Athletic Club 2-1 Elche: result and report
La Liga · Friday 20 February 2026
Result
Athletic Club 2-1 Elche
La Liga · Friday 20 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Athletic Club 2-1 Elche: match report
Athletic Club beat Elche 2-1 in La Liga on Friday 20 February 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gorka Guruzeta opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Gorka Guruzeta (64') and Gorka Guruzeta (89', penalty). Elche scored through André Silva (69', penalty).
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Elche received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 9th on 31 points from 24 and Elche 16th on 25 points from 24. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Elche 13th with 43.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Elche in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gorka Guruzeta of Athletic Club (8.2), ahead of Yuri Berchiche (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Athletic Club wins, 4 draws and 2 for Elche.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Aleix Febas
- 45+1'Yellow card · Lucas Cepeda
- 55'Yellow card · Unai Gómez
- 64'Goal · Gorka Guruzeta
- 67'Yellow card · Iñigo Lekue
- 69'Penalty goal · André Silva
- 88'Yellow card · Pedro Bigas
- 89'Penalty goal · Gorka Guruzeta
- 90+1'Yellow card · Eder García
- 90+8'Red card · Yago Santiago
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Iñigo Lekue, Dani Vivian, Aymeric Laporte, Yuri Berchiche, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Alejandro Rego, Unai Gómez, Oihan Sancet, Iñaki Williams, Gorka Guruzeta
Elche line-up (3-1-4-2)
Matías Dituro, Léo Pétrot, Víctor Chust, Pedro Bigas, Marc Aguado, Tete Morente, Lucas Cepeda, Aleix Febas, Germán Valera, Álvaro Rodríguez, André Silva