Villarreal 1-3 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Monday 9 April 2018
Result
Villarreal 1-3 Athletic Club
La Liga · Monday 9 April 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 1-3 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal were beaten by Athletic Club 1-3 in La Liga on Monday 9 April 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Iñigo Córdoba opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Carlos Bacca (67'). Athletic Club scored through Iñigo Córdoba (4'), Iñaki Williams (51') and Iker Muniain (87').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 47 points from 30 and Athletic Club 13th on 36 points from 30. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Athletic Club 16th with 43.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Asenjo of Villarreal (8.2), level with Iñaki Williams (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 4 draws and 3 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Iñigo Córdoba
- 38'Yellow card · Daniele Bonera
- 41'Yellow card · Iñigo Martínez
- 45'Yellow card · Carlos Bacca
- 45'Yellow card · Unai Núñez
- 51'Goal · Iñaki Williams
- 64'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 67'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 67'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 74'Yellow card · Kepa Arrizabalaga
- 81'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 87'Goal · Iker Muniain
- 87'Yellow card · Sergio Asenjo
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Álvaro González, Jaume Costa, Antonio Rukavina, Daniele Bonera, Pablo Fornals, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Javi Fuego, Carlos Bacca, Enes Ünal
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Iñigo Martínez, Unai Núñez, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel Balenziaga, Mikel San José, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Raúl García, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams