.

  • D17 OctA · Valencia0–01.4 xPts
  • D19 SepH · Alaves0–01.6 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Elche1–12.0 xPts
  • W5 SepH · Atletico Madrid3–01.3 xPts
  • W30 AugA · Celta Vigo2–01.1 xPts
  • L27 AugA · Barcelona0–20.4 xPts
  • L22 AugH · Sevilla1–31.7 xPts

Trends last 7, all competitions

Scored 4/7
Clean sheet 4/7
Conceded 2+ 2/7
Over 2.5 2/7
Both teams scored 2/7

Playing style vs La Liga average

BILLeagueRank
Goals scored 1.17 1.54 15th
Goals conceded 1.00 1.55 3rd
xG 1.62 1.45 6th
xG allowed 1.22 1.46 7th
Scored in 67% 75% 10th
Clean sheets 50% 25% 1st
BILLeagueRank
Shots 15.67 13.43 6th
Shots on target 5.60 4.90 6th
On target share 30% 35% 16th
Box share 63% 59% 6th
Conversion 7% 11% 17th
BILLeagueRank
Shots allowed 9.50 13.36 2nd
On target allowed 4.40 4.92 8th
Blocks 2.00 3.56 19th
Save rate 81% 69% 1st
BILLeagueRank
Possession 53% 50% 5th
Passes 482 456 7th
Pass accuracy 85% 84% 10th
BILLeagueRank
Fouls 11.17 12.30 7th
Fouls suffered 11.33 12.30 17th
Yellow cards 2.00 2.17 8th
Red cards 0.17 0.11 15th
This league season, per match · 6 games. Rank among 20 clubs; for conceded, allowed, fouls and cards the lowest ranks 1st.
BILLeagueRank
Goals scored 1.00 1.56 16th
Goals conceded 1.40 1.55 8th
xG 1.46 1.44 7th
xG allowed 1.13 1.43 3rd
Scored in 60% 76% 15th
Clean sheets 30% 22% 2nd
BILLeagueRank
Shots 15.10 13.43 6th
Shots on target 5.11 4.92 8th
On target share 31% 35% 17th
Box share 68% 60% 2nd
Conversion 7% 11% 19th
BILLeagueRank
Shots allowed 9.20 13.15 2nd
On target allowed 4.44 4.91 6th
Blocks 1.86 3.45 19th
Save rate 69% 68% 10th
BILLeagueRank
Possession 49% 50% 12th
Passes 430 450 12th
Pass accuracy 83% 84% 12th
BILLeagueRank
Fouls 12.30 12.32 10th
Fouls suffered 9.90 12.28 20th
Yellow cards 1.60 2.11 4th
Red cards 0.10 0.11 6th
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 games. Rank among 20 clubs; for conceded, allowed, fouls and cards the lowest ranks 1st.

Home and away this league season

Home1.25pts per game1-2-1 · 1.2–1.0 goals · 4 games
Away1.33pts per game1-1-1 · 0.7–0.7 goals · 3 games

Goal timing this league season · 6 games

1 0-15
2 16-30
1 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 61-75
2 1 76-90

scored conceded, per 15 minutes

In forecastVia Att/DefContextLeague average

Possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Goals, xG and shots on target feed the Attack and Defence ratings. The rest describes how the team plays and does not change the forecast.

Team rankings La Liga · 7 games · rank of 20

Attack

GF 7 17th / 20
GF/G 1.00 17th / 20
xG/G 1.62 6th / 20
G − xG -0.62 19th / 20

Defence

GA 6 1st / 20
GA/G 0.86 2nd / 20
xGA/G 1.22 7th / 20
xGA − GA +0.36 3rd / 20

Overall

Pts 9 11th / 20
xPts 9.4 18th / 20
PPG 1.29 7th / 20
TR 6.92 5th / 20
GD +1 7th / 20
xGD +2.8 5th / 20
W 2 9th / 20
L 2 3rd / 20

Scorelines

  • 0–0×2
  • 1–3×1
  • 0–2×1
  • 2–0×1
  • 3–0×1
  • 1–1×1

Goals per game both teams

29% 0
0% 1
43% 2
14% 3
14% 4
0% 5+

Totals club · league

Over 1.5
71%76%
Over 2.5
29%56%
Over 3.5
14%39%
Both scored
29%59%
Clean sheet
57%25%
Failed to score
43%25%
ClubLeague average

This league season only. xPts adds up our pre-match win and draw chances (pure EloLambda, the same numbers as Form). xG and TR come from match data and describe the season so far; none of these rankings change the forecast directly.