📅 20/02/26🕒 20:00🏟️ San Mamés🧑⚖️ Alejandro Hernandez, Spain
ScorerGorka Guruzeta2 goalsBiggest Swing+2.73 xT89' Gorka GuruzetaCards6
Athletic Club 2-1 Elche — xTears 17.57 (20/02/26)
Athletic Club nicked it 2-1 against Elche on 20 February 2026 during Matchday 25 of La Liga. Total damage: 17.57 xTears.
Gorka Guruzeta ended up carrying the main damage for Athletic Club through Gorka Guruzeta 89' penalty (+2.73 xT) and then Gorka Guruzeta 64' goal (+1.61 xT).
This was a proper rollercoaster, with the game swinging all over the place. The whistle kept getting involved under Alejandro Hernandez, Spain, with 1 VAR call.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
64'
Goal
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
Assist: Yuri
68'
Penalty
André Silva - Elche
87'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
Aymeric Laporte - Athletic Club
89'
Penalty
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
Absolute chaos
🧨
9.54
89'
Penalty
+2.73 xT
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
68'
Penalty
+1.78 xT
André Silva - Elche
64'
Goal
+1.61 xT
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
Assist: Yuri
87'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.59 xT
Aymeric Laporte - Athletic Club
Late drama
🔥
8.28
89'
Penalty
+2.73 xT
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
87'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.59 xT
Aymeric Laporte - Athletic Club
88'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
Bigas - Elche
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
E. Garcia - Athletic Club
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
6.10
89'
Penalty
+2.73 xT
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
68'
Penalty
+1.78 xT
André Silva - Elche
87'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.59 xT
Aymeric Laporte - Athletic Club
All-out war
🟥
5.51
88'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
Bigas - Elche
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
E. Garcia - Athletic Club
45+1'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
L. Cepeda - Elche
55'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
Unai Gómez - Athletic Club
Crushed hope
💔
2.73
89'
Penalty
+2.73 xT
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
Cruelty
😈
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.