Real Betis 1-0 Athletic Club: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2016

Result

Real Betis 1-0 Athletic Club

La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Real Betis 1-0 Athletic Club: match report

Real Betis defeated Athletic Club 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 11 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Rubén Castro of Real Betis in the 18th minute.

Discipline: Real Betis received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Betis were 14th on 15 points from 14 and Athletic Club 7th on 23 points from 14. Real Betis went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Athletic Club 7th with 63.

Real Betis lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Antonio Adán of Real Betis (7.8), ahead of Dani Ceballos (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Betis wins, 1 draw and 6 for Athletic Club.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Aymeric LaporteAthletic Club
  • 15'Yellow card · Cristiano PicciniReal Betis
  • 16'Yellow card · Rubén CastroReal Betis
  • 18'Goal · Rubén CastroReal Betis · 1-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Raúl GarcíaAthletic Club
  • 74'Yellow card · Álvaro CejudoReal Betis
  • 74'Yellow card · Álvaro CejudoReal Betis

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Betis 3, draws 1, Athletic Club 6.

Team news

Real Betis line-up (4-3-1-2)

Antonio Adán, Aïssa Mandi, Ryan Donk, Germán Pezzella, José Carlos Ramírez, Cristiano Piccini, Dani Ceballos, Riza Durmisi, Joaquín, Antonio Sanabria, Rubén Castro

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

Iago Herrerín, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Lekue, Muniain, Iturraspe, Aritz Aduriz, Raúl García, Iñaki Williams, Mikel San José