Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao

20 September 2025 · La Liga · 2025/26 · Referee Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Baptiste Santamaria 73’
  • Hugo Duro 90+3’

Match summary

Valencia beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Baptiste Santamaria put Valencia ahead with a header in the 73rd minute, set up by Javier Guerra and Hugo Duro made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by Baptiste Santamaria.

The chances backed that up: Valencia created 2.02 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.50 from 11. Athletic Bilbao had a player sent off.

Match stats

44% Possession 56%
13 Shots 11
5 Shots on target 5
5 Corners 6
79 Attacks 132
40 Dangerous attacks 53
378 Passes 486
78% Pass accuracy 83%
20 Tackles 14
13 Fouls 6
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 1
0 Offsides 1

Key events

Valencia Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
7’
Oihan SancetShot on target
20’
Robert NavarroFoul
26’
Oihan SancetShot on target
30’
Iñaki WilliamsShot on target
33’
Mikel JauregizarShot on target
Half-time0-0
46’
Iñaki WilliamsShot on target
Second half underway
José GayàArgument
57’
59’
Dani Vivian: card review (VAR)
61’
Dani VivianProfessional foul last man
Mouctar DiakhabyShot on target
62’
64’
Aymeric LaporteÁlex Berenguer
Largie RamazaniDani Raba
64’
68’
Maroan SannadiOihan Sancet
68’
Mikel VesgaIñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
69’
Unai GómezRobert Navarro
Hugo DuroLuis Rioja
70’
Lucas BeltránDiego López
71’
Jesús VázquezJosé Gayà
71’
Baptiste SantamariaHeader1-0 (Valencia)
73’
André AlmeidaArnaut Danjuma
80’
81’
Alejandro RegoMikel Jauregizar
Javier GuerraShot on target
90’
Hugo DuroShot on target
90+1’
Hugo DuroLeft foot shot2-0 (Valencia)
90+3’
Full-time2-0

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.02 0.50 73’ Baptiste Santamaria (Valencia), 1-0 73’ 90+3’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), 2-0 90+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.02 0.50 73’ Baptiste Santamaria (Valencia), 1-0 Santamaria 73’ 90+3’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), 2-0 Duro 90+3’
Valencia 2.02 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Valencia attacking 
90+3’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 90’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 73’ Baptiste Santamaria (Valencia), from a corner, 0.36 xG, goal 90+8’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+1’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 90+8’ Largie Ramazani (Valencia), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 46’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 30’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 12’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 23’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+1’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 7’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 16’ Baptiste Santamaria (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 65’ Largie Ramazani (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Diego López (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 70’ Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 90’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 73’ Baptiste Santamaria (Valencia), from a corner, 0.36 xG, goal 90+8’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+1’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 90+8’ Largie Ramazani (Valencia), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 46’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 30’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 12’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 23’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 54’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 16’ Baptiste Santamaria (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 26’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 65’ Largie Ramazani (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Diego López (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 70’ Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Valencia 4-4-2 Starting XI
Agirrezabala
Foulquier
Tárrega
Diakhaby
Gayà 71’
Rioja 70’
Santamaria
Guerra
López 71’
Raba 64’
Danjuma 80’
Athletic Bilbao 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Simón
Berchiche
Paredes
Vivian
Areso
Jauregizar 81’
Galarreta 68’
Berenguer 64’
Sancet 68’
Navarro 69’
Williams

Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Julen Agirrezabala GK900 0.000.000
Dimitri Foulquier DEF901 0.030.071
Mouctar Diakhaby DEF902 0.180.000
César Tárrega DEF900 0.000.031
José Gayá DEF720 0.000.000
Luis Rioja MID711 0.070.031
Baptiste Santamaria MID90112 0.410.692
Javier Guerra MID9011 0.410.361
Diego López MID721 0.010.061
Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld FWD810 0.000.000
Raba FWD650 0.000.000
Largie Ramazani Sub252 0.120.000
Hugo Duro Sub1913 0.780.000
Lucas Beltrán Sub180 0.000.411
Jesús Vázquez Sub180 0.000.141
André Almeida Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 28% Avg odds 3.42
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.11
Athletic Bilbao win 42% Avg odds 2.25

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Valencia DDLWL
Athletic Bilbao LWWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Valencia 0-1 Athletic Bilbao, 18 May 25 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Valencia, 10 May 26  All Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Timeline, lineups and team statistics from Sportmonks. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.