Levante 3-1 Athletic Club: Brugué brace and late Eyong goal sink ten-man visitors

La Liga

Levante

3 – 1
FULL-TIME

Athletic Club

Wednesday 21 October 2026 · 20:00

Our score 1-2Missed·Hot tip Athletic Club to win✗ Lost

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Levante beat Athletic Club 3-1 in an evening La Liga match to claim a result that lifted them from a difficult run of form. Roger Brugué scored twice inside the opening 22 minutes, Álex Berenguer pulled one back from the penalty spot in the 67th minute, and Etta Eyong settled it in stoppage time. Athletic Club finished the game with ten men after Aymeric Laporte was sent off in the 73rd minute.

How the game unfolded

Levante made a flying start. Roger Brugué opened the scoring in the 20th minute, assisted by Daniel Requena Sánchez, and struck again just two minutes later to give the hosts a 2-0 lead. Athletic Club made a double change at half-time, sending on Peio Canales and Iñaki Williams.

A penalty was awarded to Athletic Club after a VAR review in the 61st minute, and Álex Berenguer converted from the spot in the 67th minute to make it 2-1. Levante responded with a triple change in the 72nd minute, bringing on Etta Eyong among others. A minute later, Aymeric Laporte was sent off, reducing Athletic Club to ten men. Eyong was booked in the 77th minute, and Jeremy Toljan followed him into the referee's book in the 80th minute. Athletic Club made a triple change in the 81st minute. Yuri Berchiche was booked deep into stoppage time in the 90th minute plus six, and Eyong had the final word in the 90th minute plus eight, finishing to make it 3-1.

The numbers

Levante had 38 per cent of possession and managed 12 shots to Athletic Club’s 21, yet seven of those shots were on target compared to four for the visitors. The hosts registered an expected goals figure of 2.04 in this match, against Athletic Club’s 1.95. Athletic Club’s goalkeeper made four saves and Levante’s made three.

In their last five matches, Levante scored ten goals and conceded twelve, with both teams scoring in all five. In the two home games among their last three, Levante won one and drew one, scoring six and conceding four. Athletic Club had scored just one goal across their last three matches while keeping two clean sheets in that run. In the two away games among their last three, Athletic Club scored one and conceded three.

Levante went into the match seventeenth in La Liga on seven points from eight games, having scored 1.50 goals per game and conceded 2.00. Athletic Club were eleventh on nine points from seven games.

Conclusion

Levante's clinical finishing in the opening 22 minutes proved decisive.