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Mestalla · 46,004 att. · ESPN Deportes

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. 8Javier GuerraCM-L
  7. 22Baptiste SantamariaCM-R
  8. 16Diego LópezLM
  9. 11Luis RiojaRM
  10. 7Arnaut DanjumaCF-L
  11. 19Dani RabaCF-R

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

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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