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Athletic Bilbao vs Elche

Date
Fri 20th February 2026 (UTC)
Fri 20th February 2026 (Local)

Timestamp
2026-02-20T20:00:00

Time

20:00:00 UTC (21:00:00 Local)

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League
Spanish La Liga

Season
2025-2026

Round
25

Status
Match Finished

Location
Spain
San Mamés Barria

	Guruzeta		(64')
	Guruzeta		(89')

Silva

(68')

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Home Team Lineup

Gómez 70	Sancet Navarro 75	Galarreta
Rego Vesga 70	Vivian	Laporte
Guruzeta	Simón	Berchiche
Williams Izeta 80	Lekue Areso 80

Away Team Lineup

Febas	Chust	Bigas Boayar 90
Rodríguez Mir 75	Aguado	Silva
Dituro	Morente Buba Sanga 75	Cepeda
Pétrot Affengrube 75	Valera Pedrosa 81

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Ball Possession

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total passes

351

442

Passes accurate

264

337

Passes %

expected_goals

3.19

0.82

goals_prevented

1.38

Description

The historic San Mamés stadium plays host to a pivotal Matchday 25 encounter as Athletic Bilbao welcomes a struggling Elche CF. The Basque hosts enter the fixture on a high note, seeking to string together three consecutive league victories for the first time this season. With a push for European qualification within reach, Athletic will look to exploit their home-field advantage and the clinical form of Gorka Guruzeta. Conversely, Elche arrives in Bilbao desperate for points to pull themselves away from the relegation zone. Having failed to win in their last seven outings, the visitors face a daunting task against one of the league's most disciplined defenses in what promises to be a high-intensity "Friday Night Lights" clash.

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Result Description

Gorka Guruzeta continued his remarkable scoring run, netting twice to lead Athletic Bilbao to a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Elche. In an action-packed second half, Guruzeta broke the deadlock in the 64th minute, showing great predatory instinct to convert a low, driven cross from Yuri Berchiche. However, the lead was short-lived as Elche was awarded a penalty just five minutes later. André Silva stepped up and, despite being forced to retake his spot-kick due to a double-touch violation on the first attempt, kept his cool to level the score and silence the Bilbao faithful.

The match appeared destined for a draw until a controversial moment in the 89th minute when the referee pointed to the spot for an Athletic penalty following a challenge on substitute Eder García. Guruzeta stepped up under immense pressure and buried the winner, securing Athletic's third straight league win. While Elche fought valiantly and dominated possession for large spells of the second half, their winless streak now extends to eight matches, leaving them precariously close to the bottom three.

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