BILBAO. Athletic Club comes back against Valencia with a goal on the H. Duro 68′ and a goal on the F. Pérez 62′. Athletic Club was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the San Mamés Barria stadium in Bilbao on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 46,563 spectators.​ The referee was Jorge Figueroa Vázquez who had the assistance of Álvaro Granel Peiró and José Luis Martínez Serrato. The 4th official was José Alberto Pardeiro Puente. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.56 degrees Celsius or 65.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Athletic Club

2 - 2

Valencia

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 12 Total 11
  • 7 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 1 Shots blocked 3
  • 120 Attack 100
  • 57 Dangerous attack 42
  • 104 Ball safe 101
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 4
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 13 Total 11
  • 3 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Athletic Club had a superior ball possession 58% while Valencia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Athletic Club had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Athletic Club to win the match​.

Athletic Club shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Valencia shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards (Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Dani García and Aitor Paredes). On the other side, Valencia received 1 yellow card (Selim Amallah).

Match Timeline

Aitor Paredes- Yellow
12'
Óscar de Marcos(goal)Nico Williams
32'
Dani García- Yellow
55'
57'
Selim Amallah- Yellow
59'
Sergi Canós- sub ->Selim Amallah
62'
Fran Pérez(goal)Hugo Duro
Beñat Prados- sub ->Aitor Paredes
65'
Mikel Vesga- sub ->Dani García
65'
68'
Hugo Duro(goal)Fran Pérez
Álex Berenguer- sub ->Nico Williams
69'
Asier Villalibre- sub ->Gorka Guruzeta
69'
Iker Muniain - sub ->Oihan Sancet
72'
73'
Dimitri Foulquier- sub ->Fran Pérez
74'
Hugo Guillamón- sub ->Diego Lopez Noguerol
78'
Roman Yaremchuk - sub ->Hugo Duro
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta- Yellow
87'
Álex Berenguer(goal)Iñaki Williams
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Real Madrid
90
35
FC Barcelona
76
35
Girona
75
35
Atlético Madrid
70
35
Athletic Club
62
35
Real Betis
55
35
Real Sociedad
54
35
Valencia
48
35
Villarreal
48
35
Getafe
43
35
Deportivo Alavés
42
35
Sevilla
41
35
Osasuna
40
35
Las Palmas
37
35
Mallorca
35
35
Rayo Vallecano
35
35
Celta de Vigo
34
35
Cádiz
29
35
Granada
21
35
Almería
17
35

After playing this match, Athletic Club will have 18 points to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Valencia will have 15 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Athletic Club will play away against Rayo Vallecano on the 26th of May with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Athletic Club (5 draws).

Valencia will play away agasint Celta de Vigo on the 26th of May with a 17-9 head to head in favor of Valencia (2 draws).

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club
G
Unai Simón 1.Spain
6.7
D
Dani Vivian 3.Spain
7.7
D
Aitor Paredes 4.Spain
6.7
65' 12'
D
Óscar de Marcos 18.Spain
8.9
32'
D
Imanol García de Albéniz 19.Spain
6.7
M
Oihan Sancet 8.Spain
6.6
72'
M
Iñaki Williams 9.Ghana
6.8
M
Nico Williams 11.Spain
7.0
69'
M
Dani García 14.Spain
7.0
65' 55'
M
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta 16.Spain
7.0
87'
F
Gorka Guruzeta 12.Spain
7.1
69'
Substitutes
G
Julen Agirrezabala 13.Spain
D
Iñigo Lekue 15.Spain
D
Peru Nolaskoain 23.Spain
D
Beñat Prados 24.Spain
7.0
65'
D
Unai Eguíluz 27.Spain
M
Mikel Vesga 6.Spain
6.4
65'
M
Raúl García 22.Spain
M
Unai Gómez 30.Spain
F
Álex Berenguer 7.Spain
7.5
69' 90'
F
Iker Muniain 10.Spain
6.4
72'
F
Asier Villalibre 20.Spain
7.0
69'
F
Malcom Adu 29.Spain

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

The manager Ernesto Valverde Tejedor decided to play with the following team: Unai Simón (6.7), Óscar de Marcos (8.9), Daniel Vivian (7.7), Aitor Paredes (6.7), Imanol García de Albéniz (6.7), Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (7.0), Dani García (7.0), Iñaki Williams (6.8), Oihan Sancet (6.6), Nico Williams (7.0) and Gorka Guruzeta (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mikel Vesga (6.4), Álex Berenguer (7.5), Iker Muniain (6.4), Julen Agirrezabala, Íñigo Lekue, Asier Villalibre (7.0), Raúl García, Peru Nolaskoain Esnal, Beñat Prados (7.0), Unai Eguíluz, Malcom Ares and Unai Gómez.

Athletic Club could not rely on the presence of Iker Muniain (injured).

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: Nico Williams for Álex Berenguer (69′), Dani García for Mikel Vesga (65′), Aitor Paredes for Beñat Prados (65′), Gorka Guruzeta for Asier Villalibre (69′) and Oihan Sancet for Iker Muniain (72′).

Best player: Óscar de Marcos​

The most impressive player for Athletic Club was Óscar de Marcos.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 51 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 7 crosses.

Valencia – Formation

Valencia
G
Giorgi Mamardashvili 25.Georgia
7.7
D
Cristhian Mosquera 3.Spain
6.8
D
Gabriel Paulista 5.Brazil
7.1
D
Thierry Correia 12.Portugal
6.7
D
José Gayà 14.Spain
7.3
M
Javi Guerra 8.Spain
7.0
M
Diego López 16.Spain
7.5
74'
M
Pepelu 18.Spain
7.3
M
Selim Amallah 19.Morocco
6.6
59' 57'
M
Fran Pérez 23.Spain
8.5
73' 62'
F
Hugo Duro 9.Spain
8.5
78' 68'
Substitutes
G
Jaume Doménech 1.Spain
G
Cristian Rivero 13.Spain
D
Hugo Guillamón 6.Spain
6.6
74'
D
Dimitri Foulquier 20.Guadeloupe
6.3
73'
D
Yarek Gąsiorowski 34.Spain
M
Sergi Canós 7.Spain
6.3
59'
M
Pablo Gozálbez 27.Spain
M
César Tárrega 29.Spain
M
Hugo González 30.Spain
F
Roman Yaremchuk 17.Ukraine
6.8
78'

Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Rubén Baraja Vegas played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili (7.7), Thierry Correia (6.7), Cristhian Mosquera (6.8), Gabriel Paulista (7.1), José Luis Gayà (7.3), Fran Pérez (8.5), Pepelu (7.3), Javier Guerra (7.0), Selim Amallah (6.6), Diego Lopez Noguerol (7.5) and Hugo Duro (8.5).

They had on the bench: Jaume Doménech, Hugo Guillamón (6.6), Sergi Canós (6.3), Cristian Rivero, Roman Yaremchuk (6.8), Dimitri Foulquier (6.3), Pablo Gozálbez, César Tárrega, Hugo González and Yarek Gasiorowski.

Valencia could not rely on the presence of Roman Yaremchuk (injured).

Substitutions

Valencia made 4 changes: Selim Amallah for Sergi Canós (59′), Hugo Duro for Roman Yaremchuk (78′), Fran Pérez for Dimitri Foulquier (73′) and Diego Lopez Noguerol for Hugo Guillamón (74′).

Best player: Hugo Duro​

The most impressive player for Valencia was Hugo Duro.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 18 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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