RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Athletic Club, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2024-25

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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Athletic Club

Sun 16 Feb 2025 · 13:00 UTC Stage Front Stadium 26,645 HT 45' · FT 45'

Roberto Fernandez 62' 1–0

1–1 77' Oihan Sancet

Y 5' Yeray Alvarez

Urko Gonzalez 46' Y

Overview

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RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Athletic Club — La Liga at Stage Front Stadium.

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)
Athletic Club 11 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (Spain)
Assistant 1 Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (Spain)
Assistant 2 Alejandro Estevez Iglesias (Spain)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	12	33
2	Real Madrid CF	12	30
3	Club Atlético de Madrid	12	28
4	Real Betis Balompié	12	26
5	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	12	22
6	Sevilla FC	12	18
7	Athletic Club	11	16
8	RC Deportivo La Coruña	12	15
9	Villarreal CF	12	15
10	Real Racing Club de Santander	12	14
11	RC Celta de Vigo	12	13
12	Deportivo Alavés	12	13
13	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	11	12
14	CA Osasuna	12	12
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	12	12
16	Getafe CF	12	12
17	Levante UD	12	11
18	Elche CF	12	10
19	Valencia CF	12	9
20	Málaga CF	12	5

Head-to-Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · Avg 2.4 goals Athletic Club

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-16 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club 2024-10-19 Athletic Club 4–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2023-04-08 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–2 Athletic Club 2022-09-04 Athletic Club 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2022-02-07 Athletic Club 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Recent Form

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Feb	Athletic Club	H	1–1	D
09 Feb	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	A	1–2	L
01 Feb	Real Madrid CF	H	1–0	W
25 Jan	Sevilla FC	A	1–1	D
17 Jan	Real Valladolid CF	H	2–1	W
11 Jan	CD Leganes	H	1–1	D

Athletic Club

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Feb	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	A	1–1	D
08 Feb	Girona FC	H	3–0	W
02 Feb	Real Betis Balompié	A	2–2	D
30 Jan	FC Viktoria Plzeň	H	3–1	W
26 Jan	CD Leganes	H	0–0	D
22 Jan	Beşiktaş JK	A	1–4	L

Season Stats

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona		Athletic Club
#15	Position	#7
12	Points	16
12	Played	11
3 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 3
13	Scored	15
14	Conceded	11
-1	GD	+4
1.00	PPG	1.45
25%	Win %	36%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

45% Clean Sheets
Athletic Club this season

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (12 pts). Athletic Club are 7th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Athletic Club

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/3

61-75

3/–

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Roberto Fernandez	6 G
Tyrhys Dolan	1 G
Alex Calatrava	1 G

Athletic Club

Alex Berenguer	4 G	4 A
Inaki Williams	3 G	2 A
Nico Williams	2 G	1 A
Roberto Navarro	2 G
Aitor Paredes Casamichana	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Stage Front Stadium!
5' Athletic Club receives a card for a hard tackle on 5.
10' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
30' Athletic Club is showing some good football. However, Athletic Club are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering RCD Espanyol de Barcelona that had 297 games and scored 338 goals.
40' Athletic Club started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Javi Puado made 297 appearances and scored 41 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
46' Urko Gonzalez has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 46.
51' The 27-year-old Pol Lozano has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
61' It’s high time Ernesto Valverde made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
62' What composure from Roberto Fernandez! The Spain international strokes it home. 1-0.
65' Nico Williams has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alex Berenguer on 65 minute.
67' Another change for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona made on 67 minute. Urko Gonzalez leaves to be changed by Fernando Calero.
70' A tactical swap from Athletic Club — Aitor Paredes Casamichana on, Yeray Alvarez off on 70 minutes.
75' Marash Kumbulla has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
77' Oihan Sancet does the damage! The net is bulging and Athletic Club surge ahead!
79' It is a substitution in RCD Espanyol de Barcelona team. Pol Lozano is replaced by Edu Exposito on 79 minute.
84' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
89' Another substitution for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona to replace Javi Puado by Pere Milla on 89 minute.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7
Javi Puado ↓ Pere Milla 89'
6
Leandro Cabrera
4
Marash Kumbulla
20
Alex Kral
10
Pol Lozano ↓ Edu Exposito 79'
17
Jofre Carreras Pages ↓ Antoniu Roca 79'
19
Urko Gonzalez ↓ Fernando Calero 67'
1
Joan Garcia
23
Omar El Hilali
22
Carlos Romero
2
Roberto Fernandez ↓ Alejo Veliz 79'

Bench

Coach Manolo González

Athletic Club Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2
Andoni Gorosabel ↓ De Marcos 70'
17
Yuri Berchiche
1
Unai Simon
5
Yeray Alvarez ↓ Aitor Paredes Casamichana 70'
3
Daniel Vivian
9
Inaki Williams
7
Alex Berenguer ↓ Nico Williams 65'
8
Oihan Sancet
24
Benat Prados ↓ Mikel Vesga 65'
23
Mikel Jauregizar
21
Sannadi ↓ Gorka Guruzeta 79'

Bench

Coach Ernesto Valverde

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Inaki Williams	5
Oihan Sancet	3
Muniain	2
Raul de Tomas	2
Tonny Vilhena	2
Martin Braithwaite	2
Raul Garcia	1
Nico Williams	1

Head to Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2025-02-16 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club D 2025-02-09 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2025-02-01 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–0 Real Madrid CF W 2025-01-25 Sevilla FC 1–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D 2025-01-17 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–1 Real Valladolid CF W 2025-01-11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 CD Leganes D

Athletic Club Form

2025-02-16 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club D 2025-02-08 Athletic Club 3–0 Girona FC W 2025-02-02 Real Betis Balompié 2–2 Athletic Club D 2025-01-30 Athletic Club 3–1 FC Viktoria Plzeň W 2025-01-26 Athletic Club 0–0 CD Leganes D 2025-01-22 Beşiktaş JK 4–1 Athletic Club L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.22 Athletic Club xG

I would bet for: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Athletic Club 70% + Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona35% Draw30% Athletic Club35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.36

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	42%	58%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw

65%

Draw or Athletic Club

65%

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Athletic Club

70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona24% Draw50% Athletic Club26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

11.7%

0 – 1

10.4%

1 – 0

9.6%

1 – 2

7.7%

2 – 1

7.2%

0 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

4.5%

1 – 3

3.2%

3 – 1

2.8%

0 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Handicap	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers	Push	Athletic Club covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	19%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	20%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	11%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Athletic Club keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.