Delightful dogfight as daring Valencia duel with determined Girona

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (54000 seats)

It's a clean slate in La Liga - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Valencia and Girona did in their pre-season matches!

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Valencia form and stats

In the previous season, Valencia's league results were 11 wins, 15 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 9th place in the La Liga. In these 38 matches they scored {48 goals} and conceded 53. Performing as the home team in the former season Valencia produced 6-8-5 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 24 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Valencia handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Valencia, who have participated in four training matches. Valencia have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Girona form and stats

A job perfectly done for Girona last season as they secured promotion from La Liga 2. With a grand total of 20 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

We have checked recent matches where Girona have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Just as the home team, Girona have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Girona win, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings with these squads: Valencia won three, Girona were winners in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

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Total First Half Second Half
Valencia Girona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Valencia Last season Girona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   23 46
11 6   Won W   9 22
15 8   Drew D   5 9
12 5   Lost L   9 15
48 26   Scored S   26 62
53 24   Conceded C   27 44
84% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 67%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 46%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
18% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 4%
63% 63%   BTTS BTTS   52% 48%
32% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 35%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   30% 26%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.5
4.5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.1
3.6 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.6
8 5   Red cards R C   5 6
 
10.8 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 12.1
3.8 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.9
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 27%
 
12.2 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 11.8
4.6 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atlético Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cádiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Celta de Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Girona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Rayo Vallecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 FC Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 19 12 2 5 37 19 19 9 8 2 31 19 30 73
3 Atlético 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 Cádiz 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
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 Almería 42 24 9 9 68 35 21 14 4 3 38 15 21 10 5 6 30 20 33 81
2 Real Valladolid 42 24 9 9 71 43 21 14 4 3 40 15 21 10 5 6 31 28 28 81
3 Eibar 42 23 11 8 61 45 21 14 5 2 35 19 21 9 6 6 26 26 16 80
4 Las Palmas 42 19 13 10 57 47 21 12 5 4 34 23 21 7 8 6 23 24 10 70
5 Tenerife 42 20 9 13 53 37 21 9 5 7 27 18 21 11 4 6 26 19 16 69
6 Girona 42 20 8 14 57 42 21 13 3 5 36 16 21 7 5 9 21 26 15 68
7 Real Oviedo 42 17 17 8 57 41 21 11 8 2 38 19 21 6 9 6 19 22 16 68
8 Ponferradina 42 17 12 13 57 55 21 10 7 4 37 25 21 7 5 9 20 30 2 63
9 FC Cartagena 42 18 6 18 63 57 21 13 2 6 42 20 21 5 4 12 21 37 6 60
10 Real Zaragoza 42 12 20 10 39 46 21 7 10 4 16 15 21 5 10 6 23 31 -7 56
11 Burgos 42 15 10 17 41 41 21 10 7 4 27 12 21 5 3 13 14 29 0 55
12 Leganes 42 13 15 14 50 51 21 7 9 5 27 25 21 6 6 9 23 26 -1 54
13 Huesca 42 13 15 14 49 44 21 7 9 5 23 17 21 6 6 9 26 27 5 54
14 Mirandes 42 15 7 20 58 62 21 12 2 7 43 29 21 3 5 13 15 33 -4 52
15 UD Ibiza 42 12 16 14 53 59 21 6 10 5 30 25 21 6 6 9 23 34 -6 52
16 Lugo 42 10 20 12 46 52 21 9 8 4 22 19 21 1 12 8 24 33 -6 50
17 Sporting Gijon 42 11 13 18 43 48 21 8 3 10 24 24 21 3 10 8 19 24 -5 46
18 Malaga 42 11 12 19 36 57 21 7 7 7 18 24 21 4 5 12 18 33 -21 45
19 Amorebieta 42 9 16 17 44 63 21 8 8 5 29 25 21 1 8 12 15 38 -19 43
20 Real Sociedad II 42 10 10 22 43 61 21 4 4 13 19 32 21 6 6 9 24 29 -18 40
21 Fuenlabrada 42 6 15 21 39 65 21 4 10 7 23 26 21 2 5 14 16 39 -26 33
22 Alcorcon 42 6 11 25 37 71 21 3 7 11 17 34 21 3 4 14 20 37 -34 29

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

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.