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Matchday

LaLiga 25/26 · 20 Feb 2026

Athletic Club 2–1 Elche

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jan 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.3 – 0.7
Actual xG
3.0 – 0.8
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made Athletic Club favourites at 74%.

Athletic Club won and made the better chances: 3.0 xG to 0.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Matías Dituro, 60.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Víctor Chust +12.1.

Well below it: Íñigo Lekue −23.4, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta −18.8, Lucas Cepeda −18.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Athletic Club

15 Feb 2026W 2–1at Real Oviedo LaLiga
8 Feb 2026W 4–2v Levante UD LaLiga
1 Feb 2026D 1–1v Real Sociedad LaLiga
28 Jan 2026L 2–3v Sporting CP Champions League
24 Jan 2026L 1–2at Sevilla LaLiga

Elche

13 Feb 2026D 0–0v Osasuna LaLiga
7 Feb 2026L 1–3at Real Sociedad LaLiga
31 Jan 2026L 1–3v FC Barcelona LaLiga
23 Jan 2026L 2–3at Levante UD LaLiga
19 Jan 2026D 2–2v Sevilla LaLiga

Head to head

19 Oct 2025Elche 0–0 Athletic Club LaLiga

Athletic Club

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Gorka Guruzeta Forward90201.5251.9+0.1
Aymeric Laporte Defender90000.0851.0−3.6
Urko Izeta Forward10000.0446.8–
Unai Simón Goalkeeper9000–46.2+1.2
Yuri Berchiche Defender9001–44.1−6.9
Dani Vivian Defender9000–41.5−3.1
Eder Garcia Midfielder20000.0338.9–
Jesús Areso Defender1000–35.2–
Oihan Sancet Midfielder75000.8134.0−12.6
Alejandro Rego Mora Midfielder70000.0333.7−13.0
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Midfielder9000–30.8−18.8
Unai Gómez Midfielder70000.1027.8−13.0
Mikel Vesga Midfielder2000–27.5–
Iñaki Williams Midfielder80000.3625.9−14.1
Íñigo Lekue Defender8000–25.2−23.4
Robert Navarro Midfielder1500–19.6–

Elche

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
David Affengruber Defender1500–86.9–
Adam Boayar Forward100–76.1–
Adrià Pedrosa Defender900–71.2–
Matías Dituro Goalkeeper9000–60.7+4.7
Buba Sangaré Defender1500–60.7–
André Silva Forward90100.7960.1+7.5
Víctor Chust Defender9000–59.6+12.1
Álvaro Rodriguez Forward7500–46.5−6.0
Marc Aguado Midfielder9000–45.7+1.1
Germán Valera Midfielder8100–44.3−7.1
Lucas Cepeda Midfielder90000.0344.0−18.3
Pedro Bigas Defender8900–43.6−10.0
Aleix Febas Midfielder9000–42.5−6.2
Tete Morente Midfielder7500–42.4−1.8
Léo Pétrot Defender7500–39.6−9.5
Rafa Mir Forward1500–35.2–