Athletic Club 1-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 12 April 2026
Result
Athletic Club 1-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 12 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Athletic Club 1-2 Villarreal: match report
Athletic Club lost to Villarreal 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 12 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-2.
Sergi Cardona opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Gorka Guruzeta (84'). Villarreal scored through Sergi Cardona (26') and Alfon González (45+5').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 11th on 38 points from 30 and Villarreal 3rd on 58 points from 30. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Villarreal 3rd with 72.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Cardona of Villarreal (7.9), ahead of Luiz Júnior (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Athletic Club wins, 4 draws and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Villarreal's L-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Pau Navarro
- 26'Goal · Sergi Cardona
- 45+5'Goal · Alfon González
- 75'Yellow card · Santi Comesaña
- 77'Yellow card · Tajon Buchanan
- 84'Goal · Gorka Guruzeta
- 90+1'Yellow card · Andoni Gorosabel
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gorka Guruzeta
Head-to-head
Team news
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Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Iñigo Lekue, Dani Vivian, Aymeric Laporte, Yuri Berchiche, Mikel Jauregizar, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Iñaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams, Gorka Guruzeta
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Alfon González, Gerard Moreno, Tani Oluwaseyi