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# Levante beat Athletic Club 3-1 with a Brugui brace in LaLiga

Levante defeated Athletic Club 3-1 in matchday 6 of LaLiga, after a brace scored by Brugui, who was named man of the match.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 21 October 2026، 23:07 Saudi time

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Levante beat Athletic Club 3-1 with a Brugui brace in LaLiga

[Levante](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/levante-226) secured an important 3-1 win over visitors [Athletic Club](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/athletic-club-217) in the match that brought the two sides together in matchday 6 of [LaLiga](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/laliga-16), played on 21 October at 21:00 Saudi time and broadcast on beIN Sports.

[Brugui](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/roger-brugu%C3%A9-ayguad%C3%A9-6552) opened the scoring for Levante in the 20th minute, then added a second goal in the 22nd minute to give his side a comfortable lead in the first half. [Álex Berenguer](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/alejandro-berenguer-remiro-6256) reduced the deficit for Athletic Club from a penalty kick in the 67th minute, before [Etta Eyong](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/karl-edouard-blaise-etta-eyong-6554) sealed the result in Levante's favour with a third goal in stoppage time in the 90+8th minute.

The match saw [Aymeric Laporte](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/aymeric-laporte-6241) sent off from Athletic Club's ranks in the 73rd minute, which affected his team's organisation in the final period of the match.

Brugui was named man of the match after scoring two goals and playing 72 minutes with a rating of 8.63.

Statistically, Athletic Club dominated possession with 62 percent against 38 percent for Levante, and had 21 shots compared to 12 for the home side, as well as winning 9 corner kicks against 3 for Levante, while the expected goals rate stood at 1.95 for Athletic Club against 1.08 for Levante.

With this result, Levante raised their tally to 7 points in 17th place after playing 8 matches, winning 1, drawing 4 and losing 3, with a goal difference of 12 scored against 16 conceded. Meanwhile, Athletic Club's tally stood at 9 points in 11th place after 7 matches, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 2, with a goal difference of 7 against 6.

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