PreMatch Data

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).

Compare these two clubs by conditionWin rates side by side by weather, rest days, formation, referee and lineup

Head-to-head6 · 8 · 4Athletic W · D · Villarreal W
Goals per game2.283+ goals 33.3%
Both teams score61.1%18 games
First goal33.2 mingoals from 76' 26.8%
Yellows per game4.67reds 3 · pens 5
Top scorerIñaki Williams5 goals

What stands out

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  1. 1–16×
  2. 0–02×
  3. 1–02×
  4. 1–21×

When the goals come

  1. 1–154
  2. 16–308
  3. 31–456
  4. 46–605
  5. 61–757
  6. 76–90+11

Most starts in this fixture

  1. 17Iñaki Williams · Athletic
  2. 14Unai Simón · Athletic
  3. 13Yuri · Athletic
  4. 10Gerard Moreno · Villarreal
  5. 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

  1. Athletic16:00Villarreal
  2. Villarreal16:00Athletic
  3. Athletic1–2Villarreal
  4. Villarreal1–0Athletic
  5. Villarreal0–0Athletic
  6. Athletic2–0Villarreal
  7. Athletic1–1Villarreal
  8. Villarreal2–3Athletic
  9. Villarreal5–1Athletic
  10. Athletic1–0Villarreal
  11. Villarreal1–1Athletic
  12. Athletic2–1Villarreal
  13. Athletic1–1Villarreal
  14. Villarreal1–1Athletic
  15. Athletic1–0Villarreal
  16. Villarreal0–0Athletic
  17. Villarreal1–1Athletic
  18. Athletic0–3Villarreal
  19. Villarreal1–3Athletic
  20. 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

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