Athletic vs Villarreal head-to-head
Athletic Club and Villarreal have met 18 times across all competitions between 2017-18 ~ 2025-26: Athletic 6 wins, 8 draws, Villarreal 4 wins. At Athletic's ground the home side is 4-3-2 (9 games); at Villarreal's it is 2-5-2 (9 games). The fixture averages 2.28 goals and both teams score in 61.1% of meetings (18 league).
What stands out
- 34pp
How far the two sides diverge from their own norms in August: Athletic 53.8% (26 games), Villarreal 26.9% (26 games).Against their usual rates: Athletic +17.1pp, Villarreal -17.2pp
- 22.2%
Villarreal's win rate in this fixture. Across La Liga over the same span it is 44.1%.18 games, 4W 8D 6L · 21.9pp below their usual rate
- 6×
1–1 has come up 6 times in 18 meetings. Across La Liga that scoreline appears in 13.0% of games.33.3% of these meetings · 20.3pp above the league rate
- 22.2%
Villarreal's win rate at home against this opponent. Their usual home win rate is 50.0%.9 home games, 2W 5D 2L · 27.8pp below their usual home rate · small sample
- 44.4%
Share of these meetings that ended level. The average across La Liga is 26.5%.8 draws in 18 games · 18.0pp above the league average
Every condition was compared for both teams; only the items that deviate most from their usual records and the league average are kept. Samples under 5 games are left out entirely, and those under 10 are faded and marked as a small sample. Conditional records count league games only.
How these games play out
Most common scorelines
When the goals come
Most starts in this fixture
- 17Iñaki Williams · Athletic
- 14Unai Simón · Athletic
- 13Yuri · Athletic
- 10Gerard Moreno · Villarreal
- 9Dani Parejo · Villarreal
Scorelines are shown Athletic first · goal timings split the fixture's goals into 15-minute blocks · starts count league meetings since 2017-18
All results
- Athletic16:00Villarreal
- Villarreal16:00Athletic
- Athletic1–2Villarreal
- Villarreal1–0Athletic
- Villarreal0–0Athletic
- Athletic2–0Villarreal
- Athletic1–1Villarreal
- Villarreal2–3Athletic
- Villarreal5–1Athletic
- Athletic1–0Villarreal
- Villarreal1–1Athletic
- Athletic2–1Villarreal
- Athletic1–1Villarreal
- Villarreal1–1Athletic
- Athletic1–0Villarreal
- Villarreal0–0Athletic
- Villarreal1–1Athletic
- Athletic0–3Villarreal
- Villarreal1–3Athletic
- Athletic1–1Villarreal
top rows are fixtures still to be played (UK kick-off time) · green home win · red away win · league games since 2017-18 only · rows marked Preview open the pre-match data published for that game
Top scorers in this fixture
Iñaki Williams 5 · Raúl García 3 · Muniain 2 · K. Toko Ekambi 2 · Gerard Moreno 2