Athletic Club 1-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Monday 22 December 2025
Result
Athletic Club 1-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Monday 22 December 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Athletic Club 1-2 Espanyol: match report
Athletic Club were beaten by Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Monday 22 December 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Álex Berenguer opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Álex Berenguer (38'). Espanyol scored through Carlos Romero (44') and Pere Milla (52').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 8th on 23 points from 17 and Espanyol 5th on 30 points from 16. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Espanyol 11th with 46.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marko Dmitrovic of Espanyol (8.1), ahead of Carlos Romero (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Athletic Club wins, 4 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Espanyol's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
- 33'Yellow card · Nico Williams
- 38'Goal · Álex Berenguer
- 44'Goal · Carlos Romero
- 45+1'Yellow card · Andoni Gorosabel
- 52'Goal · Pere Milla
- 77'Yellow card · Urko González de Zárate
- 80'Yellow card · Alejandro Rego
- 86'Yellow card · Clemens Riedel
- 90+5'Yellow card · Iñigo Lekue
Head-to-head
Team news
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Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Andoni Gorosabel, Iñigo Lekue, Aitor Paredes, Adama Boiro, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Mikel Jauregizar, Álex Berenguer, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams, Iñaki Williams
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Urko González de Zárate, Pol Lozano, Tyrhys Dolan, Edu Expósito, Pere Milla, Roberto Fernández