Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao

20 January 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Hugo Duro 61’

Match summary

Valencia saw off Athletic Bilbao 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Hugo Duro put Valencia ahead with a header in the 61st minute, set up by José Gayá.

The chances backed that up: Valencia created 0.74 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.35 from 6.

Match stats

Valencia Athletic Bilbao
6 Shots 6
1 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.74 xG 0.35
0.74 Non-penalty xG 0.35
4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Valencia Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Hugo Duro
Assist: José Gayá1-0 (Valencia)
61’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao
  • Dani Vivian
  • Nico Williams
  • Malcom Adu

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.35 61’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), 1-0 61’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.35 61’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), 1-0 Duro 61’
Valencia 0.74 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Valencia attacking 
59’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 49’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 9’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 61’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 46’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 7’ Fran Pérez (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 29’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 4’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 49’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 9’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 61’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 46’ Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Unai Gómez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 7’ Fran Pérez (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 29’ Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 4’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Yuri (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Giorgi Mamardashvili GK900 0.000.000
Dimitri Foulquier DEF900 0.000.000
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
Cristhian Mosquera DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF9010 0.000.061
Fran Pérez MID711 0.050.000
Pepelu MID900 0.000.051
Hugo Guillamón MID901 0.030.000
Sergi Canos MID131 0.040.000
Hugo Duro FWD9012 0.580.031
Diego López FWD840 0.000.603
Roman Yaremchuk Sub711 0.050.000
Thierry Correia Sub190 0.000.000
Jesús Vázquez Sub60 0.000.000
Javier Guerra Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 28% Avg odds 3.47
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.22
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 LDWWW
Athletic Bilbao DWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 2-2 Valencia, 29 Oct 23 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Valencia, 28 Aug 24  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.