Athletic Club draws 0-0 with Valencia on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

BILBAO. Athletic Club and Valencia ended up goalless.

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Athletic Club draws 0-0 with Valencia on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

BILBAO. Athletic Club and Valencia didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. 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 Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 41,091 spectators.​ The referee was Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos with the help of Rubén Becerril Gómez and Diego Santaursula Aguado. The 4th official was Luis Collado López. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.3 degrees Celsius or 68.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Athletic Club

0 - 0

Team 1

Valencia

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 11 Total 5
  • 6 On Target 1
  • 5 Off Target 4
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 134 Attack 101
  • 70 Dangerous attack 37
  • 99 Ball safe 92
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 13 Total 22
  • 4 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Athletic Club had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Athletic Club to win the match​.

Athletic Club shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Valencia shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards (Y. Alvarez, I. Williams, O. de Marcos and U. Simon). On the opposite side, Valencia received 3 yellow cards (M. Diakhaby, I. Moriba and H. Guillamon).

Also, Valencia didn’t finish the match with 11 players after H. Guillamon (Valencia) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Match Timeline

Yeray Álvarez- Yellow
8'
26'
Mouctar Diakhaby - Yellow
45'
Hugo Guillamón- sub ->Gabriel Paulista
46'
53'
Asier Villalibre- sub ->R. Garcia
64'
Álex Berenguer- sub ->N. Williams
65'
66'
66'
72'
Hugo Guillamón- Yellow
Iñaki Williams- Yellow
77'
81'
83'
Óscar de Marcos- Yellow
88'
90'
90'
Hugo Guillamón(yellowred)
Unai Simón- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Real Madrid
86
38
FC Barcelona
73
38
Atlético Madrid
71
38
Sevilla
70
38
Real Betis
65
38
Real Sociedad
62
38
Villarreal
59
38
Athletic Club
55
38
Valencia
48
38
Osasuna
47
38
Celta de Vigo
46
38
Rayo Vallecano
42
38
Elche
42
38
Espanyol
42
38
Getafe
39
38
Cádiz
39
38
Mallorca
39
38
Granada
38
38
Levante
35
38
Deportivo Alavés
31
38

After this match, Athletic Club will have 52 points like Villarreal to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Valencia will have 44 points to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Athletic Club will host Granada on the 26th of November with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Athletic Club (4 draws).

Athletic Club – Formation

Athletic Club
G
Unai Simón 1.Spain
7.3
90'
D
Óscar de Marcos 18.Spain
6.9
83' 88'
D
Yuri Berchiche  17.Spain
7.7
D
Iñigo Martínez 4.Spain
7.4
D
Yeray Álvarez 5.Spain
7.1
8'
M
Dani García 14.Spain
6.7
46'
M
Mikel Vesga 6.Spain
7.3
81'
M
Iker Muniain  10.Spain
7.2
M
Nico Williams 30.Spain
6.1
65'
F
Raúl García 22.Spain
7.0
64'
F
Iñaki Williams 9.Ghana
5.6
77'
Substitutes
G
Julen Agirrezabala 26.Spain
D
Mikel Balenziaga 24.Spain
D
Unai Núñez 3.Spain
D
Iñigo Lekue 15.Spain
D
Álex Petxa 2.Spain
6.7
83'
D
Ander Capa 21.Spain
D
Dani Vivian 12.Spain
M
Unai Vencedor 16.Spain
6.6
46'
M
Oier Zarraga 19.Spain
6.2
81'
F
Asier Villalibre 20.Spain
6.4
64'
F
Nico Serrano 33.Spain
F
Álex Berenguer 7.Spain
6.9
65'

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

The manager Marcelino García Toral decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: D. Garcia for U. Vencedor (46′), R. Garcia for A. Villalibre (64′), N. Williams for A. Berenguer (65′), M. Vesga for O. Zarraga (81′) and O. de Marcos for A. Petxa (83′).

Valencia – Formation

Valencia
G
Giorgi Mamardashvili 28.Georgia
8.2
D
Gabriel Paulista 5.Brazil
6.5
45'
D
Dimitri Foulquier 20.Guadeloupe
6.4
D
Omar Alderete 15.Paraguay
7.3
D
Thierry Correia 2.Portugal
6.8
D
Jesús Vázquez 32.Spain
6.9
M
Mouctar Diakhaby  12.Guinea
6.8
26'
M
Carlos Soler 10.Spain
7.5
90'
M
Ilaix Moriba 23.Guinea
6.1
66' 53'
F
Yunus Musah 4.England
7.0
66'
F
Maxi Gómez 9.Uruguay
6.6
Substitutes
G
Jaume Doménech 1.Spain
G
Jasper Cillessen 13.Netherlands
D
Hugo Guillamón 6.Spain
6.8
45' 72'
D
Cristhian Mosquera 37.Spain
D
Eray Cömert 24.Switzerland
M
Uroš Račić 8.Serbia
6.4
66'
M
Yellu Santiago 44.Spain
90'
M
Mario Dominguez 46.Spain
M
Gonçalo Guedes 7.Portugal
6.2
66'
M
Denis Cheryshev 17.Russia
F
Bryan Gil 21.Spain
F
Hélder Costa 11.Portugal

Valencia started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

José Bordalás Jiménez played with: .

Valencia could not rely on the presence of H. Guillamon (injured).

Substitutions

Valencia made 4 changes: Gabriel Paulista for H. Guillamon (45′), Y. Musah for G. Guedes (66′), I. Moriba for U. Racic (66′) and C. Soler for J. Santiago (90′).

Results of the day

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