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Athletic Club vs Elche

FA Cup
Athletic
10-4-11
2-1
Final
Elche
5-10-10
San Mamés

Match pulse

ATHAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTELC
46%Possession54%
18Shots2
8On target2
4Corners1
1Saves6
18Fouls9
10'Aleix FebasELC45'+1'Lucas CepedaELC55'Unai GómezATH67'Iñigo LekueATH88'Pedro BigasELC90'+1'Eder GarcíaATH90'+8'Yago AlonsoELC
Team1H2HT
ATH022
ELC011

Who won: Athletic 2-1

Athletic Club beat Elche 2-1 on Friday, February 20, 2026 at San Mamés. Goals for Athletic: Gorka Guruzeta (64', 89' pen). Goals for Elche: André Silva (69' pen).

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 18.3Gorka GuruzetaF
  2. 27.1Yuri BerchicheLB
  3. 36.9Matías DituroG
  4. 46.9André SilvaCF-L
  5. 56.8Oihan SancetAM
  6. 66.7Iñaki WilliamsAM-L
  7. 76.4Alejandro RegoLM
  8. 86.4Iñigo Ruiz de GalarretaRM
  9. 96.3Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  10. 106.2Unai SimónG
  11. 116.2Dani VivianCD-R
  12. 126.1Urko IzetaSUB

Team stats

ATHELC
18Fouls9
3Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards1
3Offsides2
4Corner Kicks1
1Saves6
45.6Possession54.4
18SHOTS2
8ON GOAL2
0.4On Target %1.0
2Penalty Goals2
1Penalty Kicks Taken1
264Accurate Passes338
348Passes440
0.8Pass Completion %0.8
4Accurate Crosses0
28Crosses10
0.1Cross %0.0
66Long Balls81
28Accurate Long Balls34
0.4Long Balls %0.4
6Blocked Shots0
9Effective Tackles10
17Tackles21
0.5Tackle %0.5
14Interceptions13
19Effective Clearances30
19Clearances30

Player of the game

Gorka Guruzeta

ATH · 2 G

8.3

Deserved to win

29%
ATH · 0.93 xG
56%
Draw
15%
ELC · 0.76 xG

Athletic created better chances: they win this game 29% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Athletic Club 2, Elche 1.
  2. 90'+8'

    Red card

    Yago Santiago (Elche) is shown the red card.

    Yago Alonso

  3. Second Half ends, Athletic Club 2, Elche 1.
  4. 90'+6'

    Offside

    Offside, Athletic Club. Robert Navarro is caught offside.

  5. 90'+4'

    Foul

    Foul by Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club).

  6. 90'+4'

    Free kick won

    David Affengruber (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  7. 90'+3'

    Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.

  8. 90'+3'
    Sub

    Subbed on for P. Bigas

    Substitution, Elche. Adam El Mokhtari replaces Pedro Bigas.

    A. Boayar

  9. 90'+2'

    Free kick won

    Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  10. 90'+2'

    Foul

    Foul by Buba Sangaré (Elche).

  11. 90'+1'

    Yellow card

    Eder García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.

    E. García

  12. 90'+1'

    Foul

    Foul by Eder García (Athletic Club).

  13. 90'+1'

    Free kick won

    Aleix Febas (Elche) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  14. GOAL89'

    Goal! Penalty

    G. Guruzeta

    Goal! Athletic Club 2, Elche 1. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

    ATH 2 - 1 ELC
  15. 88'

    Yellow card

    Pedro Bigas (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    P. Bigas

  16. 87'ATH

    Var - referee decision cancelled

    VAR Decision: Penalty Athletic Club.

  17. 86'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  18. 85'

    Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Bigas (Elche).

  19. 85'

    Delay in match because of an injury Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club).

  20. 85'

    Foul

    Penalty conceded by Pedro Bigas (Elche) after a foul in the penalty area.

  21. 85'ELC

    Foul

    Penalty Athletic Club. Aymeric Laporte draws a foul in the penalty area.

  22. 85'

    Header blocked

    Attempt blocked. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta with a cross.

    A. Laporte

  23. 84'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by David Affengruber.

  24. 82'

    Left footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Urko Izeta (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matías Dituro (Elche). Assisted by Jesús Areso.

    U. Izeta

  25. 81'
    Sub

    Subbed on for G. Valera

    Substitution, Elche. Adrià Pedrosa replaces Germán Valera.

    A. Pedrosa

Leaders

ATHELC
Total Shots
Gorka Guruzeta
5
Lucas Cepeda
1
Accurate Passes
Yuri Berchiche
42
Víctor Chust
55
Saves
Unai Simón
1
Matías Dituro
6

Season seriesATH leads series 2-1-2