Athletic Club vs Villarreal match stats & report

1–2 Full time

La Liga · Spain · Regular Season - 31 · San Mamés, Bilbao · Ref J. Guzman

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Athletic Club lost to Villarreal 1–2 in La Liga on 12 April 2026. Expected goals finished 1.20–1.29. Athletic Club had 61% of the ball.

Athletic Club vs Villarreal match statistics

Athletic ClubVillarreal

61% Ball possession 39%
1.20 Expected goals (xG) 1.29
18 Total shots 12
6 Shots on target 6
4 Shots off target 3
8 Blocked shots 3
9 Shots inside the box 10
15 Corners 3
15 Fouls 8
1 Offsides 3
2 Yellow cards 3
557 Passes 377
86% Pass accuracy 76%
5 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

19' Yellow card Pau Navarro Villarreal
26' Goal Sergi Cardona (assist T. Oluwaseyi) Villarreal
45' Goal A. Gonzalez Villarreal
75' Yellow card S. Comesana Villarreal
77' Yellow card T. Buchanan Villarreal
84' Goal G. Guruzeta (assist Yuri) Athletic Club
90+1' Yellow card G. Guruzeta Athletic Club
90+1' Yellow card A. Gorosabel 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

16 Ruíz de Galarreta 18 Mikel Jauregizar

10 N. Williams 8 O. Sancet 9 I. Williams

11 G. Guruzeta

Bench Álex Padilla , A. Gorosabel , Álex Berenguer , Yeray , Robert Navarro , Aitor Paredes , N. Serrano , Alejandro Rego , Unai Gómez , Mikel Vesga , Urko Izeta , A. Boiro

Villarreal

Confirmed 4-4-2 Marcelino

1 Luíz Júnior

23 Sergi Cardona 12 Renato Veiga 6 Pau Navarro 15 S. Mouriño

11 A. Gonzalez 18 P. Gueye 14 S. Comesana 17 T. Buchanan

21 T. Oluwaseyi 7 Gerard Moreno

Bench Arnau Tenas , Dani Parejo , N. Pepe , G. Mikautadze , Alberto Moleiro , W. Kambwala , A. Diatta , Ayoze Pérez , Pedraza , Rafa Marín , A. Freeman

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.

Villarreal away

3–2–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.6 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 10
Corners: 7.0 per game
Shots on target: 5.4 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Athletic Club vs Villarreal head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
27 Sep 25	Villarreal v Athletic Club	1–0
6 Apr 25	Villarreal v Athletic Club	0–0
8 Dec 24	Athletic Club v Villarreal	2–0
14 Apr 24	Athletic Club v Villarreal	1–1
5 Nov 23	Villarreal v Athletic Club	2–3
13 May 23	Villarreal v Athletic Club	5–1

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