With their 1 point advantage in the league table, Athletic Club fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Valencia.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Club have less rest than Valencia in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Del Rey game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Real Betis.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club have collected 18 points from their La Liga home games so far after 6-0-4.
Club shared the glory with Real Betis (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Barcelona (1-2).
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 Club have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won eight times, drawn one and lost three.
The Club fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Club are not conceding a lot of goals here at San Mamés Barria in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Valencia form and stats
There's been little loot from Valencia's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the La Liga. Valencia only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Valencia had fun at their own home (San Mamés Barria) last time out, beating Elche 1-0. Daniel Wass scored. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Sevilla's place.
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, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of five matches.
Valencia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Valencia have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Valencia - Club 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Club victories, three draws and five Valencia wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Soler Barragán 6 goals |  M. Gómez González 5 goals |   I. Muniain Goñi 4 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Valencia missing players
| Athletic Club | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 25 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 75% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 52% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 67% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 19% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.2 | 10.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.9 | 10.4 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 44% | 56% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | 33% |
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 50 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 40 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 8 | Granada | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 9 | Levante | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Athletic Club | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Getafe | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Cadiz | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 24 |
| 14 | Valencia | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Eibar | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Osasuna | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Elche | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Huesca | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -13 | 16 |