La Liga fixture sneak peek: Athletic Club versus Valencia

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

A home team triumph, the away team runs away as victors or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table sides Athletic Club and Valencia meet at San Mamés Barria.

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!

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Athletic Club form and stats

9 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Athletic Club have to build on here at San Mamés Barria in the La Liga.

Athletic Club's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Atletico Madrid (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The striker Williams was declared "man of the match" for Athletic Club with a rating of 7.63/10. Williams scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Cadiz with a 3-2 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Athletic Club matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, five draws and three defeats (from ten games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Club as they are travelling to their away game against Granada in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.

Athletic Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at San Mamés Barria with 27 goals in 17 league matches. Athletic Club's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Valencia form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Valencia playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.

There were no winners in Valencia's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Levante (placed 20th). Defender Correia was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Correia hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Betis in just three days.

Valencia have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Valencia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Valencia - Club 1-1. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Athletic Club won one, Valencia were winners in three and we saw six draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaG. Ganchinho Guedes
G. Ganchinho Guedes
11 goals
ValenciaC. Soler Barragán
C. Soler Barragán
11 goals
Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
8 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Valencia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Athletic Club Valencia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
13 9 2 Won W 2 5 10
12 3 0 Drew D 1 5 13
9 5 2 Lost L 1 7 11
41 27 5 Scored S 7 21 45
34 18 6 Conceded C 5 28 49
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 85%
65% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 76%
38% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 53%
24% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 41% 32%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 21%
50% 59% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 65% 68%
32% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
32% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 24% 18%
 
6 6.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 4.7
4.3 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 4.7
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.9 3.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
12.9 14.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.9 10.6
4.7 5.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 3.9
26% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 31% 34%
 
11.9 9.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.1 12.6
3.7 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 4.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Real Madrid 34 25 6 3 73 29 17 12 4 1 38 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 44 81
2 Sevilla 34 17 13 4 50 28 17 11 5 1 35 17 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 64
3 Barcelona 33 18 9 6 61 33 16 10 2 4 32 15 17 8 7 2 29 18 28 63
4 Atletico Madrid 34 18 7 9 59 41 17 11 4 2 31 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 18 61
5 Real Betis 33 17 6 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 8 4 4 25 18 18 57
6 Real Sociedad 33 15 10 8 32 31 17 9 5 3 12 7 16 6 5 5 20 24 1 55
7 Villarreal 34 14 10 10 54 33 17 10 5 2 38 15 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 52
8 Athletic Club 34 13 12 9 41 34 17 9 3 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 51
9 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 34 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 7 2 7 18 21 -10 44
10 Valencia 34 10 13 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 43
11 Rayo Vallecano 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 17 3 3 11 12 26 -4 40
12 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 36 37 17 5 4 8 21 23 16 5 5 6 15 14 -1 39
13 Espanyol 34 10 9 15 37 49 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 39
14 Elche 33 10 8 15 36 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 38
15 Getafe 33 8 11 14 31 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 35
16 Cadiz 34 6 14 14 30 47 17 2 8 7 15 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -17 32
17 Mallorca 33 8 8 17 29 54 17 6 6 5 16 18 16 2 2 12 13 36 -25 32
18 Granada 33 6 12 15 36 56 16 4 5 7 20 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 30
19 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 7 20 28 56 17 6 4 7 15 19 17 1 3 13 13 37 -28 28
20 Levante 34 5 11 18 42 66 17 3 7 7 23 28 17 2 4 11 19 38 -24 26

Athletic Club:
Valencia:
Table
  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 34 25 6 3 73 29 17 12 4 1 38 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 44 81
2 Sevilla 34 17 13 4 50 28 17 11 5 1 35 17 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 64
3 Barcelona 33 18 9 6 61 33 16 10 2 4 32 15 17 8 7 2 29 18 28 63
4 Atletico Madrid 34 18 7 9 59 41 17 11 4 2 31 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 18 61
5 Real Betis 33 17 6 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 8 4 4 25 18 18 57
6 Real Sociedad 33 15 10 8 32 31 17 9 5 3 12 7 16 6 5 5 20 24 1 55
7 Villarreal 34 14 10 10 54 33 17 10 5 2 38 15 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 52
8 Athletic Club 34 13 12 9 41 34 17 9 3 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 51
9 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 34 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 7 2 7 18 21 -10 44
10 Valencia 34 10 13 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 43
11 Rayo Vallecano 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 17 3 3 11 12 26 -4 40
12 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 36 37 17 5 4 8 21 23 16 5 5 6 15 14 -1 39
13 Espanyol 34 10 9 15 37 49 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 39
14 Elche 33 10 8 15 36 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 38
15 Getafe 33 8 11 14 31 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 35
16 Cadiz 34 6 14 14 30 47 17 2 8 7 15 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -17 32
17 Mallorca 33 8 8 17 29 54 17 6 6 5 16 18 16 2 2 12 13 36 -25 32
18 Granada 33 6 12 15 36 56 16 4 5 7 20 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 30
19 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 7 20 28 56 17 6 4 7 15 19 17 1 3 13 13 37 -28 28
20 Levante 34 5 11 18 42 66 17 3 7 7 23 28 17 2 4 11 19 38 -24 26

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