Athletic Club 2-0 Deportivo Alavés: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 7 January 2018

Result

Athletic Club 2-0 Deportivo Alavés

La Liga · Sunday 7 January 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Athletic Club 2-0 Deportivo Alavés: match report

Athletic Club won against Deportivo Alavés 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 7 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Xabi Etxeita opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Xabi Etxeita (8') and Aduriz (64', penalty). Deportivo Alavés did not score.

Discipline: Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards; Deportivo Alavés received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 14th on 21 points from 17 and Deportivo Alavés 17th on 15 points from 17. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Deportivo Alavés 14th with 47.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Deportivo Alavés in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Susaeta of Athletic Club (8.2), ahead of Raúl García (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Athletic Club wins, 2 draws and 2 for Deportivo Alavés.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Xabi EtxeitaAthletic Club · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Alfonso PedrazaDeportivo Alavés
  • 24'Yellow card · Martín AguirregabiriaDeportivo Alavés
  • 53'Yellow card · SusaetaAthletic Club
  • 62'Yellow card · AlexisDeportivo Alavés
  • 64'Penalty goal · AdurizAthletic Club · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Munir El HaddadiDeportivo Alavés
  • 79'Yellow card · Xabi EtxeitaAthletic Club

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Athletic Club 0, draws 2, Deportivo Alavés 2.

Team news

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iago Herrerín, Enric Saborit, Aymeric Laporte, Xabier Etxeita, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Iñaki Williams, Susaeta, Mikel Rico, Raúl García, Aritz Aduriz

Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fernando Pacheco, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Alexis Ruano, Guillermo Maripán, Martín Aguirregabiria, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Burgui, Alfonso Pedraza, Tomás Pina, Manu García, Munir El Haddadi