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La Liga · Mon, 22 Dec 2025 ·

Athletic Club vs Espanyol — 1 - 2

Athletic Club

Score 1 - 2

FTHT 1-1

Espanyol

San Mamés · Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer, Spain

Athletic Club vs Espanyol head-to-head record

Match report

Espanyol win 2-1 at Athletic Club

Espanyol beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga matchday 17 on Monday, 22 December 2025 at San Mamés. A. Berenguer (38') scored for Athletic Club, while C. Romero (44') and P. Milla (52') found the net for Espanyol. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Athletic Club had 66% of the ball and 17 shots (7 on target) against Espanyol’s 10 (5 on target). Carlos Romero (Espanyol) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Athletic Club 10th in the La Liga table on 8 points and Espanyol 15th on 7.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Athletic Club

10th · 8 points · P 6 W 2 D 2 L 2

Form

Espanyol

15th · 7 points · P 7 W 2 D 1 L 4

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#TeamPGDPts
9Villarreal7+18
10Athletic Club6+18
11Getafe7-38
14Celta Vigo7+27
15Espanyol707
16Racing Santander7-107

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Wed, 13 May 2026, Espanyol 2-0 Athletic Club

Full Athletic Club vs Espanyol head-to-head

Match events

  1. 28'yellow cardIñigo Ruiz de GalarretaYellow Card
  2. 33'yellow cardNico WilliamsYellow Card
  3. 38'goalA. BerenguerNormal Goal
  4. 44'goalC. RomeroNormal Goal
  5. 45+1'yellow cardAndoni GorosabelYellow Card
  6. 52'goalP. MillaAssist: T. Dolan
  7. 57'substitutionN. WilliamsOff: G. Guruzeta
  8. 57'substitutionI. Ruiz de GalarretaOff: A. Rego
  9. 57'substitutionP. MillaOff: Jofre
  10. 72'substitutionP. LozanoOff: K. Garcia
  11. 76'substitutionA. GorosabelOff: J. Areso
  12. 76'substitutionA. BoiroOff: U. Gomez
  13. 77'yellow cardUrko GonzálezYellow Card
  14. 79'substitutionI. WilliamsOff: R. Navarro
  15. 80'yellow cardAlejandro RegoYellow Card
  16. 83'substitutionT. DolanOff: J. Salinas
  17. 83'substitutionC. RomeroOff: C. Riedel
  18. 84'substitutionExpositoOff: R. Sanchez
  19. 86'yellow cardClemens RiedelYellow Card
  20. 90+5'yellow cardÍñigo LekueYellow Card

Lineups

Athletic Club

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Ernesto Valverde

Starting XI

  1. 1U. SimonG
  2. 2A. GorosabelD
  3. 15I. LekueD
  4. 4A. ParedesD
  5. 19A. BoiroD
  6. 16I. Ruiz de GalarretaM
  7. 18M. JauregizarM
  8. 7A. BerenguerM
  9. 8O. SancetM
  10. 10N. WilliamsM
  11. 9I. WilliamsF

Substitutes

  1. 27A. PadillaG
  2. 6M. VesgaM
  3. 11G. GuruzetaF
  4. 12J. AresoD
  5. 20U. GomezM
  6. 22N. SerranoF
  7. 23R. NavarroM
  8. 25IzetaF
  9. 30A. RegoM
  10. 44S. SanchezM
  11. 47I. MonrealD

Espanyol

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Manolo Gonzalez

Starting XI

  1. 13M. DmitrovicG
  2. 23O. El HilaliD
  3. 5F. CaleroD
  4. 6L. CabreraD
  5. 22C. RomeroD
  6. 4U. GonzalezM
  7. 10P. LozanoM
  8. 24T. DolanM
  9. 8ExpositoM
  10. 11P. MillaM
  11. 9R. Fernandez JaenF

Substitutes

  1. 1A. FortunoG
  2. 30P. TristanG
  3. 2R. SanchezD
  4. 12J. SalinasD
  5. 15M. RubioD
  6. 16L. KoleoshoF
  7. 17JofreF
  8. 19K. GarciaF
  9. 20A. RocaF
  10. 27J. HernandezM
  11. 38C. RiedelD
  12. 28F. GomezM

Match statistics

  • 66%Possession34%
  • 1.59Expected goals (xG)0.90
  • 17Total shots10
  • 7Shots on target5
  • 4Shots off target3
  • 6Blocked shots2
  • 12Shots inside the box5
  • 5Shots outside the box5
  • 8Corners4
  • 0Offsides1
  • 8Fouls5
  • 5Yellow cards2
  • –Red cards–
  • 3Goalkeeper saves6
  • 527Passes280
  • 443Accurate passes197
  • 84%Pass accuracy70%
  • 0.66Goals prevented0.66

Player statistics

Athletic Club

Athletic Club player statistics
PlayerMinRatingGA
1Unai SimónG907.5
2Andoni GorosabelD766.3
4Aitor ParedesD906.9
15Íñigo LekueD906.0
19Adama BoiroD765.3
7Álex BerenguerM908.01
8Oihan SancetM906.2
10Nico WilliamsM576.2
16Iñigo Ruiz de GalarretaM576.0
18Mikel JauregizarM906.9
9Iñaki WilliamsF796.2
27Alex PadillaG––
12Jesús AresoD147.3
47Iker Monreal AgundezD––
6Mikel VesgaM––
20Unai GómezM146.9
23Robert NavarroM116.6
30Alejandro RegoM336.7
44Selton SanchezM––
11Gorka GuruzetaF336.3
22Nico SerranoF––
25Urko IzetaF––

Espanyol

Espanyol player statistics
PlayerMinRatingGA
13Marko DmitrovićG908.0
5Fernando CaleroD906.9
6Leandro CabreraD906.3
22Carlos RomeroDTop rated838.31
23Omar El HilaliD907.3
4Urko GonzálezM906.9
8Edu ExpósitoM847.3
10Pol LozanoM726.6
11Pere MillaM577.31
24Tyrhys DolanM837.51
9Roberto FernándezF906.7
1Angel FortunoG––
30Pol Tristan JimenezG––
2Rubén SánchezD116.7
12Jose SalinasD126.7
15Miguel RubioD––
38Clemens RiedelD126.5
27Javier HernandezM––
28Ferran GomezM––
16Luca KoleoshoF––
17Jofre CarrerasF336.7
19Kike GarcíaF186.9
20Antoniu RocaF––