Football news and preview: Athletic Club odds-on when Cádiz arrive

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

This could be yet another engrossing meeting at San Mamés Barria in the La Liga. Athletic Club is in 5th position and host Cádiz in 6th position. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga

Cádiz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Athletic Club and Cádiz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Only two La Liga home games for Athletic Club so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Athletic Club shared the glory with Mallorca in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Vivian got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Vivian won 2 of 7 duels.

Ahead of that match, Club won a home game hosting Real Betis (4-2).

Early season league goal statistics from Athletic Club's 2 home games: {4 goals}, 4 conceded.

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Cádiz form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the La Liga ended in defeat. Last season Cádiz had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 3, drew 6 and lost 10.

Cádiz won their last game, 3-1 versus Villarreal played at home. Midfielder Machís was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.4. Machís scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A draw for Cádiz before that, at their own venue hosting Almeria (1-1).

Cádiz have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Athletic Club-Cádiz H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Athletic Club five wins, Cádiz three wins, zero draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

Athletic ClubG. Guruzeta Rodríguez
G. Guruzeta Rodríguez
2 goals
ClubM. Vesga Arruti
M. Vesga Arruti
2 goals
CádizD. Machís Marcano
D. Machís Marcano
2 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Cádiz missing players

Athletic Club Cádiz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 1 1 1
6 4 0 Scored S 0 0 5
4 4 2 Conceded C 2 2 4
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 25%
 
5 6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 4.5
4 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 10 5
3.2 3.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10 10.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 12.8
3 3.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 2.8
50% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 45%
 
12.2 11.5 14 Shots against (avg) S A 24 24 11.5
5.2 6 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 10 4.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga
Athletic Club Last season Cádiz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 8   Won W   3 10
9 3   Drew D   6 12
15 8   Lost L   10 16
47 22   Scored S   11 30
43 15   Conceded C   30 53
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
61% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 66%
45% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 29%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
42% 21%   BTTS BTTS   37% 34%
29% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 34%
42% 53%   Failed to Score F T   47% 45%
 
6.8 8.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.8
3.6 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.3
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 3
5 2   Red cards R C   5 7
 
14.8 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   10 10.6
4.9 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.2
25% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 24%
 
10.5 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.7 14.8
3.6 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 4 4 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 6 12
2 Girona 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
3 FC Barcelona 4 3 1 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 6 4 4 10
4 Atlético Madrid 3 2 1 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 7 0 9 7
5 Athletic Club 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 7
6 Cádiz 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
7 Real Betis 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 0 7
8 Real Sociedad 4 1 3 0 7 5 3 1 2 0 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
9 Deportivo Alaves 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
10 Osasuna 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 6
11 Valencia 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
12 Rayo Vallecano 4 2 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 7 3 2 0 1 4 1 -4 6
13 Celta de Vigo 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 -2 4
14 Getafe 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 4
15 Villarreal 4 1 0 3 6 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
16 Granada 4 1 0 3 7 12 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 4 8 -5 3
17 Mallorca 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
18 Las Palmas 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 2
19 Almeria 4 0 1 3 4 9 3 0 0 3 3 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
20 Sevilla 3 0 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 38 28 4 6 70 20 19 15 3 1 37 4 19 13 1 5 33 16 50 88
2 Real Madrid 38 24 6 8 75 36 19 13 5 1 44 16 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 78
3 Atlético Madrid 38 23 8 7 70 33 19 13 3 3 41 15 19 10 5 4 29 18 37 77
4 Real Sociedad 38 21 8 9 51 35 19 11 5 3 26 16 19 10 3 6 25 19 16 71
5 Villarreal 38 19 7 12 59 40 19 12 3 4 36 18 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 64
6 Real Betis 38 17 9 12 46 41 19 9 5 5 26 18 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 60
7 Osasuna 38 15 8 15 37 42 19 11 1 7 24 21 19 4 7 8 13 21 -5 53
8 Athletic Club 38 14 9 15 47 43 19 8 3 8 22 15 19 6 6 7 25 28 4 51
9 Mallorca 38 14 8 16 37 43 19 10 5 4 22 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -6 50
10 Girona 38 13 10 15 58 55 19 10 3 6 35 26 19 3 7 9 23 29 3 49
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 10 15 45 53 19 9 5 5 28 22 19 4 5 10 17 31 -8 49
12 Sevilla 38 13 10 15 47 54 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 6 5 8 23 29 -7 49
13 Celta de Vigo 38 11 10 17 43 53 19 7 6 6 26 21 19 4 4 11 17 32 -10 43
14 Cádiz 38 10 12 16 30 53 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 3 6 10 11 30 -23 42
15 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 19 8 5 6 27 19 19 3 4 12 15 26 -3 42
16 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 19 3 6 10 13 25 -11 42
17 Almeria 38 11 8 19 49 65 19 10 3 6 29 22 19 1 5 13 20 43 -16 41
18 Real Valladolid 38 11 7 20 33 63 19 8 4 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 40
19 Espanyol 38 8 13 17 52 69 19 4 7 8 27 35 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 37
20 Elche 38 5 10 23 30 67 19 3 6 10 18 29 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 25

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.