📅 27/08/23🕒 19:30🏟️ San Mamés Barria🧑⚖️ Cesar Soto Grado, Spain
ScorerMikel Vesga2 goalsBiggest Swing+1.79 xT45' Mikel VesgaCards6
Athletic Club 4-2 Real Betis — xTears 20.42 (27/08/23)
Athletic Club came back to win 4-2 against Real Betis on 27 August 2023 during Matchday 3 of La Liga. Total damage: 20.42 xTears.
The real swing for Athletic Club arrived through Mikel Vesga 45' penalty (+1.79 xT) and Gorka Guruzeta 45+7' goal (+1.52 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Athletic Club's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase. The whistle kept getting involved under Cesar Soto Grado, Spain, with 2 VAR calls.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
2'
Goal
Willian José - Real Betis
10'
Goal
Isco - Real Betis
Assist: Aitor Ruibal
28'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
Nico Williams - Athletic Club
30'
Penalty
Mikel Vesga - Athletic Club
44'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
Nico Williams - Athletic Club
45'
Penalty
Mikel Vesga - Athletic Club
45+7'
Goal
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
Assist: I. Williams
84'
Goal
Unai Gómez - Athletic Club
Absolute chaos
🧨
11.55
45'
Penalty
+1.79 xT
Mikel Vesga - Athletic Club
45+7'
Goal
+1.52 xT
Gorka Guruzeta - Athletic Club
Assist: I. Williams
84'
Goal
+1.48 xT
Unai Gómez - Athletic Club
2'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Willian José - Real Betis
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
5.58
45'
Penalty
+1.79 xT
Mikel Vesga - Athletic Club
28'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.27 xT
Nico Williams - Athletic Club
44'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.27 xT
Nico Williams - Athletic Club
30'
Penalty
+1.25 xT
Mikel Vesga - Athletic Club
All-out war
🟥
5.26
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Álex Berenguer - Athletic Club
48'
Yellow card
+0.93 xT
Abner - Real Betis
79'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
Mikel Vesga - Athletic Club
61'
Yellow card
+0.85 xT
Ruíz de Galarreta - Athletic Club
Late drama
🔥
2.97
84'
Goal
+1.48 xT
Unai Gómez - Athletic Club
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Álex Berenguer - Athletic Club
85'
Substitution
+0.44 xT
Dani García for Ruíz de Galarreta - Athletic Club
Cruelty
😈
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.