Valencia 1-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 11 February 2023
Result
Valencia 1-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 11 February 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 1-2 Athletic Club: match report
Valencia lost to Athletic Club 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 11 February 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.
Samu Castillejo opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Valencia's goal came from Samu Castillejo (17'). Athletic Club scored through Nico Williams (30') and Oihan Sancet (72').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 18th on 20 points from 20 and Athletic Club 8th on 29 points from 20. Valencia went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Athletic Club 8th with 51.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to José Gayà of Valencia (8.0), ahead of Unai Simón (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 6 draws and 2 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Athletic Club's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Samu Castillejo
- 21'Yellow card · Hugo Duro
- 30'Goal · Nico Williams
- 41'Yellow card · Nico Williams
- 57'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 61'Yellow card · Samu Castillejo
- 72'Goal · Oihan Sancet
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-3-3)
Giorgi Mamardashvili, Dimitri Foulquier, Eray Cömert, Mouctar Diakhaby, José Gayà, Yunus Musah, André Almeida, Ilaix Moriba, Samu Castillejo, Edinson Cavani, Samuel Lino
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Óscar de Marcos, Dani Vivian, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Lekue, Oihan Sancet, Mikel Vesga, Nico Williams, Muniain, Álex Berenguer, Raúl García