Valencia 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 30 May 2009
Result
Valencia 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 30 May 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
Valencia defeated Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 30 May 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
David Villa opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (7') and David Villa (90'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valencia were 6th on 59 points from 37 and Athletic Club 13th on 44 points from 37. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 44.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 2 draws and 4 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Athletic Club's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · David Villa
- 13'Yellow card · David Villa
- 14'Yellow card · Carlos Gurpegi
- 42'Yellow card · Marchena
- 49'Yellow card · Edu Gaspar
- 50'Yellow card · Ion Vélez
- 60'Yellow card · Mikel Balenziaga
- 77'Second yellow · Mikel Balenziaga
- 83'Yellow card · David López
- 90'Goal · David Villa
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Raúl Albiol, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Emiliano Moretti, Marchena, Pablo Hernández, Edu Gaspar, Míchel Herrero, David Villa, Joaquín
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-2-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Mikel Balenziaga, David Lopez, Susaeta, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola