La Liga Gameweek 1 Sun, Aug 17 · 18:30 San Mamés Barria, Bilbao
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Our take

Athletic Club were slight favourites.

Athletic Club were the stronger side on L90 Strength (72 vs 45). Athletic Club had ? days of rest, Sevilla ? and had to travel 703 km.

Away travel703 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Athletic Club59%
Draw24%
Sevilla17%
Expected goals 1.80 – 0.87
Athletic Club61%
Draw23%
Sevilla17%
Expected goals 1.94 – 0.92
Athletic Club59%
Draw24%
Sevilla17%
Expected goals 1.80 – 0.86
Athletic Club51%
Draw26%
Sevilla23%
Expected goals 1.60 – 0.98
Athletic Club60%
Draw23%
Sevilla17%
Expected goals 1.93 – 0.94
Over 2.5 50% Both score 49% Likeliest score 1–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Bilbao)

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Referee · SpainFrancisco Hernandez Maeso
  • Cards per match 4.4
  • Penalties per match 0.24
  • Matches 21

Team strength

Athletic ClubSevilla
72 L90 StrengthIn forecast 45
51 Current StrengthIn forecast 50
51 AttackIn forecast 48
64 DefenceIn forecast 57
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Athletic Club

Attack—
Defense risk—

Sevilla

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Athletic ClubSevilla
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
0.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
1.14 xGVia Att/Def 1.18
1.36 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.98
-0.34 Goals minus xGContext -0.18
60% Scored inContext 70%
60% Clean sheetsContext 10%
10.00 ShotsContext 12.40
2.30 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.40
23% On target shareContext 36%
6.20 Shots in the boxContext 8.10
63% Box shareContext 66%
8% ConversionContext 8%
3.17 OffsidesContext 1.78
10.60 Shots allowedContext 10.90
3.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.20
3.33 BlocksContext 2.80
2.30 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.40
70% Save rateContext 57%
44% PossessionIn forecast 46%
365 PassesContext 396
289 Accurate passesContext 327
79% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.87 Team ratingContext 6.87
15.30 FoulsContext 15.20
10.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.20
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 2.30
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.30
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Athletic Club
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Sevilla
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel703 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Athletic Club Sevilla
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km703 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one88.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Athletic Club Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1Unai Simón(G)
17Yuri 4Aitor Paredes 3Dani Vivian 12Jesús Areso
18Mikel Jauregizar 16Ruíz de Galarreta
10Nico Williams 7Álex Berenguer 9I. Williams
21Maroan Sannadi
+4 more reported missing outside this XI
Sevilla Confirmed XI
4-1-4-1
13Ø. Nyland(G)
2J. Carmona Navarro 4Kike Salas 32A. López Gallo 16Juanlu Sánchez
6N. Gudelj
27S. Idumbo 20M. Sow 18L. Agoumé 10D. Lukébakio
9A. Adams
+6 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Athletic Club Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.03 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Sevilla Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Athletic Club-0.6 pp
  • Draw+0.1 pp
  • Sevilla+0.5 pp

Home / Away this season

Athletic Club · Home No home games yet this season.
Sevilla · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

5 Athletic Club wins2 draws3 Sevilla wins
Goals per game1.00 – 0.60 Over 2.510% Both scored30% Clean sheets40% · 30%
  • 16 Mar 2025Sevilla0–1Athletic Club
  • 29 Sep 2024Athletic Club1–1Sevilla
  • 19 May 2024Athletic Club2–0Sevilla
  • 4 Jan 2024Sevilla0–2Athletic Club
  • 27 Apr 2023Athletic Club0–1Sevilla
  • 8 Oct 2022Sevilla1–1Athletic Club

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Francisco Hernandez Maeso Spain · 21 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.38league 3.00
Red cards0.05league 0.67
Cards 5+48%league 33%
Fouls24.1league 22.8
Penalties0.24league 0.33
Home wins48%league 33%
Athletic Club

No previous matches with this referee.

Sevilla2 with this referee
Record1-0-1 Cards · opp.3.5 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L17 Mar 24H · Celta Vigo1–24
  • W5 Feb 24A · Rayo Vallecano2–13

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Athletic Club
No complete event data.
Sevilla
No complete event data.
Athletic Club10 games · scored 8 · conceded 11
1 1 0-15
2 16-30
2 2 31-45
46-60
2 1 61-75
3 5 76-90
Sevilla10 games · scored 10 · conceded 18
2 3 0-15
3 4 16-30
1 4 31-45
1 1 46-60
1 3 61-75
2 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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