Most experts are most impressed by Athletic Club at this point, with the 6th spot in the La Liga table and looking forward to facing Valencia (who are in 8th).
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valencia have scored away.
Athletic Club and Valencia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Athletic Club at their home stadium (San Mamés Barria) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Athletic Club faced defeat in their previous match, away at Barcelona (0-1). Club's goalkeeper Simón was extremely busy against Barcelona, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Before that, Athletic Club had a home game versus Almeria which ended with a victory 3-0.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 Club's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 3.
It should be noted that a look at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletic Club as they are travelling to their away game against Rubi in the Copa Del Rey. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Athletic Club are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Valencia form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Valencia had fun at their own home (San Mamés Barria) last time out, beating Cadiz 2-0. Gayà and Duro scored. That victory felt good as this side had gone four league fixtures without victory. Pepelu got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Pepelu hit two key passes and had 77 successful passes (of 86 total).
A 1-1 draw at Mallorca's stadium before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Copa Del Rey trip to UD Logrones.
As for defending, Valencia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Athletic Club have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Valencia.Top Goalscorers
  I. Williams Arthuer 4 goals |  G. Guruzeta Rodríguez 4 goals |   H. Duro 4 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Valencia missing players
| Athletic Club | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 14.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.2 | 10.4 |
| 4.3 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 37% | 41% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 10.6 | 9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.4 | 8.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
- All of Athletic Club's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valencia have scored away.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Valencia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Valencia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Girona | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Valencia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Getafe | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Las Palmas | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Villarreal | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Granada | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Almeria | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -16 | 3 |
