Athletic Club 2-2 Elche: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 31 October 2013
Result
Athletic Club 2-2 Elche
La Liga · Thursday 31 October 2013, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Athletic Club 2-2 Elche: match report
Athletic Club drew with Elche 2-2 in La Liga on Thursday 31 October 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.
David Lombán opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Susaeta (55') and Aduriz (69'). Elche scored through David Lombán (9') and Aaron Ñiguez (48').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Elche received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 6th on 19 points from 10 and Elche 12th on 12 points from 10. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Elche 16th with 40.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-3-3 and Elche in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read W-W-D-L-W and Elche's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · David Lombán
- 48'Goal · Aaron Ñiguez
- 55'Goal · Susaeta
- 56'Yellow card · Botía
- 61'Yellow card · Aaron Ñiguez
- 69'Goal · Aduriz
- 82'Yellow card · Aduriz
- 86'Yellow card · Domingo Cisma
- 89'Yellow card · Aymeric Laporte
- 90+3'Yellow card · Beñat
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-3)
Iago Herrerín, Aymeric Laporte, Andoni Iraola, Mikel Balenziaga, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Mikel Rico, Gurpegi, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Toquero
Elche line-up (4-2-3-1)
Manu Herrera, Damián Suárez, Alberto Botía, David Lombán, Domingo Cisma, Rubén Pérez, Aaron Ñiguez, Carles Gil, Fidel, Carlos Sánchez, Ferran Corominas