Back to the Soccer Newsfeed

Athletic Bilbao 4-0 Getafe: Hosts end winless run

Aritz Aduriz struck a brace as Athletic Bilbao returned to winning ways with a resounding victory over Getafe.

Athletic Bilbao maintained its hopes of qualifying for Europe after a 4-0 thrashing of Getafe in La Liga on Saturday.

A brace from Aritz Aduriz and late goals from Ibai Gomez and Markel Susaeta saw Ernesto Valverde's men end a three-game winless run.

The win lifted Bilbao into eighth in the table, eight points adrift of Villarreal – which is sixth and occupy the final European place.

Getafe, which sits 13th and eight points clear of the bottom three, was reduced to 10 men in the 44th minute when Emiliano Velazquez saw red, and it proved costly.