Athletic Club 0-3 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 March 2012
Result
Athletic Club 0-3 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 18 March 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Athletic Club 0-3 Valencia: match report
Athletic Club were beaten by Valencia 0-3 in La Liga on Sunday 18 March 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Roberto Soldado opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Athletic Club did not score. Valencia scored through Roberto Soldado (42'), Roberto Soldado (57') and Roberto Soldado (85', penalty).
Discipline: Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Valencia received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 7th on 37 points from 26 and Valencia 3rd on 44 points from 26. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Valencia 3rd with 61.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Athletic Club wins, 1 draw and 5 for Valencia.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Valencia's D-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Barragán
- 36'Yellow card · Andoni Iraola
- 42'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 44'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 50'Yellow card · Mehmet Topal
- 57'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 66'Second yellow · Andoni Iraola
- 66'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 75'Yellow card · A. Rami
- 76'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 80'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
- 82'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
- 84'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 85'Penalty goal · Roberto Soldado
Head-to-head
Team news
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Athletic Club line-up (4-1-4-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Javi Martínez, Mikel San José, Andoni Iraola, Iñigo Pérez
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jérémy Mathieu, Bruno Saltor, Adil Rami, Pablo Hernández, Éver Banega, Aritz Aduriz, Mehmet Topal