La Liga · 2023Sat, 16 Sept 2023, 12:00 UTCFull timeFull-time recap

Athletic Club

LWWD

3–0Full-time recap

Cádiz

WLDW

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Athletic Club	Cádiz
Shots	20 shots/match▲	5 shots/match
Shots on target	9 shots/match▲	4 shots/match
Expected goals	2.87 xG/match▲	0.29 xG/match
Possession	66%●	34%
Corners	5 corners/match●	4 corners/match
Fouls	10 fouls/match	20 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Athletic Club: 20 shots, 8 on target, 2.91 xG. Cádiz: 5 shots, 4 on target, 0.28 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Athletic Club 2.91 xG · Cádiz 0.28 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline. A second useful context is: Athletic Club have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

moderate

Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

16.4 fouls/matchFoulsAthletic Club · Cádiz19.6 fouls/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Athletic Club	Cádiz	Baseline
Fouls	16.4 fouls/match	19.6 fouls/match	13.8 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Athletic Club have recorded the higher season possession share.

52.8%●PossessionAthletic Club · Cádiz39.4%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 13.4 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Athletic Club	Cádiz	Baseline
Possession	52.8%	39.4%	49.8%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

3Athletic Club

0Draws

1Cádiz

3 Feb 2023Athletic Club — Cádiz · La Liga4–1

29 Aug 2022Cádiz — Athletic Club · La Liga0–4

21 Apr 2022Cádiz — Athletic Club · La Liga2–3

5 Nov 2021Athletic Club — Cádiz · La Liga0–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Athletic Club favored in 9 of 13 directional metrics · Cádiz in 0 · 4 too close

1.8 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 5/51 goals/match

0.8 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 5/51.4 goals/match

1.67 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 5/51.15 xG/match

0.69 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 5/51.44 xG/match

12 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 5/511.2 shots/match

10.8 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 5/513.2 shots/match

4.2 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 5/53 shots/match

5 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 5/55.2 shots/match

52.8%●Possessionseason · 5/539.4%

5 corners/match●Cornersseason · 5/54.4 corners/match

4 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 5/55 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

16.4 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 5/519.6 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

60%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 5/520%

60%Scoring frequencyseason · 5/560%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Athletic Club62.5

Cádiz12.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Athletic Club60.8

Cádiz27.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Athletic Club60

Cádiz33.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Athletic Club22.5

Cádiz82.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Athletic Club72.5

Cádiz97.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Athletic Club60

Cádiz32.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Athletic Club58.1

Cádiz46.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Athletic Club5 matchesCádiz5 matches

1.8 goals/match▲Goals scored5/51 goals/match

0.8 goals/match▲Goals allowed5/51.4 goals/match

1.67 xG/match▲Expected goals5/51.15 xG/match

12 shots/match▲Shots5/511.2 shots/match

4.2 shots/match▲Shots on target5/53 shots/match

52.8%●Possession5/539.4%

5 corners/match●Corners5/54.4 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

16.4 fouls/matchFouls5/519.6 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Athletic Club3 matchesCádiz2 matches

2.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/2—

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowed3/2—

2.06 xG/matchExpected goals3/2—

13.7 shots/matchShots3/2—

5.33 shots/matchShots on target3/2—

53%Possession3/2—

5.67 corners/matchCorners3/2—

—Cards0/0—

17 fouls/matchFouls3/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

12.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/114.8 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/10 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples5 / 5home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 Sept 2023, 16:00 UTC · analysis-v4