§ Champions League · 2025-26 · League Stage 3

Athletic Club 3–1 Qarabağ

  • Guruzeta 40'
  • Navarro 70'
  • Guruzeta 88'
  • Andrade 1'

22 October 2025

The match in data

Athletic Club got the better of Qarabağ, 3–1, on 22 October 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 3).

Athletic Club came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 1'.

Player of the match: Aitor Paredes (Athletic Club), rated 66, thanks above all to 5 interceptions and 7 final-third passes. Paredes produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Qarabağ, the highest-rated player was Leandro Andrade, with 69.

Gorka Guruzeta scored twice.

66
Player of the match

Aitor Paredes

Athletic Club · 90'

Produced 1.17× and cost 0.34× their position's average

Added
  • 5 interceptions 4.0×
  • 7 final-third passes 1.2×
  • 57 passes 1.2×
Took away
  • 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
  • 2 duels lost 0.5×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Athletic Club
PlayerPositionMinRating
Aitor Paredes ★ Defender 90 66
Gorka Guruzeta Forward 90 63
Aymeric Laporte Defender 90 60
Alejandro Rego Midfielder 65 60
Jesús Areso Defender 25 60
Mikel Jauregizar Midfielder 90 59
Álex Berenguer Forward 52 59
Yuri Berchiche Defender 90 54
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Midfielder 25 54
Oihan Sancet Midfielder 81 51
Robert Navarro Forward 25 51
Unai Simón Goalkeeper 90 39
Andoni Gorosabel Defender 65 39
Nico Williams Forward 65 27
Iñaki Williams Forward 38 22
Mikel Vesga Midfielder 9 no rating
Qarabağ
PlayerPositionMinRating
Leandro Andrade Midfielder 56 69
Emmanuel Addai Forward 34 58
Kevin Medina Defender 90 56
Bahlul Mustafazada Defender 90 48
Oleksiy Kashchuk Midfielder 23 46
Kady Borges Midfielder 90 43
Abdellah Zoubir Midfielder 90 42
Matheus Silva Defender 79 40
Nariman Akhundzada Forward 67 39
Marko Jankovic Midfielder 33 37
Elvin Cafarquliyev Defender 90 36
Camilo Durán Midfielder 67 31
Mateusz Kochalski Goalkeeper 90 29
Toral Bayramov Defender 23 29
Pedro Bicalho Midfielder 57 27
Dani Bolt Defender 11 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Athletic Club player made the most interceptions?

Aitor Paredes, with 5 interceptions. Next: Nico Williams 1, Gorka Guruzeta 1.

Aitor Paredes read the game sharply for Athletic Club with five interceptions. Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta followed far behind with one apiece.

Which Qarabağ player made the most tackles?

Camilo Durán, with 5 tackles. Next: Kady Borges 3, Matheus Silva 2.

Despite the 3–1 defeat against Athletic Club, Camilo Durán led Qarabağ's defensive work with 5 tackles. Durán outpaced teammates Kady Borges (3) and Matheus Silva (2) during a demanding match.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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Athletic Club 3–1 Qarabağ, Champions League 2025-26. Player of the match: Aitor Paredes, 66
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.