Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Villarreal — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Spain - Primera Liga, 8 Dec 2024

📅08/12/2024 · 🕒18:15 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
1.8
Draw
26%
3.45
Away
27%
3.83
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
1.78
Over 2.5
48%
1.95
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.85
No
51%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
29%
3.11
2-3 Goals
39%
1.8
4-5 Goals
23%
3.85
6+ Goals
9%
16.75
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.11 — our 29% vs market 26.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
21%
2.69
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
6%
16.4
X/1
14%
4.56
X/2
11%
9.33
X/X
15%
5.22
2/1
12%
28.5
2/2
9%
7.33
2/X
5%
17.15
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
52%
-4.5pp
26%
Draw
26%
+0.5pp
27%
Away Win
23%
+4.1pp
52%
Under 2.5
52%
-0.1pp
48%
Over 2.5
48%
+0.1pp
49%
BTTS Yes
50%
-0.9pp
51%
BTTS No
50%
+0.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Athletic Bilbao EU Bookmakers 56%
Head to Head
AWAY Villarreal EU Bookmakers 26%
+2% / +2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +8% / +8%
1.68/0.97 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.28/1.35
+2% / +3% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +32% / +17%
55% Ball Possession 45%
15 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 4
367 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 300 · 75%
23.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 22.2
20.3 Crosses 14.0
2.0 Yellow Cards 3.1
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Athletic Bilbao
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Villarreal
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
2.06 xG 1.58
45% Ball Possession 55%
14 Total Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
320 Passes 416
79% Pass Accuracy 84%
27 Box Touches 24
21 Crosses 11
2 Yellow Cards 3
14.04.2024 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 1-1 HT 0-0 Villarreal Villarreal İS1
05.11.2023 Villarreal Villarreal 2-3 HT 0-3 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
13.05.2023 Villarreal Villarreal 5-1 HT 2-1 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
30.10.2022 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 1-0 HT 0-0 Villarreal Villarreal İS1
09.04.2022 Villarreal Villarreal 1-1 HT 0-1 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
23.10.2021 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 2-1 HT 1-1 Villarreal Villarreal İS1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Athletic Bilbao
2-0
AWAY Villarreal
1.17 xG 0.78
42% Ball Possession 58%
12 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 1
3 Corners 3
320 Passes 467
82% Pass Accuracy 84%
19 Box Touches 23
23 Crosses 13
2 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Athletic Bilbao vs Villarreal
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Athletic Bilbao saw off Villarreal 2-0. Half-time: 1-0.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Athletic Bilbao as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.

On the day, Athletic Bilbao had 42% of the ball to Villarreal's 58%, shots finished 12-11, expected goals 1.17 to 0.78.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Athletic Bilbao had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Athletic Bilbao and 1.67 for Villarreal.

What was the final score of Athletic Bilbao vs Villarreal?

Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Villarreal in the Spain - Primera Liga on 08/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Athletic Bilbao vs Villarreal?

Before kick-off our model rated a Athletic Bilbao win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Athletic Bilbao 47%, draw 26%, Villarreal 27%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Athletic Bilbao), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Athletic Bilbao) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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