Football background guide: Athletic Club odds-on when Valencia visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

It's match week two of the La Liga campaign and a lot to play for. Don't miss our detailed preview of Athletic Club-Valencia!

This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Athletic Club form and stats

In the previous season, Athletic Club's league statistics were 14 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, resulting in 8th place in the La Liga. From these 38 matches they scored 43 goals and let in 36. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Athletic Club managed 10-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 18 conceded. A La Liga draw at home so far for Athletic Club. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 191 minutes without scoring a league goal. Villalibre was the last player to find the net.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Athletic Club, who played 0-0 against Mallorca. That match was also played at this venue (San Mamés Barria). Defender Berchiche got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.85/10. Berchiche hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sevilla (0-1).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Athletic Club's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 10 games, won 2 matches, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Athletic Club has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Valencia form and stats

Let's have a look at how Valencia performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 15 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 22/29 goals scored/conceded.

The Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Soler scored in Valencia's previous match, the home game against Girona that ended 1-0. The attacker Lino got a match rating of 7.34 in that game. Lino hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Celta de Vigo.

Head 2 Head

Valencia have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (1-5-0) when facing Athletic Club.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaC. Soler Barragán
C. Soler Barragán
1 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
1 1 1 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
2 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
23 23 23 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
6 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
6 6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 5
2 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Athletic Club Last season Valencia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 10   Won W   5 11
13 4   Drew D   7 15
11 5   Lost L   7 12
43 29   Scored S   22 48
36 18   Conceded C   29 53
84% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 84%
61% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 76%
34% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 29%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 18%
45% 53%   BTTS BTTS   63% 63%
34% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 32%
37% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
5.9 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.6
4.2 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.5
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.7 3.6
4 1   Red cards R C   3 8
 
12.8 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.8
4.6 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.8
24% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
11.8 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.2
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.6

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Almeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cadiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 80 31 19 13 5 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 86
2 Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 19 12 2 5 37 19 19 9 8 2 31 19 30 73
3 Atletico Madrid 38 21 8 9 65 43 19 12 5 2 33 16 19 9 3 7 32 27 22 71
4 Sevilla 38 18 16 4 53 30 19 12 6 1 36 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 23 70
5 Real Betis 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 19 9 6 4 28 18 22 65
6 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 40 37 19 10 5 4 16 9 19 7 6 6 24 28 3 62
7 Villarreal 38 16 11 11 63 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 19 6 5 8 23 19 26 59
8 Athletic Club 38 14 13 11 43 36 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 9 6 14 18 7 55
9 Valencia 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 6 8 5 26 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -5 48
10 Osasuna 38 12 11 15 37 51 19 5 7 7 17 26 19 7 4 8 20 25 -14 47
11 Celta de Vigo 38 12 10 16 43 43 19 7 4 8 26 23 19 5 6 8 17 20 0 46
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 11 9 18 39 50 19 8 5 6 26 22 19 3 4 12 13 28 -11 42
13 Elche 38 11 9 18 40 52 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 4 3 12 16 31 -12 42
14 Espanyol 38 10 12 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 6 12 15 34 -13 42
15 Getafe 38 8 15 15 33 41 19 7 7 5 21 15 19 1 8 10 12 26 -8 39
16 Cadiz 38 8 15 15 35 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 19 5 6 8 16 27 -16 39
17 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 36 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 19 3 3 13 16 38 -27 39
18 Granada 38 8 14 16 44 61 19 5 7 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 38
19 Levante 38 8 11 19 51 76 19 5 7 7 28 30 19 3 4 12 23 46 -25 35
20 Deportivo Alaves 38 8 7 23 31 65 19 7 4 8 17 21 19 1 3 15 14 44 -34 31

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 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Celta de Vigo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Almeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cadiz 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Real Valladolid 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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