La Liga · Matchweek 5
Víctor Chust 79' (OG)
HT 0:0
Facundo Buonanotte 50' (pen)
Sat, 12 Sept 2026, 17:30 (UK) · San Mamés, Bilbao
Athletic Club 12th → 9th · 7 pts|Elche 19th · 2 pts

Athletic Club had the ball and the shots, but Elche's penalty put them behind and only an own goal brought the draw.

Player of the matchFederico Redondo7.6Decisive moment50' Facundo Buonanotte+1.0

Athletic Club 1-1 Elche: 19 shots, three on target

Key numbers

  • 19 shots, 3 on target for Athletic
  • Elche had 3 shots; season average is 14
  • Athletic's xG was 2.39 for one goal

Plenty of shots, little threat on target

Athletic Club had 19 shots at San Mamés but drew 1-1 with Elche. Their xG reached 2.39, yet only three efforts were on target. Elche managed just three shots all afternoon and still took the lead from the penalty spot, Facundo Buonanotte scoring in the 50th minute.

An own goal levels it up

Athletic drew level in the 79th minute when Víctor Chust turned the ball into his own net, an own goal worth −1.5 FN xPts for him. Elche's three shots compare with a four-match season average of 14. They stayed 19th on two points, while Athletic rose to ninth on seven.

Player of the match
Federico Redondo 7.6Strong

He made six tackles and four interceptions and won eight of his 10 duels.

Elche faced 19 shots and conceded only once, through the own goal. Redondo carried much of that workload with 10 defensive actions, and he also completed 39 of his 40 passes across the full 90 minutes.

Game state

0-11-1
Athletic Club ahead 0 min · level 61 min · Elche ahead 29 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.

50' Facundo Buonanotte Pen goal +1.0
79' Víctor Chust Own goal −1.5
Athletic Club Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments 0.0Opponent moments +0.2Time effect −1.2→ League points won 1
Elche Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments −0.5Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.7→ League points won 1

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 ClubElche
67%Possession33%
2.39Expected goals (xG)0.84
0.13xG per shot0.28
19Shots3
3Shots on target1
16%Shots on target %33%
14Shots in box1
614Passes317
88%Pass accuracy78%
7Corners1
0Saves2
11Fouls12
3Yellow cards3
4Offsides2

Compared with usual

Athletic Club

4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg
Goals11.5
Conceded11.3
xG2.391.4
xG against0.841.6
Shots1912.8
On target34.8
Shots faced313
xG per shot0.130.1
Possession67%44.8%
Passes614411.3
Pass accuracy88%81%
Corners76.3
Fouls1110.5

Elche

4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg
Goals11.3
Conceded13
xG0.841.4
xG against2.391.8
Shots314
On target16.3
Shots faced1911.3
xG per shot0.280.1
Possession33%56.5%
Passes317532.5
Pass accuracy78%86%
Corners16.3
Fouls1213.3

Timeline

  • 50' Goal Facundo Buonanotte (pen) league goal #1
  • 56' Yellow Federico Redondo
  • 65' Sub Jesús Areso → Johaneko Louis Jean
  • 65' Sub Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta → Mikel Jauregizar
  • 69' Sub Facundo Buonanotte → Thomas Lemar
  • 69' Sub Fernando Niño → Abiel Osorio
  • 72' Sub Robert Navarro → Álex Berenguer
  • 75' Yellow Abiel Osorio
  • 76' Sub Tete Morente → Rubén Sánchez
  • 79' Goal Víctor Chust (OG)
  • 81' Yellow Beñat Gerenabarrena
  • 81' Yellow Álex Berenguer
  • 81' Sub Iñaki Williams → Maroan Sannadi
  • 82' Sub Germán Valera → Lucas Cepeda
  • 83' Sub Gonzalo Villar → Martim Neto
  • 90+6' Yellow Rubén Sánchez
  • 90+7' Yellow Yuri Berchiche

Category leaders

  • Key passesRobert Navarro4
  • Duels wonFederico Redondo8/10
  • DribblesGonzalo Villar3/3
  • Defensive actionsFederico Redondo10
  • ShotsOihan Sancet4 (on target 0)
#La Liga#Athletic Club#Elche#Federico Redondo#Nico Williams

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.