Athletic Club vs Elche match stats & report

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La Liga · Spain · Regular Season - 25 · San Mamés, Bilbao · Ref A. Hernandez

Athletic Club stats & fixtures · Elche stats & fixtures

Athletic Club beat Elche 2–1 in La Liga on 20 February 2026. Expected goals finished 2.97–0.82. Elche had 54% of the ball.

Athletic Club vs Elche match statistics

Athletic ClubElche

46% Ball possession 54%
2.97 Expected goals (xG) 0.82
18 Total shots 2
8 Shots on target 2
4 Shots off target 0
6 Blocked shots 0
14 Shots inside the box 1
4 Corners 1
18 Fouls 9
3 Offsides 2
3 Yellow cards 3
348 Passes 440
76% Pass accuracy 77%
1 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

10' Yellow card A. Febas Elche
45+1' Yellow card L. Cepeda Elche
55' Yellow card Unai Gómez Athletic Club
64' Goal G. Guruzeta (assist Yuri) Athletic Club
67' Yellow card Íñigo Lekue Athletic Club
68' Penalty scored André Silva Elche
88' Yellow card Bigas Elche
89' Penalty scored G. Guruzeta Athletic Club
90+1' Yellow card Eder García Athletic Club

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Athletic Club

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Ernesto Valverde

1 Unai Simón

17 Yuri 14 Aymeric Laporte 3 D. Vivian 15 Íñigo Lekue

30 Alejandro Rego 16 Ruíz de Galarreta

9 I. Williams 8 O. Sancet 20 Unai Gómez

11 G. Guruzeta

Bench Álex Padilla , A. Gorosabel , Aitor Paredes , Mikel Vesga , Jesús Areso , A. Boiro , N. Serrano , Robert Navarro , Urko Izeta , S. Sanchez , I. Monreal , Eder García

Elche

Confirmed 3-1-4-2 Eder Sarabia

1 M. Dituro

6 Bigas 23 Víctor Chust 21 L. Pétrot

8 Marc Aguado

11 Germán Valera 14 A. Febas 24 L. Cepeda 15 Tete Morente

9 André Silva 20 Á. Rodríguez

Bench Iñaki Peña , Adrià Pedrosa , F. Redondo Solari , Y. Santiago , Rafa Mir , Gonzalo Villar , Martim Neto , Josan , John Nwankwo , D. Affengruber , A. Boayar , Buba Sangaré

Form guide

Athletic Club at home

3–4–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.2 per game
Conceded: 1.1 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 7.7 per game
Shots on target: 5.3 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Elche away

2–4–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.2 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 3.4 per game
Shots on target: 3.6 per game

42% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Athletic Club vs Elche head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
19 Oct 25	Elche v Athletic Club	0–0
28 May 23	Athletic Club v Elche	0–1
11 Sep 22	Elche v Athletic Club	1–4

Only 3 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Athletic Club vs Elche head-to-head record