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Match Report

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Valencia bounce back with win over 10-man Athletic

Valencia scored two late goals to return to winning ways with an important 2-0 win over 10-man Athletic Club at the Estadio de Mestalla.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
6
56.3
Possession
43.7
11
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
404
Accurate Passes
296
486
Passes
378
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
24
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
50
29
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
16
15
Effective Clearances
26
15
Clearances
26

Highlights

01:14 Valencia vs. Athletic Club - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:31 Julen Agirrezabala makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:23 Julen Agirrezabala makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:41 Dani Vivian gets sent off vs. Valencia Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ATH leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 25Julen AgirrezabalaG
  2. 4Mouctar DiakhabyCD-L
  3. 5César TárregaCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 20Dimitri FoulquierRB
  6. 8Javi GuerraCM-L
  7. 22Baptiste SantamariaCM-R
  8. 16Diego LópezLM
  9. 11Luis RiojaRM
  10. 7Arnaut DanjumaCF-L
  11. 19Dani RabaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Filip UgrinicSUB
  2. 3CopeteSUB
  3. 24Eray CömertSUB
  4. 12Thierry CorreiaSUB
  5. 13Cristian RiveroSUB
  6. 18PepeluSUB
  7. 17Largie RamazaniSUB
  8. 15Lucas BeltránSUB
  9. 21Jesús VázquezSUB
  10. 10André AlmeidaSUB
  11. 1Stole DimitrievskiSUB
  12. 9Hugo DuroSUB

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Aitor ParedesCD-L
  3. 3Dani VivianCD-R
  4. 17Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 12Jesús AresoRB
  6. 8Oihan SancetAM
  7. 18Mikel JauregizarLM
  8. 16Iñigo Ruiz de GalarretaRM
  9. 9Iñaki WilliamsF
  10. 7Álex BerenguerAM-L
  11. 23Robert NavarroAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Mikel SantosSUB
  2. 15Iñigo LekueSUB
  3. 30Alejandro RegoSUB
  4. 11Gorka GuruzetaSUB
  5. 6Mikel VesgaSUB
  6. 14Aymeric LaporteSUB
  7. 19Adama BoiroSUB
  8. 2Andoni GorosabelSUB
  9. 34Jon De LuisSUB
  10. 21Maroan SannadiSUB
  11. 20Unai GómezSUB
  12. 22Nico SerranoSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Robert Navarro (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 57' José Gayà (Valencia) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 61' Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) is shown the red card.
  4. 64' Substitution, Athletic Club. Aymeric Laporte replaces Alex Berenguer.
  5. 64' Substitution, Valencia. Largie Ramazani replaces Dani Raba.
  6. 68' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta.
  7. 68' Substitution, Athletic Club. Maroan Sannadi replaces Oihan Sancet.
  8. 69' Substitution, Athletic Club. Unai Gómez replaces Robert Navarro.
  9. 70' Substitution, Valencia. Hugo Duro replaces Luis Rioja.
  10. 71' Substitution, Valencia. Lucas Beltrán replaces Diego López.
  11. 71' Substitution, Valencia. Jesús Vázquez replaces José Gayà.
  12. 73' Goal! Valencia 1, Athletic Club 0. Baptiste Santamaría (Valencia) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Javi Guerra with a cross following a corner.
  13. 80' Substitution, Valencia. André Almeida replaces Arnaut Danjuma.
  14. 81' Substitution, Athletic Club. Alejandro Rego replaces Mikel Jauregizar.
  15. 90'+3' Goal! Valencia 2, Athletic Club 0. Hugo Duro (Valencia) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría with a cross.

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