Numbers that invite optimism

The Athletic Club, with 5 matches played, is the leader of LaLiga Santander 2019-20, which not happened at this point in the competition for 25 years, -with Jupp Heynckes on the red-and-white bench-, in the second season of the first stage in which the German took charge of the zurigorri squad.

The Gaizka Garitano’s pupils, with 3 wins and 2 draws, and a solid and seamless football proposal, are at the top of the table. Athletic Club have the best start of league since the 1993-94 season, achieving 11 points of a possible 15, which is more than 70% so far in the domestic championship.

However, beyond the good dynamics of the team in terms of the points obtained, it is striking the armor of the lions on their goal. In the five matches played to date, the red-and-white players have had to pick up the ball from within their goal only once. 1 goal in 5 games, a situation not seen in the club for 31 years, in the 1988-89 season with Howard Kendall as Mister. It should be noted that the lions are the least scored in the major European leagues – only Inter Milan can match them with a goal conceded in four games.

Athletic Club have not been below the mark in any of the 450 minutes played to date, they have always been ahead or even with the opponent. The rivals have never managed to generate more than two shots on goal towards the goal, defended in this beginning by Unai Simón.