Match Report
Real Valladolid, 20th on 16 points, faced a 54-point deficit to Athletic Club (4th, 70). Per game in the league, Athletic Club were scoring 1.42 and conceding 0.76, Real Valladolid 0.68 and 2.37, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Athletic Club carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. Defeat had followed defeat for Real Valladolid — five in succession. Over the last five, Athletic Club had taken 9 of 15 points to Real Valladolid's 0.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 8 Athletic Club wins, 2 for Real Valladolid, 6 draws, at 3.06 goals per meeting. In 69% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The venue was San Mamés Barria in Bilbao, with room for 53,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Athletic Club led 4-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 7-1.
Goal scorers
Athletic Club: Nico Williams (35'), Oihan Sancet (45'), Maroan Sannadi (43'), Gorka Guruzeta (69'), Nico Williams (66'), Iñaki Williams (87'), Mikel Jauregizar (10') · Real Valladolid: Mamadou Sylla (47')