Almería 2-1 Valencia: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 9 April 2023

Result

Almería 2-1 Valencia

La Liga · Sunday 9 April 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Almería · Valencia · La Liga predictions

Almería 2-1 Valencia: match report

Almería defeated Valencia 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 9 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Gonzalo Melero opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Almería's goals came from Gonzalo Melero (49') and Srdjan Babic (58'). Valencia scored through Samu Castillejo (61').

Discipline: Almería received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Almería were 19th on 27 points from 27 and Valencia 17th on 27 points from 27. Almería went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Valencia 14th with 42.

Almería lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Srdjan Babic of Almería (7.8), level with Samu Castillejo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Almería win, 2 draws and 7 for Valencia.

Going into the match Almería's last five read D-D-L-L-W and Valencia's D-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Dimitri FoulquierValencia
  • 20'Yellow card · ChumiAlmería
  • 23'Yellow card · Luis SuárezAlmería
  • 42'Yellow card · Lucas RobertoneAlmería
  • 49'Goal · Gonzalo MeleroAlmería · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · Srdjan BabicAlmería · 2-0
  • 61'Goal · Samu CastillejoValencia · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Fran PérezValencia

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Almería 1, draws 2, Valencia 7.

Team news

Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fernando Martínez, Chumi, Rodrigo Ely, Srdjan Babic, Samú Costa, Arnau Puigmal, Gonzalo Melero, Lucas Robertone, Álex Centelles, Luis Suárez, Léo Baptistão

Valencia line-up (4-4-2)

Giorgi Mamardashvili, Dimitri Foulquier, Mouctar Diakhaby, Cenk Özkacar, José Gayà, Samu Castillejo, Nico González, André Almeida, Justin Kluivert, Hugo Duro, Samuel Lino