Athletic Club 2-1 Málaga: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 25 February 2018

Result

Athletic Club 2-1 Málaga

La Liga · Sunday 25 February 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Athletic Club 2-1 Málaga: match report

Athletic Club beat Málaga 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 25 February 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

Youssef En-Nesyri opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Susaeta (17') and Mikel San José (44'). Málaga scored through Youssef En-Nesyri (13').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Málaga received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 14th on 28 points from 24 and Málaga 20th on 13 points from 24. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Málaga 20th with 20.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel San José of Athletic Club (7.8), level with Susaeta (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Athletic Club wins, 3 draws and 3 for Málaga.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Youssef En-NesyriMálaga · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Iñigo MartínezAthletic Club
  • 17'Goal · SusaetaAthletic Club · 1-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Diego GonzálezMálaga
  • 44'Goal · Mikel San JoséAthletic Club · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Iñigo LekueAthletic Club
  • 61'Missed penalty · Youssef En-NesyriMálaga
  • 63'Yellow card · Óscar de MarcosAthletic Club
  • 65'Yellow card · Youssef En-NesyriMálaga
  • 74'Yellow card · AdriánMálaga
  • 84'Second yellow · Youssef En-NesyriMálaga

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 4, draws 3, Málaga 3.

Team news

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

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Iñigo Martínez, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Lekue, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel San José, Beñat, Susaeta, Raúl García, Iñigo Córdoba, Aritz Aduriz

Málaga line-up (4-4-2)

Roberto Jiménez, Diego González, Luis Hernández, Roberto Rosales, Miguel Torres, Manuel Iturra, Adrián González Morales, Gonzalo Castro, Maxime Lestienne, Brown Ideye, Youssef En-Nesyri