Athletic Club vs Valencia, 2025-26 LALIGA
· Spanish LALIGAAbout
Athletic Club are hosting Valencia
at San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain, starting on
. The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Delay in match because of an injury Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club).
- 1': Delay in match because of an injury Hugo Duro (Valencia).
- 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 2': Foul by Hugo Duro (Valencia).
- 2': Alejandro Rego (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Pepelu.
- 5': Nico Williams (Athletic Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 5': Foul by Renzo Saravia (Valencia).
- 6': Delay in match because of an injury Diego López (Valencia).
- 6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 7': Foul by Nico Williams (Athletic Club).
- 7': Renzo Saravia (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Renzo Saravia (Valencia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 11': Foul by Nico Williams (Athletic Club).
- 12': Attempt missed. Robert Navarro (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oihan Sancet.
- 14': Attempt missed. Nico Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 15': Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club).
- 15': Hugo Duro (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 17': Attempt missed. Javi Guerra (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 19': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by José Gayà.
- 20': Offside, Athletic Club. Nico Williams is caught offside.
- 23': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Aymeric Laporte.
- 25': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Yeray Álvarez.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Eray Cömert (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hugo Duro.
- 26': Penalty conceded by Alejandro Rego (Athletic Club) with a handball in the penalty area.
- 27': Penalty missed! Still Athletic Club 0, Valencia 0. Hugo Duro (Valencia) hits the bar with a left footed shot.
- 28': José Gayà (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club).
- 29': Attempt saved. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia).
- 29': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
- 29': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Renzo Saravia.
- 32': Guido Rodríguez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Alejandro Rego (Athletic Club).
- 35': Delay in match because of an injury Nico Williams (Athletic Club).
- 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 36': Substitution, Athletic Club. Iñaki Williams replaces Nico Williams because of an injury.
- 39': Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Diego López (Valencia).
- 40': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Guido Rodríguez.
- 41': Attempt saved. Hugo Duro (Valencia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Unai Simón (Athletic Club). Assisted by Luis Rioja.
- 41': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Unai Simón.
- 42': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Gorka Guruzeta.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Luis Rioja (Valencia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Javi Guerra.
- 43': Offside, Valencia. Luis Rioja is caught offside.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Athletic Club 0, Valencia 0.
- 45': Substitution, Athletic Club. Dani Vivian replaces Aymeric Laporte.
- 45': Second Half begins Athletic Club 0, Valencia 0.
- 46': Delay in match because of an injury Hugo Duro (Valencia).
- 47': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 50': Foul by Eray Cömert (Valencia).
- 50': Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Eray Cömert (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Renzo Saravia.
- 51': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Diego López.
- 52': Attempt missed. Robert Navarro (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Iñaki Williams with a headed pass following a corner.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Jauregizar.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Jauregizar.
- 55': Javi Guerra (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Alejandro Rego (Athletic Club).
- 55': Alejandro Rego (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Foul by Pepelu (Valencia).
- 59': Pepelu (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Attempt saved. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia). Assisted by Andoni Gorosabel.
- 60': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by José Gayà.
- 60': Attempt missed. Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 61': Foul by Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club).
- 61': Guido Rodríguez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Delay in match because of an injury Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia).
- 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 65': Substitution, Athletic Club. Alex Berenguer replaces Oihan Sancet.
- 66': Eray Cömert (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club).
- 68': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Guido Rodríguez.
- 70': Substitution, Valencia. Umar Sadiq replaces Hugo Duro.
- 70': Substitution, Valencia. Filip Ugrinic replaces Pepelu.
- 70': Substitution, Valencia. Largie Ramazani replaces Diego López because of an injury.
- 70': Substitution, Athletic Club. Unai Gómez replaces Robert Navarro.
- 71': Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Alejandro Rego.
- 72': Goal! Athletic Club 0, Valencia 1. Umar Sadiq (Valencia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Rioja with a cross following a fast break.
- 74': Offside, Valencia. Umar Sadiq is caught offside.
- 75': Attempt saved. Unai Gómez (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia). Assisted by Iñaki Williams with a cross.
- 77': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Eray Cömert.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 83': Substitution, Valencia. Unai Núñez replaces Javi Guerra.
- 83': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Unai Núñez.
- 84': Delay in match because of an injury Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia).
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andoni Gorosabel.
- 87': Offside, Athletic Club. Unai Gómez is caught offside.
- 88': Foul by Umar Sadiq (Valencia).
- 88': Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Umar Sadiq (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 89': Attempt saved. Umar Sadiq (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Unai Simón (Athletic Club).
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia). Assisted by Mikel Jauregizar with a cross.
- 90'+2': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Yuri Berchiche.
- 90'+4': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Luis Rioja.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mikel Jauregizar with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+5': Foul by Umar Sadiq (Valencia).
- 90'+5': Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Substitution, Valencia. Jesús Vázquez replaces Renzo Saravia.
- 90'+7': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Luis Rioja.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Athletic Club 0, Valencia 1.
- 0': Match ends, Athletic Club 0, Valencia 1.
Statistics
 VAL |
ATH |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 13 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 44.8 | Possession | 55.2 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 279 | Accurate Passes | 329 |
| 354 | Passes | 409 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 13 | Crosses | 34 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 61 | Long Balls | 52 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.2 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 17 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 20 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 50 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 50 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: San Mamés
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Attendance: 46,880
Venue: San Mamés
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Attendance: 46,880
LALIGA Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 38 | +59 | 94 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | +42 | 86 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 38 | +26 | 72 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | +18 | 69 |
Line-Ups
Athletic Club (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unai Simón (GK) |
| 14 | Aymeric Laporte  |
| 5 | Yeray |
| 17 | Yuri Berchiche |
| 2 | Andoni Gorosabel |
| 8 | Oihan Sancet |
| 30 | Alejandro Rego |
| 18 | Mikel Jauregizar |
| 11 | Gorka Guruzeta |
| 10 | Nico Williams |
| 23 | Robert Navarro |
Valencia (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stole Dimitrievski (GK) |
| 24 | Eray Cömert |
| 5 | César Tárrega |
| 14 | José Gayà |
| 20 | Renzo Saravia |
| 8 | Javi Guerra |
| 2 | Guido Rodríguez |
| 18 | Pepelu |
| 9 | Hugo Duro |
| 11 | Luis Rioja |
| 16 | Diego López |
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