Athletic Club 1-1 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 24 September 2011

Result

Athletic Club 1-1 Villarreal

La Liga · Saturday 24 September 2011, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Athletic Club · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

Athletic Club 1-1 Villarreal: match report

Athletic Club drew with Villarreal 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 24 September 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gabilondo opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Gabilondo (43'). Villarreal scored through Nilmar (53').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Villarreal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 18th on 1 point from 4 and Villarreal 13th on 4 points from 4. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Villarreal 18th with 41.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 9 for Villarreal.

Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-L-L-D and Villarreal's W-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · GabilondoAthletic Club · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · EkizaAthletic Club
  • 53'Goal · NilmarVillarreal · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Fernando AmorebietaAthletic Club
  • 58'Yellow card · Mateo MusacchioVillarreal
  • 60'Yellow card · Javi MartínezAthletic Club
  • 81'Second yellow · EkizaAthletic Club
  • 86'Yellow card · Iker MuniainAthletic Club

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 1, draws 0, Villarreal 9.

Team news

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Ekiza, Gabilondo, Susaeta, Gurpegi, Muniain, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Mateo Musacchio, Cristián Zapata, José Manuel Catalá, Cani, Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi