Athletic Club 1-2 Spartak Moskva: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 22 February 2018

Result

Athletic Club 1-2 Spartak Moskva

Europa League · Thursday 22 February 2018, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Athletic Club 1-2 Spartak Moskva: match report

Athletic Club were beaten by Spartak Moskva 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 February 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Luiz Adriano opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Xabi Etxeita (57'). Spartak Moskva scored through Luiz Adriano (44') and L. Melgarejo (85').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards; Spartak Moskva received 4 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Spartak Moskva in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luiz Adriano of Spartak Moskva (7.8), ahead of Andrey Eshchenko (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 0 for Spartak Moskva.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Salvatore BocchettiSpartak Moskva
  • 44'Goal · Luiz AdrianoSpartak Moskva · 0-1
  • 57'Goal · Xabi EtxeitaAthletic Club · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · A. EshchenkoSpartak Moskva
  • 80'Yellow card · Denis GlushakovSpartak Moskva
  • 85'Goal · L. MelgarejoSpartak Moskva · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Mikel San JoséAthletic Club
  • 90+3'Yellow card · AdurizAthletic Club
  • 90+4'Yellow card · D. KombarovSpartak Moskva

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Athletic Club 1, draws 0, Spartak Moskva 0.

Team news

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

Iago Herrerín, Iñigo Lekue, Yeray Álvarez, Xabier Etxeita, Enric Saborit, Mikel Rico, Iturraspe, Óscar de Marcos, Raúl García, Susaeta, Iñaki Williams

Spartak Moskva line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aleksandr Selikhov, Andrey Eshchenko, Serdar Taşçı, Salvatore Bocchetti, Dmitry Kombarov, Mario Pašalić, Denis Glushakov, Roman Zobnin, Sofiane Hanni, Quincy Promes, Luiz Adriano