Villarreal 2-3 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2023
Result
Villarreal 2-3 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 5 November 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-3
Villarreal 2-3 Athletic Club: match report
Villarreal lost to Athletic Club 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 5 November 2023. The half-time score was 0-3.
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (86') and Alexander Sørloth (87'). Athletic Club scored through Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (2'), Nico Williams (22') and Iñaki Williams (30').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 12th on 12 points from 11 and Athletic Club 7th on 18 points from 11. Villarreal went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Athletic Club 5th with 68.
Villarreal 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 Gerard Moreno of Villarreal (10.0), ahead of Iñaki Williams (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Villarreal wins, 5 draws and 3 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
- 19'Yellow card · Matteo Gabbia
- 22'Goal · Nico Williams
- 30'Goal · Iñaki Williams
- 41'Yellow card · Nico Williams
- 44'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 72'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 74'Yellow card · Aïssa Mandi
- 76'Yellow card · Kiko Femenía
- 86'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 87'Goal · Alexander Sørloth
- 89'Yellow card · Dani García
- 90+2'Yellow card · Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Filip Jørgensen, Adrià Altimira, Raúl Albiol, Matteo Gabbia, Carlos Romero, Ilias Akhomach, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Gerard Moreno, Alexander Sørloth
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Óscar de Marcos, Dani Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Iñigo Lekue, Mikel Vesga, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Iñaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams, Gorka Guruzeta