Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 February 2018
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 18 February 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 18 February 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Kévin Gameiro opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Kévin Gameiro (67') and Diego Costa (80'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 2nd on 52 points from 23 and Athletic Club 14th on 28 points from 23. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Athletic Club 16th with 43.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Partey of Atlético de Madrid (8.3), ahead of Kévin Gameiro (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Ángel Correa
- 36'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 40'Yellow card · Beñat
- 62'Yellow card · Filipe Luís
- 67'Goal · Kévin Gameiro
- 71'Yellow card · Unai Núñez
- 80'Goal · Diego Costa
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Filipe Luís, Šime Vrsaljko, Lucas Hernández, José María Giménez, Thomas Partey, Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Ángel Correa, Antoine Griezmann, Diego Costa
Athletic Club line-up (4-1-4-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Enric Saborit, Iñigo Martínez, Unai Núñez, Iñigo Lekue, Mikel San José, Beñat, Susaeta, Sabin Merino, Mikel Vesga, Iñaki Williams