Athletic Club vs Valencia CF, La Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Athletic Club vs Valencia CF — La Liga at San Mames Barria.
- Athletic Club 38 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
- Valencia CF 38 games · 49 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Miguel Ortiz Arias (Spain)
- Assistant 1 Jose Garrido Romero (Spain)
- Assistant 2 Guillermo Santiago Sacristan (Spain)
18 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 3.9 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Barcelona 38 94 2 Real Madrid CF 38 86 3 Villarreal CF 38 72 4 Club Atletico de Madrid 38 69 5 Real Betis Balompie 38 60 6 RC Celta de Vigo 38 54 7 Getafe CF 38 51 8 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 50 9 Valencia CF 38 49 10 Real Sociedad de Futbol 38 46 11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 46 12 Athletic Club 38 45 13 Sevilla FC 38 43 14 Deportivo Alaves 38 43 15 Elche CF 38 43 16 Levante UD 38 42 17 CA Osasuna 38 42 18 RCD Mallorca 38 42 19 Girona FC 38 41 20 Real Oviedo 38 29 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Valencia CF H 0–1 L 02 May Deportivo Alaves A 4–2 W 25 Apr Club Atletico de Madrid A 2–3 L 21 Apr CA Osasuna H 1–0 W 12 Apr Villarreal CF H 1–2 L 05 Apr Getafe CF A 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Athletic Club A 1–0 W 02 May Club Atletico de Madrid H 0–2 L 25 Apr Girona FC H 2–1 W 21 Apr RCD Mallorca A 1–1 D 11 Apr Elche CF A 0–1 L 05 Apr RC Celta de Vigo H 2–3 L Season Stats
Athletic Club Valencia CF #12 Position #9 45 Points 49 38 Played 38 13 / 6 / 19 W / D / L 13 / 10 / 15 43 Scored 46 58 Conceded 55 -15 GD -9 1.18 PPG 1.29 34% Win % 34% Key Stats
31% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)19% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history16% Clean Sheets
Athletic Club this season24% Clean Sheets
Valencia CF this seasonAthletic Club are 12th (45 pts). Valencia CF are 9th (49 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Athletic Club0-15–/416-302/131-451/246-602/361-751/376+5/4■ Scored ■ ConcededValencia CF0-152/116-301/131-451/–46-602/361-754/576+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds San Mames Barria will turn into a battlefield for Athletic Club and Valencia CF.
- 5' The travelling Valencia CF supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 15' The referee calls foul for Aymeric Laporte. He receives a card.
- 20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 25' Andoni Gorosabel needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yuri Berchiche suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Valencia CF that had 419 games and scored 389 goals.
- 45' It looks surprising Athletic Club does not make any changes. Roberto Navarro has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 50' Eray Comert is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
- 55' A meaty challenge results in booking for Alejandro Rego on 55.
- 59' Pepelu was booked on 59.
- 64' Athletic Club is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 69' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Valencia CF winning 100% of all matches.
- 72' GOAL! Umar Sadiq scores on 72.
- 77' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 77 minutes.
- 82' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nico Williams, as he is very good at scoring at San Mames Barria with 9 goals in the last 7 games.
- 87' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Eray Comert made 172 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 88' That looks like a foul for a card for Umar Sadiq.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Valencia CF players.
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Lineups
Athletic Club Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 14
- 2
- 17
- 1
- 5
- 11
- 23
- 8
- 10
- 18
- 30
Bench
- 6
- 15
- 3
- 9
- 7
- 4
- 12
- 22
- 20
- 27
- 19
- 25
Coach Ernesto ValverdeValencia CF Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 14
- 9
- 11
- 1
- 18
- 20
- 24
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 16
Bench
- 7
- 22
- 13
- 4
- 19
- 6
- 23
- 10
- 17
- 21
- 25
- 26
Coach Carlos Corberán -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alex Berenguer 3 Raul Garcia 3 Oihan Sancet 2 Nico Williams 2 Hugo Duro 2 Asier Villalibre 1 De Marcos 1 Gabriel Paulista 1 Head to Head
Athletic Club Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.95 Athletic Club xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.09 Valencia CF xGI would bet for: Valencia CF or Draw 68% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Valencia CF winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.04Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 61% 39% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
Athletic Club or Draw 64%Draw or Valencia CF 68%Athletic Club or Valencia CF 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 15.3%1 – 1 14.4%0 – 1 Actual1 – 0 11%0 – 2 7.4%1 – 2 7.1%2 – 1 6.2%2 – 0 5.6%2 – 2 3.6%1 – 3 2.7%0 – 3 2.6%3 – 1 2%Asian Handicap — Athletic Club
Handicap Athletic Club covers Push Valencia CF covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 8% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 19% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 21% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 10% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Athletic Club keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Valencia CF keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.