Athletic Bilbao 4 - Mallorca 0

Athletic: Aranzubia; Iraola (César 81'), Luis Prieto, Murillo, Del Horno; Gurpegui, Orbaiz (Tiko 63'); Etxeberría, Yeste, Ezquerro (Casas 83'); Urzaiz. 4-2-3-1.
Mallorca: Moya; David Cortés, Ballesteros, Ramís, Poli; Farinós, Marcos (Delibasic 67'); Campano (Jorge López 85'), Luis García (Tuni 60'), Arango; Jesús Perera. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Athletic: Del Horno, Urzaiz for Casas, Tiko / Mallorca: Ballesteros, Farinós, Marcos, Jesús Perera for Fernando Niño, Jorge López, Pereyra, Delibasic.

Goals:
1-0. 06. Yeste. Headed cross from right wing into top corner of net.
2-0. 10. Ezquerro. From close up following Yeste's free kick from right.
3-0. 76. Gurpegui. Ran on to Etxeberría lofted pass to lob keeper.
4-0. 88. Yeste (penalty). After referee ruled that Poli handled ball in area.

Athletic Bilbao made it four victories in just two weeks with a 4-0 win over struggling Mallorca. Ernesto Valverde's side have been on a roll recently, and with only ten minutes gone they were already two up, Yeste started things off with a rare headed goal in the sixth minute, and Ezquerro scoring his sixth in the last three games after getting on the end of Yeste's free kick a few minutes later. Orbaiz could have had a third when he hit the post, and Exteberría wasted another chance close to half time.

Mallorca did come back for a brief spell either side of half time, Aranzubia saving from Luis García before the break and Arango and Jesús Perera both failing to convert chances after the restart. But Gurpegui added a well constructed third after Ezquerro and Etxeberría combined to set him up, and Yeste rounded things off from the penalty spot after referee Rubinos Pérez rather harshly ruled that Poli had handled deliberately in the area. The full back was shown a second card in the incident, but by then it didn't matter much as the game was already over. It was a third defeat in a row for Héctor Cúper's side, and they drop further down into the relegation spots as a result.