Athletic Club 2-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 March 2015
Result
Athletic Club 2-1 Almería
La Liga · Saturday 21 March 2015, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Athletic Club 2-1 Almería: match report
Athletic Club won against Almería 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 21 March 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Xabi Etxeita opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Xabi Etxeita (9') and Mikel Rico (26'). Almería scored through an own goal by Mikel Balenziaga (47').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards; Almería received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 10th on 35 points from 27 and Almería 19th on 22 points from 27. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Almería 19th with 29.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Athletic Club wins, 2 draws and 2 for Almería.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Almería's D-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Xabi Etxeita
- 13'Yellow card · Sebastián Dubarbier
- 19'Yellow card · Ibai Gómez
- 26'Goal · Mikel Rico
- 47'Own goal · Mikel Balenziaga
- 48'Yellow card · Fran Vélez
- 80'Yellow card · Soriano
- 85'Yellow card · Aymeric Laporte
- 90'Yellow card · T. Hemed
- 90+1'Second yellow · Fran Vélez
- 90+3'Yellow card · Thomas Partey
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Aymeric Laporte, Mikel Balenziaga, Xabier Etxeita, Andoni Iraola, Mikel Rico, Mikel San José, Susaeta, Muniain, Aritz Aduriz
Almería expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Julián Cuesta, Angel Trujillo, Sebastián Dubarbier, Michel Macedo, Verza, Thomas Partey, Corona, Wellington Silva, Thievy Bifouma, Tomer Hemed