Athletic Club — Getafe 4:0

Athletic Club

4:0

Getafe

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Athletic Club was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Athletic Club	4	0.70	+3.3	1.63
Getafe	0	0.35	−0.3	0.93

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
16'	Alex Berenguer	Athletic Club	0.05
34'	Iñaki Williams	Athletic Club	0.23	Alex Berenguer
69'	Aitor Paredes	Athletic Club	0.05	Alex Berenguer
87'	Yuri	Athletic Club	0.02	Alex Berenguer

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
34'	Iñaki Williams	Athletic Club	0.23	goal
4'	Ramón Terrats	Getafe	0.12	saved
51'	Alex Berenguer	Athletic Club	0.09	off target

Shots: Athletic Club 11, Getafe 7; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 0 and 0.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Athletic Club 0.48, Getafe 0.13: a small edge for Athletic Club. In the second half xG was Athletic Club 0.22, Getafe 0.22: about even. Athletic Club scored 4 from 0.70 xG: well above what they created. As a rule, finishing like this evens out over time.

How it fits the season

Athletic Club: −4.2 for the season (7 in the table). Getafe: +1.4 (15). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

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