Athletic Club 3-0 Atletico Madrid: two quick goals after the break
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 38% possession, yet a 3-0 win
- xG per shot 0.13 v 0.07: better chances
- Unai Simón saved all 5 shots on target
Two goals in three minutes broke a stalemate
It was goalless at half-time. Athletic Club needed only a few minutes of the second half to change that. Nico Williams scored in the 46th minute, and Robert Navarro doubled the lead in the 48th, set up by Iñaki Williams. Oihan Sancet added a third in the 90th minute, and Atletico never found a way back.
Atletico kept the ball, Athletic had the better chances
Atletico had 62% of possession and took more shots, 15 to 11. Yet Athletic's xG per shot was 0.13 against 0.07. The numbers suggest the hosts made fewer but better chances, while Atletico's pressure produced a lot of attempts of lower quality.
Simón stopped everything on target
All five of Atletico's shots on target were saved by Unai Simón, so the clean sheet owed plenty to him. In front of him, Jesús Areso won nine of his 13 duels and Beñat Gerenabarrena made seven defensive actions. Pablo Barrios led all players with three key passes, but none of those chances ended in a goal.
The opener turned a level match into a lead
Nico Williams's 46th-minute goal was worth +1.1 FN xPts, the largest value of the match, because it turned a 0-0 draw into a lead. Navarro's goal added +0.5. Atletico made four changes in the 58th and 59th minutes but stayed two behind. Athletic climbed from 13th to eighth with six points.
Player of the match
Robert Navarro 8.3Dominant
He scored once and added four tackles and two interceptions in 66 minutes.
Navarro's goal in the 48th minute stretched the lead to two within minutes of the first, and was worth +0.5 FN xPts. He also won five of his six duels before he was replaced in the 66th minute, so his work off the ball backed up the goal. It was his second league goal of the season.
Game state
1-02-03-0
Athletic Club ahead 44 min · level 46 min · Atletico Madrid ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
46'
Nico Williams
Goal
+1.1
48'
Robert Navarro
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Iñaki Williams +0.2
+0.5
90'
Oihan Sancet
Goal
0.0
Athletic Club
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.6Opponent moments 0.0Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
Atletico Madrid
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.2Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Athletic ClubAtletico Madrid
1.41Expected goals (xG)1.02
Compared with usual
Athletic Club
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Atletico Madrid
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Timeline
- 39'
Yellow
Kang-in Lee
- 46'
Sub
Yeray Álvarez → Aitor Paredes
- 46'
Goal
Nico Williams league goal #1
- 48'
Goal
Robert Navarro league goal #2 assist Iñaki Williams
- 58'
Sub
Ademola Lookman → Arnau Ortiz
- 59'
Sub
Giuliano Simeone → Cristian Romero
- 59'
Sub
Morten Hjulmand → Koke
- 59'
Sub
Kang-in Lee → Julián Alvarez
- 60'
Sub
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta → Mikel Jauregizar
- 66'
Sub
Robert Navarro → Johaneko Louis Jean
- 66'
Sub
Iñaki Williams → Álex Berenguer
- 76'
Sub
Nico Williams → Gorka Guruzeta
- 76'
Sub
Alex Baena → Johnny Cardoso
- 90'
Goal
Oihan Sancet league goal #1
Category leaders
- Key passesPablo Barrios3
- Duels wonJesús Areso9/13
- DribblesOihan Sancet4/4
- Defensive actionsBeñat Gerenabarrena7
#La Liga#Athletic Club#Atletico Madrid#Robert Navarro#Unai Simón#Kang-in Lee
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.