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FT Saturday, February 22, 2025
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Match Report

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Atlético Madrid boost title hopes with comfortable win over Valencia

Atletico Madrid took provisional top spot in LaLiga with a comfortable 3-0 away win at a toothless Valencia on Saturday thanks to a first-half brace by Julian Alvarez and a late strike by substitute Angel Correa.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
0
50.8
Possession
49.2
11
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
507
Accurate Passes
482
578
Passes
525
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
5
Crosses
39
0.2
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
18
21
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
11
25
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
2
Interceptions
10
33
Effective Clearances
10
33
Clearances
10

Highlights

02:07 Atletico maintain LaLiga title hopes with win vs. Valencia Watch on ESPN 00:42 Julián Alvarez puts Atletico 1-0 up vs. Valencia Watch on ESPN 01:02 Julián Álvarez slots in the goal for Atletico Madrid Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-1

Lineups

VAL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 25Giorgi MamardashviliG
  2. 15César TárregaCD
  3. 3Cristhian MosqueraCD-L
  4. 20Dimitri FoulquierCD-R
  5. 5Enzo BarrenecheaCM-L
  6. 18PepeluCM-R
  7. 14José GayàLM
  8. 22Luis RiojaRM
  9. 12Umar SadiqF
  10. 17Iván JaimeCF-L
  11. 8Javi GuerraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Hugo GuillamónSUB
  2. 19Max AaronsSUB
  3. 24Yarek GasiorowskiSUB
  4. 10André AlmeidaSUB
  5. 9Hugo DuroSUB
  6. 11Rafa MirSUB
  7. 7Sergi CanósSUB
  8. 23Fran PérezSUB
  9. 16Diego LópezSUB
  10. 4Mouctar DiakhabySUB
  11. 21Jesús VázquezSUB
  12. 13Stole DimitrievskiSUB

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 24Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 3César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 16Nahuel MolinaRB
  6. 14Marcos LlorenteCM-L
  7. 5Rodrigo De PaulCM-R
  8. 12Samuel LinoLM
  9. 22Giuliano SimeoneRM
  10. 19Julián ÁlvarezCF-L
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Juan MussoSUB
  2. 2José María GiménezSUB
  3. 20Axel WitselSUB
  4. 4Conor GallagherSUB
  5. 21Javi GalánSUB
  6. 23Reinildo MandavaSUB
  7. 17Rodrigo RiquelmeSUB
  8. 10Ángel CorreaSUB
  9. 9Alexander SørlothSUB
  10. 11Thomas LemarSUB
  11. 31Antonio GomisSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Valencia 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Giuliano Simeone.
  2. 23' Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Goal! Valencia 0, Atletico Madrid 2. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  4. 40' Clément Lenglet (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Javi Guerra (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Valencia. Hugo Duro replaces Pepelu.
  7. 45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Conor Gallagher replaces César Azpilicueta.
  8. 45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Javi Galán replaces Samuel Lino.
  9. 64' Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 65' Substitution, Valencia. André Almeida replaces Iván Jaime.
  11. 68' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  12. 68' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. José María Giménez replaces Giuliano Simeone.
  13. 73' Substitution, Valencia. Fran Pérez replaces Luis Rioja.
  14. 74' Substitution, Valencia. Rafa Mir replaces Umar Sadiq.
  15. 74' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Alexander Sørloth replaces Julián Alvarez.
  16. 80' Substitution, Valencia. Diego López replaces Enzo Barrenechea.
  17. 86' Goal! Valencia 0, Atletico Madrid 3. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Conor Gallagher following a fast break.

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