Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 26 October 2019
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 26 October 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 26 October 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Saúl Ñíguez opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Saúl Ñíguez (28') and Álvaro Morata (64'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 6th on 16 points from 9 and Athletic Club 9th on 13 points from 9. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Athletic Club 11th with 51.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Trippier of Atlético de Madrid (7.8), level with Iñigo Martínez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Saúl Ñíguez
- 42'Yellow card · Saúl Ñíguez
- 44'Yellow card · Ángel Correa
- 64'Goal · Álvaro Morata
- 72'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 83'Yellow card · Unai Simón
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Kieran Trippier, Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro, Mario Hermoso, Renan Lodi, Koke, Thomas Partey, Saúl Ñíguez, Thomas Lemar, Ángel Correa, Álvaro Morata
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Ander Capa, Unai Núñez, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Unai López, Muniain, Raúl García, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams