Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 13 December 2015
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 13 December 2015, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 13 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.
Aymeric Laporte opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Saúl Ñíguez (45+2') and Antoine Griezmann (67'). Athletic Club scored through Aymeric Laporte (27').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card; Athletic Club received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 2nd on 32 points from 14 and Athletic Club 10th on 19 points from 14. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 88 points, and Athletic Club 4th with 61.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 3 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Athletic Club's D-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Aymeric Laporte
- 45+2'Goal · Saúl Ñíguez
- 67'Goal · Antoine Griezmann
- 74'Yellow card · Aduriz
- 85'Yellow card · Gabi
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Jan Oblak, Diego Godín, Juanfran, Filipe Luís, José María Giménez, Gabi, Koke, Antoine Griezmann, Jackson Martínez, Yannick Carrasco, Tiago
Athletic Club expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel Balenziaga, Xabier Etxeita, Aymeric Laporte, Raúl García, Beñat, Mikel San José, Susaeta, Iñaki Williams, Aritz Aduriz