Valencia CF 0 - 0 Athletic Club — Highlights & Result
Primera Division
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(1 week ago)
· MD 9
Highlights
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Valencia added another match to their troubled home record this season, failing to take maximum points at Mestalla despite generating plenty of attacking opportunities. With 16 total shots and an expected goals figure of 1.49, the hosts pushed hard but could not find a breakthrough against a visiting backline anchored by Aitor Paredes and Aymeric Laporte, who both earned matching 7.1 ratings for their defensive efforts. Pepelu and S. Dimitrievski also put in strong shifts for the home side, posting ratings of 7.2 and 7.1 respectively, yet neither team managed to break the deadlock during the Primera Division matchday 9 fixture.
Athletic arrived on the back of an unbeaten run stretching across four matches, though they struggled to assert themselves in enemy territory as possession favoured the visitors at 63 percent while Valencia created the majority of the chances. Looking back at recent history between these clubs, fixtures at this ground have proved tightly contested, including a previous victory for Athletic here in May 2025 alongside several narrow scorelines in past meetings.
Following this stalemate, the 20-team league table is led by Barça on 27 points, leaving Valencia sitting 21 points adrift of the summit and Athletic 18 points behind the leaders. Athletic will return to action quickly with an away trip to Levante on October 21, while Valencia's next assignment takes them back to their home stadium to face Villarreal on October 24.
Athletic arrived on the back of an unbeaten run stretching across four matches, though they struggled to assert themselves in enemy territory as possession favoured the visitors at 63 percent while Valencia created the majority of the chances. Looking back at recent history between these clubs, fixtures at this ground have proved tightly contested, including a previous victory for Athletic here in May 2025 alongside several narrow scorelines in past meetings.
Following this stalemate, the 20-team league table is led by Barça on 27 points, leaving Valencia sitting 21 points adrift of the summit and Athletic 18 points behind the leaders. Athletic will return to action quickly with an away trip to Levante on October 21, while Valencia's next assignment takes them back to their home stadium to face Villarreal on October 24.
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Match stats
Valencia v Athletic
37%
Possession
63%
1.49
Expected goals (xG)
0.65
16
Shots
9
3
Shots on target
2
13
Shots inside the box
7
2
Corners
6
334
Passes
568
80%
Pass accuracy
85%
1
Saves
3
14
Fouls
13
2
Offsides
1
3
Yellow cards
3
Lineups & player ratings
7.2
Top rated
Pepelu · Valencia
90'
Key moments
- 19' 🟨 Daniel Raba Antolín · Valencia
- 38' 🟨 Aymeric Laporte · Athletic
- 42' 🟨 Beñat Gerenabarrena · Athletic
- 57' 🟨 Iñigo Ruiz De Galarreta · Athletic
- 87' 🟨 José Luis García Vayá · Valencia
- 90' 🟨 César Tárrega Requeni · Valencia
Valencia
4-2-3-1- 1 S. Dimitrievski 90' 7.1
- 24 Pablo Maffeo 90' 6.9
- 5 César Tárrega 🟨 90' 6.3
- 18 Pepelu 🟨 90' 7.2
- 8 Javi Guerra 90' 6.5
- 7 A. Danjuma 90' 6.8
- 2 G. Rodríguez 86' 6.4
- 14 José Gayà 85' 7.1
- 12 J. de Haas 74' 6.3
- 19 Dani Raba 🟨 54' 6.5
- 9 Hugo Duro 54' 6.6
- 11 Luis Rioja · sub 36' 7.0
- 27 David Otorbi · sub 36' 6.0
- 10 H. Elliott · sub 16' 6.6
- 21 Jesús Vázquez · sub 5' 6.1
- 23 F. Ugrinic · sub 4' 6.2
Athletic
4-2-3-1- 1 Unai Simón 90' 6.6
- 15 Hugo Rincón 90' 7.0
- 4 Aitor Paredes 90' 7.1
- 14 Aymeric Laporte 🟨 90' 7.1
- 23 Robert Navarro 90' 6.5
- 28 Peio Canales 90' 6.4
- 7 Álex Berenguer 90' 6.1
- 31 J. Louis-Jean 63' 6.9
- 16 Ruíz de Galarreta 🟨 63' 6.3
- 9 I. Williams 63' 6.2
- 24 Beñat Gerenabarrena 🟨 45' 6.4
- 18 Mikel Jauregizar · sub 45' 6.1
- 12 Jesús Areso · sub 27' 6.8
- 20 Alejandro Rego · sub 27' 6.7
- 21 Maroan Sannadi · sub 22' 6.6
- 11 Gorka Guruzeta · sub 5' 6.5
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Form going into the match
Valencia