Villarreal 1-1 Athletic Club: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 20 January 2019

Result

Villarreal 1-1 Athletic Club

La Liga · Sunday 20 January 2019, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Villarreal 1-1 Athletic Club: match report

Villarreal drew with Athletic Club 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 20 January 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Villarreal's goal came from Karl Toko Ekambi (71'). Athletic Club scored through an own goal by Jaume Costa (18').

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

Going into the game Villarreal were 19th on 17 points from 19 and Athletic Club 15th on 22 points from 19. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 53.

Villarreal 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 Yeray Álvarez of Athletic Club (7.3), level with Yuri Berchiche (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Athletic Club.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Own goal · Jaume CostaAthletic Club · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes MoriVillarreal
  • 40'Yellow card · BeñatAthletic Club
  • 54'Yellow card · Vicente IborraVillarreal
  • 57'Yellow card · Mario GasparVillarreal
  • 62'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezVillarreal
  • 71'Goal · Karl Toko EkambiVillarreal · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 4, draws 3, Athletic Club 3.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Jaume Costa, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Manu Trigueros, Karl Toko Ekambi, Pablo Fornals, Santi Cazorla, Gerard Moreno

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

Iago Herrerín, Ander Capa, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Beñat, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Muniain, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams