Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao

18 May 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Alex Berenguer 72’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao won 1-0 away at Valencia. It was goalless at half-time.

Alex Berenguer put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 72nd minute, set up by Unai Gómez.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 1.16 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Valencia's 0.39 from 6.

Match stats

Valencia Athletic Bilbao
6 Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.39 xG 1.16
0.39 Non-penalty xG 1.16
0 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Valencia Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
72’
Alex Berenguer
Assist: Unai Gómez0-1 (Athletic Bilbao)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Valencia
  • José Gayá
  • Luis Rioja
  • Rafa Mir
Athletic Bilbao
  • Adama Boiro

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.39 1.16 72’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), 0-1 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.39 1.16 72’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), 0-1 Berenguer 72’
Valencia 0.39 xGAthletic Bilbao 1.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Valencia attacking 
83’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 44’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 48’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 46’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 39’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 27’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 5’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 11’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 35’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Umar Sadiq (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 10’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 44’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 48’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 46’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 39’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 27’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 5’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 11’ César Tárrega (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 35’ Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Umar Sadiq (Valencia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 10’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Giorgi Mamardashvili GK900 0.000.000
Cristhian Mosquera DEF900 0.000.000
César Tárrega DEF902 0.180.000
Mouctar Diakhaby DEF842 0.150.000
José Gayá DEF840 0.000.000
Luis Rioja MID901 0.020.000
Enzo Barrenechea MID900 0.000.000
Javier Guerra MID900 0.000.000
Diego López MID580 0.000.061
Umar Sadiq FWD761 0.030.000
André Almeida FWD760 0.000.183
Iván Jaime Sub320 0.000.000
Hugo Duro Sub140 0.000.000
Rafa Mir Sub140 0.000.000
Fran Pérez Sub60 0.000.000
Max Aarons Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 37% Avg odds 2.55
Draw 33% Avg odds 2.94
Athletic Bilbao win 30% Avg odds 3.16

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

Form going into the game

Valencia DDWWL
Athletic Bilbao LWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Valencia, 28 Aug 24 Next meeting: Valencia 2-0 Athletic Bilbao, 20 Sep 25  All Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.