VALENCIA. Athletic Club was capable to reverse the scoreline against Valencia to win 2-1. It was Valencia to strike first with a goal of Samu Castillejo at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 31′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Oihan Sancet gave the win to Athletic Club in the 72′ minute.

The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was César Soto Grado who had the assistance of Diego Barbero Sevilla and Carlos Álvarez Fernández. The 4th official was Rubén Ruipérez Marín. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.9 degrees Celsius or 39.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Valencia

1 - 2

Athletic Club

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 20 Total 11
  • 8 On Target 3
  • 10 Off Target 4
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 113 Attack 113
  • 62 Dangerous attack 50
  • 78 Ball safe 79
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 1
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 17
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Valencia was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Athletic Club that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Valencia had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Athletic Club succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Valencia shot 20 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Athletic Club shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Valencia received 1 yellow card (Hugo Duro). On the other side, Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards (Nico Williams, Óscar de Marcos and Samu Castillejo).

Match Timeline

Hugo Duro- sub ->Edinson Cavani
16'
17'
Hugo Duro- Yellow
21'
31'
Nico Williams(goal)
41'
Nico Williams- Yellow
46'
57'
Óscar de Marcos- Yellow
60'
Iñaki Williams- sub ->Raúl García
61'
69'
69'
72'
Oihan Sancet(goal)Iñaki Williams
79'
Dani García- sub ->Nico Williams
80'
Gorka Guruzeta- sub ->Iker Muniain
Fran Pérez- sub ->Samuel Lino
87'
89'
Aitor Paredes- sub ->Óscar de Marcos

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FC Barcelona
88
38
Real Madrid
78
38
Atlético Madrid
77
38
Real Sociedad
71
38
Villarreal
64
38
Real Betis
60
38
Osasuna
53
38
Athletic Club
51
38
Mallorca
50
38
Girona
49
38
Rayo Vallecano
49
38
Sevilla
49
38
Celta de Vigo
43
38
Cádiz
42
38
Valencia
42
38
Getafe
42
38
Almería
41
38
Real Valladolid
40
38
Espanyol
37
38
Elche
25
38

After this contest, Valencia will stay with 20 points to hold in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Athletic Club will have 32 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away with Getafe on the 20th of February with a 18-11 head to head statistic in favor of Valencia (9 draws).

Athletic Club will play away agasint Atlético Madrid on the 19th of February with a 24-9 head to head record in favor of Atlético Madrid (5 draws).

Valencia – Formation

Valencia
G
Giorgi Mamardashvili 25.Georgia
6.1
D
Dimitri Foulquier 20.Guadeloupe
6.7
D
José Gayà 14.Spain
7.5
D
Mouctar Diakhaby 12.Guinea
6.3
D
Eray Cömert 24.Switzerland
6.2
M
André Almeida 18.Portugal
7.0
M
Yunus Musah 4.England
7.0
69'
M
Ilaix Moriba 8.Guinea
7.1
F
Samu Castillejo 11.Spain
7.1
69' 17'
F
Edinson Cavani 7.Uruguay
6.6
16'
F
Samuel Lino 16.Brazil
7.4
87'
Substitutes
G
Cristian Rivero 13.Spain
G
Iago Herrerín 1.Spain
D
Cristhian Mosquera 33.Spain
D
Jesús Vázquez 21.Spain
D
Cenk Özkacar 15.Turkey
D
Toni Lato 3.Spain
6.4
69'
M
Fran Pérez 29.Spain
87'
M
Javi Guerra 36.Spain
F
Justin Kluivert 9.Netherlands
6.9
69'
F
Hugo Duro 19.Spain
7.1
16' 21'
F
Marcos André 22.Brazil

Valencia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Ivan Gennaro Gattuso decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Mamardashvili (6.1), Dimitri Foulquier (6.7), Eray Cömert (6.2), Mouctar Diakhaby (6.3), José Luis Gayà (7.5), Yunus Musah (7.0), André Almeida (7.0), Ilaix Moriba (7.1), Samu Castillejo (7.1), Edinson Cavani (6.6) and Samuel Lino (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Cristian Rivero, Justin Kluivert (6.9), Francisco Pérez, Cristhian Mosquera, Iago Herrerín, Hugo Duro (7.1), Javier Guerra, Jesús Vázquez, Cenk Özkaçar, Marcos André and Toni Lato (6.4).

Valencia could not rely on the presence of Toni Lato (injured).

Substitutions

Valencia made 4 changes: Edinson Cavani for Hugo Duro (16′), Y. Musah for Toni Lato (69′), Samu Castillejo for Justin Kluivert (69′) and Samuel Lino for Francisco Perez Martinez (87′).

Best player: José Luis Gayà​

The most impressive player for Valencia was José Luis Gayà.

His rating is (7.5) with 39 passes (66% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 9 crosses.

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club
G
Unai Simón 1.Spain
7.4
D
Óscar de Marcos 18.Spain
6.4
89' 57'
D
Yeray Álvarez 5.Spain
6.9
D
Iñigo Lekue 15.Spain
6.9
D
Dani Vivian 3.Spain
7.1
M
Mikel Vesga 6.Spain
7.0
M
Oihan Sancet 8.Spain
7.6
72'
M
Iker Muniain 10.Spain
7.3
80'
M
Álex Berenguer 7.Spain
6.3
46'
M
Nico Williams 11.Spain
6.6
79' 41' 31'
F
Raúl García 22.Spain
6.4
60'
Substitutes
G
Julen Agirrezabala 13.Spain
G
Ander Iru 35.Spain
D
Ander Capa 21.Spain
D
Aitor Paredes 31.Spain
89'
D
Mikel Balenziaga 24.Spain
M
Dani García 14.Spain
7.0
79'
M
Oier Zarraga 19.Spain
6.8
46'
M
Unai Vencedor 16.Spain
F
Gorka Guruzeta 12.Spain
6.5
80'
F
Iñaki Williams 9.Ghana
7.2
60'
F
Jon Morcillo 2.Spain

Athletic Club started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ernesto Valverde Tejedor played with: Unai Simón (7.4), Óscar de Marcos (6.4), Daniel Vivian (7.1), Yeray Álvarez (6.9), Íñigo Lekue (6.9), Oihan Sancet (7.6), Mikel Vesga (7.0), Nico Williams (6.6), Iker Muniain (7.3), Álex Berenguer (6.3) and Raúl García (6.4).

They had on the bench: Gorka Guruzeta (6.5), Julen Agirrezabala, Ander Capa, Ander Iru, Dani García (7.0), Aitor Paredes, Iñaki Williams (7.2), Mikel Balenziaga, Oier Zarraga (6.8), Unai Vencedor and Jon Morcillo.

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: Álex Berenguer for Oier Zarraga (46′), Raúl García for Williams (60′), Nico Williams for Dani García (79′), Iker Muniain for Gorka Guruzeta (80′) and Óscar de Marcos for Aitor Paredes (89′).

Best player: Oihan Sancet​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Athletic Club was Oihan Sancet.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​