Espanyol 1-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 April 2023
Result
Espanyol 1-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 8 April 2023, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 1-2 Athletic Club: match report
Espanyol lost to Athletic Club 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 8 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Iñaki Williams opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Espanyol's goal came from Sergi Darder (90'). Athletic Club scored through Iñaki Williams (22') and Nico Williams (75').
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 18th on 27 points from 27 and Athletic Club 8th on 37 points from 27. Espanyol went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 51.
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 Nico Williams of Athletic Club (8.1), ahead of Edu Expósito (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 4 draws and 3 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Martin Braithwaite
- 21'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 22'Goal · Iñaki Williams
- 30'Yellow card · Dani García
- 44'Yellow card · Oihan Sancet
- 53'Yellow card · José Gragera
- 59'Yellow card · Óscar Gil
- 75'Goal · Nico Williams
- 78'Yellow card · Fernando Calero
- 90'Goal · Sergi Darder
- 90+1'Second yellow · Aleix Vidal
- 90+1'Yellow card · Aleix Vidal
- 90+4'Yellow card · Unai Simón
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Fernando Pacheco, Rubén Sánchez, César Montes, Leandro Cabrera, Óscar Gil, Edu Expósito, José Gragera, Javi Puado, Sergi Darder, Martin Braithwaite, Joselu
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Óscar de Marcos, Dani Vivian, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Mikel Vesga, Iñaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Álex Berenguer, Gorka Guruzeta