La Liga Gameweek 17 Mon, Dec 22 2025 · 20:00 San Mamés Barria, Bilbao
Athletic Club
1–2 Full time · HT 1–1 xG 1.37 – 0.90
Espanyol
  • Álex Berenguer 38’
  • 44’ Carlos Romero
  • 52’ Pere Milla
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Espanyol come from behind to beat Athletic Club

Athletic Club entered as narrow favourites and led 1–0 after 38 minutes through a Berenguer goal. But Romero and Milla scored to turn it around for Espanyol, who won 2–1. Espanyol won despite the lower xG; Athletic Club created the better chances (1.37 vs 0.90). On the chances created, Athletic Club deserved more: 1.7 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Athletic Club45%
Draw28%
Espanyol ✓27%

Model vs reality

Athletic Club goals
1
Model 1.45 · xG 1.37
Espanyol goals
2
Model 1.07 · xG 0.90
Total goals
3
Model 2.52 · xG 2.27
Score 1–2
7%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 46%
Both scored
Yes
Model 51%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchCarlos RomeroEspanyol · 1 goal
8.3
  • RefereeMateo Busquets Ferrer
  • VenueSan Mamés Barria
  • Table before kick-offAthletic Club 8th · Espanyol 5th

Timeline

  1. Ruíz de GalarretaYellow card · Tripping
    28’
  2. Nico WilliamsYellow card · Foul
    33’
  3. Álex Berenguer 1–0
    38’
  4. Carlos Romero 1–1
    44’
  5. Andoni GorosabelYellow card · Tripping
    45+1’
  6. Half time · 1–1
  7. Pere Milla 1–2Assist T. Dolan
    52’
  8. ⇄ Jofre CarrerasFor Pere Milla
    57’
  9. ⇄ Gorka GuruzetaFor Nico Williams
    57’
  10. ⇄ Alejandro Rego MoraFor Ruíz de Galarreta
    57’
  11. ⇄ Kike GarcíaFor Pol Lozano
    72’
  12. ⇄ Unai GómezFor Adama Boiro
    76’
  13. ⇄ Jesús AresoFor Andoni Gorosabel
    76’
  14. Urko GonzálezYellow card · Holding
    77’
  15. ⇄ Robert NavarroFor I. Williams
    79’
  16. Alejandro Rego MoraYellow card · Tripping
    80’
  17. ⇄ José SalinasFor T. Dolan
    83’
  18. ⇄ Rubén SánchezFor Edu Expósito
    83’
  19. ⇄ C. RiedelFor Carlos Romero
    84’
  20. C. RiedelYellow card · Holding
    86’
  21. Full time · 1–2

Team stats

Athletic Club17 shots · 12 in box, 5 outside
Espanyol10 shots · 5 in box, 5 outside
Athletic ClubEspanyol
65% Possession 35%
1.37 Expected goals (xG) 0.90
1.71 Expected points (xPts) 1.02
17 Shots 10
7 Shots on target 5
4 Shots off target 3
6 Blocked shots 2
12 Shots inside the box 5
5 Shots outside the box 5
523 Passes 282
84% Pass accuracy 70%
7 Corners 4
3 Goalkeeper saves 6
8 Fouls 5
0 Offsides 1
4 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
6.57 Team rating 7.08

Line-ups

Athletic Club 4-2-3-1

17.2 Unai Simón(G)
195.3 Adama Boiro ↓76’ 46.6 Aitor Paredes 156.2 Lekue 26.3 Andoni Gorosabel ↓76’
186.9 Mikel Jauregizar 166.2 Ruíz de Galarreta ↓57’
106.2 Nico Williams ↓57’ 86.5 Oihan Sancet 78.2 Álex Berenguer
96.2 I. Williams ↓79’
  • 1Unai Simón (G)7.2
  • 19Adama Boiro↓76’5.3
  • 4Aitor Paredes6.6
  • 15Lekue6.2
  • 2Andoni Gorosabel↓76’6.3
  • 18Mikel Jauregizar6.9
  • 16Ruíz de Galarreta↓57’6.2
  • 10Nico Williams↓57’6.2
  • 8Oihan Sancet6.5
  • 7Álex Berenguer8.2
  • 9I. Williams↓79’6.2

Substitutes used

  • 30Alejandro Rego Mora↑57’6.3
  • 11Gorka Guruzeta↑57’6.2
  • 12Jesús Areso↑76’7.0
  • 23Robert Navarro↑79’6.7
  • 20Unai Gómez↑76’6.9

Unused: Á. Padilla, I. Monreal Agundez, Selton Sánchez, Nico Serrano, Mikel Vesga, Urko Izeta

Espanyol 4-2-3-1

138.0 M. Dmitrović(G)
228.3★ Carlos Romero ↓84’ 66.3 L. Cabrera 56.9 F. Calero Villa 237.0 O. El Hilali
106.6 Pol Lozano ↓72’ 46.9 Urko González
117.0 Pere Milla ↓57’ 87.3 Edu Expósito ↓83’ 247.3 T. Dolan A↓83’
96.7 R. Fernández Jaén
  • 13M. Dmitrović (G)8.0
  • 22Carlos Romero ★↓84’8.3
  • 6L. Cabrera6.3
  • 5F. Calero Villa6.9
  • 23O. El Hilali7.0
  • 10Pol Lozano↓72’6.6
  • 4Urko González6.9
  • 11Pere Milla↓57’7.0
  • 8Edu Expósito↓83’7.3
  • 24T. DolanA↓83’7.3
  • 9R. Fernández Jaén6.7

Substitutes used

  • 17Jofre Carreras↑57’6.7
  • 19Kike García↑72’6.6
  • 2Rubén Sánchez↑83’6.3
  • 12José Salinas↑83’6.5
  • 38C. Riedel↑84’6.5

Unused: Ángel Fortuño, Pol Tristán, Miguel Rubio, Antoniu Roca, L. Koleosho, Javi Hernández, Ferran Gomez

Player stats

Top rated
Carlos RomeroEspanyol8.3
2nd
Álex BerenguerAthletic Club8.2
3rd
M. DmitrovićEspanyol8.0

Athletic Club

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Unai Simón G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 93% 27 1 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
Adama Boiro D 76 0 0 0 (0) 0 85% 41 1 2 0/3 0/0 5.3
Aitor Paredes D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 89% 66 1 1 0/0 0/1 6.6
Lekue D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 64 1 1 1/2 1/0 6.2
Andoni Gorosabel D 76 0 0 1 (1) 1 90% 42 0 1 1/1 1/2 6.3
Mikel Jauregizar M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 81% 58 3 1 0/0 1/1 6.9
Ruíz de Galarreta M 57 0 0 1 (0) 0 73% 33 0 0 1/2 0/0 6.2
Nico Williams F 57 0 0 1 (1) 2 90% 21 2 1 0/4 2/1 6.2
Oihan Sancet M 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 80% 45 0 0 0/1 3/2 6.5
Álex Berenguer F 90 1 0 3 (3) 2 81% 47 1 1 2/3 0/1 8.2
I. Williams F 79 0 0 1 (1) 1 63% 19 0 1 0/1 0/0 6.2
Alejandro Rego Mora M 33 0 0 1 (1) 0 76% 25 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.3
Gorka Guruzeta F 33 0 0 1 (0) 0 100% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
Jesús Areso D 14 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 14 0 0 1/1 0/0 7.0
Robert Navarro M 11 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 5 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.7
Unai Gómez M 14 0 0 1 (0) 0 92% 12 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.9

Espanyol

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Dmitrović G 90 0 0 6 sv 0 60% 42 0 0 0/0 0/0 8.0
Carlos Romero D 84 1 0 1 (1) 0 78% 23 5 2 0/0 1/0 8.3
L. Cabrera D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 61% 28 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
F. Calero Villa D 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 85% 26 1 1 1/1 0/0 6.9
O. El Hilali D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 27 3 2 1/1 1/1 7.0
Pol Lozano M 72 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 23 1 0 0/0 1/3 6.6
Urko González M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 68% 25 4 1 0/1 2/2 6.9
Pere Milla M 57 1 0 1 (1) 0 60% 15 1 1 0/0 1/0 7.0
Edu Expósito M 83 0 0 1 (1) 5 67% 27 1 2 1/1 0/0 7.3
T. Dolan M 83 0 1 0 (0) 1 94% 16 5 0 1/3 0/0 7.3
R. Fernández Jaén F 90 0 0 2 (0) 0 56% 18 2 0 0/1 1/1 6.7
Jofre Carreras F 33 0 0 1 (0) 0 50% 6 1 0 0/1 0/1 6.7
Kike García F 18 0 0 1 (1) 0 17% 6 0 0 0/1 0/1 6.6
Rubén Sánchez D 7 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
José Salinas D 7 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
C. Riedel D 6 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.