Athletic Club 0-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 20 May 2018

Result

Athletic Club 0-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 20 May 2018, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Athletic Club 0-1 Espanyol: match report

Athletic Club were beaten by Espanyol 0-1 in La Liga on Sunday 20 May 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from David López of Espanyol in the 9th minute.

Discipline: Athletic Club received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 16th on 43 points from 37 and Espanyol 14th on 46 points from 37. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Espanyol 13th with 49.

Athletic Club lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Muniain of Athletic Club (7.8), ahead of Beñat (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Athletic Club wins, 3 draws and 5 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Espanyol's W-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · David LópezEspanyol · 0-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Javi LópezEspanyol

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 2, draws 3, Espanyol 5.

Team news

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

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Yeray Álvarez, Unai Núñez, Xabier Etxeita, Beñat, Iñigo Lekue, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel Vesga, Muniain, Iñaki Williams, Aritz Aduriz

Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Naldo, Dídac Vilà, David López, Javi López, Víctor Sánchez, Léo Baptistão, Pablo Piatti, Marc Roca, Gerard Moreno, Sergio García