Athletic Club vs Elche — La Liga result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 12 September 2026

La Liga·Saturday, 12 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 8.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Athletic Club

68%

top pick

Draw

20%

result

Elche

12%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 19.6% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Athletic Club win. Expected goals 1.99–0.82 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals54%2 scored
Both teams score50%yes
Athletic Club clean sheet44%no
Elche clean sheet12%no
Athletic Club score 2+61%no
Elche score 2+20%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2407
1X2 Brier score1.1275
Probability on the result19.6%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–0 (13.1%), 2–0 (12.6%), 2–1 (12.1%). It finished 1–1.

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Athletic Club

22 AugHvs Sevilla1–3L
27 AugAvs Barcelona0–2L
30 AugAvs Celta Vigo2–0W
5 SeptHvs Atletico Madrid3–0W
12 SeptHvs Elche1–1D

Elche

17 AugAvs La Coruna1–1D
23 AugHvs Barcelona0–5L
28 AugAvs Santander2–3L
7 SeptHvs Real Sociedad2–3L
12 SeptAvs Athletic Club1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatAthletic Club
(Home · 6 matches)
Elche
(Away · 6 matches)
BTTS rate50.0%66.7%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%50.0%
Clean sheet50.0%33.3%
Avg goals2.672.67

Home stats use Athletic Club's home record; away stats use Elche's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.