The league table is allowed to rest as Athletic Club and Valencia battle for Copa Del Rey honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Club nor Valencia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Athletic Club form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the final.5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Athletic Club so far this season.
The Athletic Club fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Espanyol and win 2-1. The striker García was announced as "man of the match" for Athletic Club with the rating of 7.61/10. García served one assist and hit three key passes.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Athletic Club have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.
Club are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Mallorca awaits in four days.
Athletic Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Athletic Club's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Valencia form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Valencia played 0-0 against Real Sociedad in their previous match. Attacker Gil got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Gil hit two key passes.
Valencia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.
The schedule is very tough for Valencia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A La Liga game at Deportivo Alaves is waiting in only three days.
Valencia are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. The Valencia manager Jiménez has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Athletic Club victory, five draws and four Valencia wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Ganchinho Guedes 8 goals |  C. Soler Barragán 7 goals |  H. Duro Perales 6 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Valencia missing players
| Athletic Club | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 25 | 41 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 11.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 47 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | FC Barcelona | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 35 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 11 | Valencia | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 29 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Elche | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Getafe | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 16 | Granada | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -15 | 23 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alaves | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
| 20 | Levante | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -25 | 11 |
