Valencia 0-3 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 28 February 2016
Result
Valencia 0-3 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 28 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 0-3 Athletic Club: match report
Valencia lost to Athletic Club 0-3 in La Liga on Sunday 28 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Sabin Merino opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Valencia did not score. Athletic Club scored through Sabin Merino (73'), Iker Muniain (77') and Aduriz (80').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 9th on 33 points from 25 and Athletic Club 10th on 32 points from 25. Valencia went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Athletic Club 4th with 61.
Valencia lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Beñat of Athletic Club (8.4), ahead of Xabier Etxeita (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valencia wins, 5 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Athletic Club's L-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · André Gomes
- 54'Yellow card · João Cancelo
- 73'Goal · Sabin Merino
- 77'Goal · Iker Muniain
- 80'Goal · Aduriz
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-1-4-1)
Diego Alves, João Cancelo, Aderllan Santos, Shkodran Mustafi, José Gayà, Dani Parejo, Enzo Pérez, André Gomes, Santi Mina, Denis Cheryshev, Álvaro Negredo
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Bóveda, Aymeric Laporte, Xabier Etxeita, Mikel Balenziaga, Gorka Elustondo, Beñat, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel Rico, Muniain, Sabin Merino