Athletic Club and Valencia are going to play on Sunday the 29th of October at 6:30 pm in the 11th week of the La Liga. The match is going to be played in Bilbao at the San Mamés Barria. The chosen referee is Jorge Figueroa Vázquez.
Athletic Club is in the 6th position in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against FC Barcelona in its last match in the La Liga. As of now, it has won 5 times, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Valencia sits in the 8th position in the table with 14 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Cádiz in its last match in the La Liga. As of now, it has won 4 times, drawn twice, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Athletic Club
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times).
Ernesto Valverde Tejedor is expected to play against Valencia with the following players: Unai Simón, I. López Blanco, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Óscar de Marcos, Dani García, Nico Williams, Oihan Sancet, Iñaki Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Athletic Club would be 27.30.
There are doubts about the presence of Mikel Vesga.
Yeray Álvarez, Yuri Berchiche and Marcelo Gaete will definitely miss the match.
Valencia
Valencia has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 5-3-2 (once).