Valencia 3-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2012
Result
Valencia 3-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Valencia 3-2 Athletic Club: match report
Valencia won against Athletic Club 3-2 in La Liga on Saturday 20 October 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Aduriz opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Valencia's goals came from Andrzej Olszewski (26', penalty), A. Costa (88') and Nelson Valdez (90'). Athletic Club scored through Aduriz (19') and Aduriz (30').
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valencia were 14th on 8 points from 7 and Athletic Club 16th on 8 points from 7. Valencia went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 43.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 3 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Athletic Club's W-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Aduriz
- 26'Yellow card · Ekiza
- 26'Penalty goal · Andrzej Olszewski
- 30'Goal · Aduriz
- 58'Yellow card · Barragán
- 67'Red card · Ander Herrera
- 71'Yellow card · Andrzej Olszewski
- 79'Yellow card · Nelson Valdez
- 79'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 81'Yellow card · Nelson Valdez
- 88'Goal · A. Costa
- 90'Goal · Nelson Valdez
Head-to-head
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Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Jordi Alba, Ricardo Costa, Adil Rami, Tino Costa, Pablo Hernández, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Mehmet Topal
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Ekiza, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Aritz Aduriz, Andoni Iraola, Iñigo Pérez