Espanyol 1-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Monday 5 November 2018
Result
Espanyol 1-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Monday 5 November 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 1-0 Athletic Club: match report
Espanyol defeated Athletic Club 1-0 in La Liga on Monday 5 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Borja Iglesias of Espanyol in the 41st minute.
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 5th on 18 points from 10 and Athletic Club 17th on 10 points from 10. Espanyol went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 53.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Darder of Espanyol (8.3), ahead of Dídac Vilà (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Espanyol wins, 3 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Athletic Club's D-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 41'Goal · Borja Iglesias
- 48'Yellow card · Dani García
- 66'Yellow card · Granero
- 76'Yellow card · Unai Núñez
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Diego López, Javi López, David López, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Sergi Darder, Marc Roca, Granero, Léo Baptistão, Borja Iglesias, Sergio García
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iago Herrerín, Óscar de Marcos, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Mikel San José, Dani García, Iñaki Williams, Mikel Rico, Raúl García, Aritz Aduriz