Atalanta 2-3 Athletic Bilbao — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Champions League, 21 Jan 2026

📅21/01/2026 · 🕒23:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
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 Pick
54%
1.66
Draw
26%
3.54
Away
20%
4.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under
52%
1.78
Over
48%
1.95
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.9
No
50%
1.81
Total Goals
0-1
27%
3.0
2-3
41%
1.77
4-5
23%
3.76
6+
9%
16.2
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
28%
2.23
1/2
5%
35.0
1/X
8%
14.6
X/1
16%
4.2
X/2
7%
9.82
X/X
11%
4.81
2/1
10%
25.5
2/2
8%
8.18
2/X
7%
16.4
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Atalanta win — 54%
Fair price · no betting value
Every market fairly priced — no value edge at these odds. Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
STRENGTH Home Win — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Selection The Market
54%
Home Win
56%
-1.9pp
26%
Draw
25%
+0.9pp
20%
Away Win
19%
+1.0pp
52%
Under 2.5
52%
-0.1pp
48%
Over 2.5
48%
+0.1pp
50%
BTTS Yes
49%
+1.0pp
50%
BTTS No
51%
-1.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — the 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 Atalanta The Market 60%
Head to Head
AWAY Athletic Bilbao The Market 22%
-6% / -6% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -10% / -10%
2.63/1.18 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.95/1.18
+12% / -36% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +0% / -57%
54% Ball Possession 46%
15 Total Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 4
364 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 285 · 73%
41.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.0
25.0 Crosses 15.0
2.0 Yellow Cards 2.0
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Atalanta
2-3
AWAY Athletic Bilbao
70% Ball Possession 30%
14 Total Shots 4
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 2
567 Passes 192
85% Pass Accuracy 66%
POST-MATCH Atalanta vs Athletic Bilbao
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Athletic Bilbao squeezed past Atalanta 3-2 away from home. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Our pre-match lean was Atalanta at 54%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Atalanta had 70% of the ball to Athletic Bilbao's 30%, shots finished 14-4.

What was the final score of Atalanta vs Athletic Bilbao?

Atalanta 2-3 Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League on 21/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Atalanta vs Athletic Bilbao?

Before kick-off our model rated a Atalanta win the most likely single outcome at about 54%, with the full match-result split Atalanta 54%, draw 26%, Athletic Bilbao 20%. The final score 2-3 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Atalanta) ✗ Under 2.5
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