Sevilla 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 March 2018
Result
Sevilla 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 3 March 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sevilla 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
Sevilla beat Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 3 March 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Luis Muriel opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Sevilla's goals came from Luis Muriel (27') and Franco Vázquez (32'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Sevilla received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sevilla were 5th on 42 points from 26 and Athletic Club 12th on 32 points from 26. Sevilla went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Athletic Club 16th with 43.
Sevilla lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Franco Vázquez of Sevilla (8.8), ahead of Éver Banega (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sevilla wins, 0 draws and 6 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Sevilla's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Athletic Club's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Luis Muriel
- 32'Goal · Franco Vázquez
- 64'Yellow card · Enric Saborit
- 75'Yellow card · Nolito
- 79'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 83'Yellow card · Joaquín Correa
- 83'Yellow card · Iñigo Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Rico, Miguel Layún, Clément Lenglet, Sergio Escudero, Gabriel Mercado, Éver Banega, Joaquín Correa, Steven Nzonzi, Pablo Sarabia, Franco Vázquez, Luis Muriel
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Enric Saborit, Iñigo Martínez, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Lekue, Mikel San José, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Mikel Vesga, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams