
Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
Referee
Alejandro Hernandez
La Liga: Athletic Club beat Real Sociedad 2–1. Goals: Iñaki Williams 14', Luka Sučić 30', Alex Berenguer 45+2' (pen.).
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Athletic Club | Real Sociedad |
|---|---|---|
| 14′ · Iñaki Williams | 1 | 0 |
| 30′ · Luka Sučić | 1 | 1 |
| 45+2′ · Alex Berenguer | 2 | 1 |
| 90′ | 2 | 1 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Athletic Club | Real Sociedad | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.97 | 1.42 |
| xG per shot | 0.228 | 0.101 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.97 | -0.42 |
| Athletic Club win | 69% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Real Sociedad win | 16% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Club | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Athletic Club | Real Sociedad | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.97 | 1.42 |
| xG per shot | 0.228 | 0.101 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.97 | -0.42 |
| Athletic Club win | 69% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Real Sociedad win | 16% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Athletic Club | Real Sociedad | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| Off target | 4 | 4 |
| Blocked | 6 | 5 |
| Inside the box | 10 | 9 |
| Outside the box | 3 | 5 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Athletic Club | Real Sociedad | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 38% | 62% |
| Passes | 366 | 597 |
| Completed | 307 | 514 |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 86% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Athletic Club | Real Sociedad | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 11 | 13 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Sučić | Real Sociedad | 7.7 | 75 |
| I. Williams | Athletic Club | 7.4 | 90 |
| Robert Navarro | Athletic Club | 7.2 | 83 |
| Carlos Soler | Real Sociedad | 7.2 | 90 |
| Nico Williams | Athletic Club | 7.0 | 89 |
| Dani Vivian | Athletic Club | 7.0 | 90 |
| Mikel Oyarzabal | Real Sociedad | 6.8 | 90 |
| Unai Simón | Athletic Club | 6.7 | 90 |
| Jon Martín | Real Sociedad | 6.7 | 90 |
| Sergio Gómez | Real Sociedad | 6.7 | 90 |
| Aymeric Laporte | Athletic Club | 6.7 | 90 |
| Yuri | Athletic Club | 6.6 | 89 |
| M. Sarr | Real Sociedad | 6.6 | 90 |
| Hugo Rincón | Athletic Club | 6.5 | 90 |
| Álex Berenguer | Athletic Club | 6.5 | 90 |
| T. Kubo | Real Sociedad | 6.4 | 15 |
| Peio Canales | Athletic Club | 6.4 | 77 |
| Jon Gorrotxategi | Real Sociedad | 6.4 | 75 |
| J. Ochieng | Real Sociedad | 6.3 | 1 |
| O. Óskarsson | Real Sociedad | 6.3 | 29 |
| Beñat Gerenabarrena | Athletic Club | 6.3 | 90 |
| Yeray | Athletic Club | 6.3 | 1 |
| Álex Remiro | Real Sociedad | 6.3 | 90 |
| Oihan Sancet | Athletic Club | 6.2 | 1 |
| Maroan Sannadi | Athletic Club | 6.1 | 6 |
| Héctor Fort | Real Sociedad | 6.1 | 2 |
| J. Louis-Jean | Athletic Club | 6.0 | 1 |
| Beñat Turrientes | Real Sociedad | 6.0 | 15 |
| J. Aramburu | Real Sociedad | 6.0 | 88 |
| Barrenetxea | Real Sociedad | 5.9 | 61 |
| Beñat Prados | Athletic Club | 5.9 | 13 |
| Gonçalo Guedes | Real Sociedad | 5.8 | 89 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
Unai Simón
Álex Remiro| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Club | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Coach: E. Terzić
Bench
31J. Louis-JeanD
18Mikel JauregizarM
34Jesús Vizcay HurtadoF
5YerayD
22Nico SerranoF
12Jesús AresoD
13Álex PadillaG
4Aitor ParedesD
6Beñat PradosM
23Robert NavarroM
20Alejandro RegoM
8Oihan SancetMCoach: P. Matarazzo
Bench
| 1Unai SimónG | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15Hugo RincónD | 90 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 3Dani VivianD | 90 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Aymeric LaporteD | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17YuriD | 89 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24Beñat GerenabarrenaM | 90 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28Peio CanalesM | 77 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Álex BerenguerM | 90 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9I. WilliamsF | 90 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10Nico WilliamsM | 89 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Maroan SannadiF | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12Jesús AresoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5YerayD | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesús Vizcay Hurtado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Nico SerranoF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Oihan SancetM | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20Alejandro RegoM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6Beñat PradosM | 13 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4Aitor ParedesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13Álex PadillaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23Robert NavarroM | 83 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31J. Louis-JeanD | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Mikel JauregizarM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |