Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao

12 December 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Carlos Soler 26’ (pen)
Manu Vallejo 83’

Asier Villalibre 55’
Raúl García 79’ (pen)

Match summary

Valencia and Athletic Bilbao drew 2-2. Valencia led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Carlos Soler put Valencia ahead from the penalty spot in the 26th minute. In the second half, Asier Villalibre equalised in the 55th minute, set up by Yuri, Raúl García put Athletic Bilbao in front from the penalty spot in the 79th minute, and Manu Vallejo equalised with a header in the 83rd minute, set up by Carlos Soler.

Valencia had the better of the chances, with 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 1.73 from 13.

Match stats

11 Shots 13

2 Shots on Target 5

0 Corners 10

2 Yellow Cards 6

0 Red Cards 0

2.17 xG 1.73

1.43 Non-penalty xG 0.99

4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Valencia Athletic Bilbao

Kick-off

Carlos Soler
Penalty

1-0

26’

Half-time1-0

55’

Asier Villalibre
Assist: Yuri

1-1

79’

Raúl García
Penalty

1-2

Manu Vallejo
Assist: Carlos Soler

2-2

83’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Valencia

Maxi Gómez
Jason

Athletic Bilbao

Yeray Álvarez
Mikel Vesga
Dani García
Alex Berenguer
Raúl García
Unai López

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.

Valencia 2.17 xGAthletic Bilbao 1.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Athletic Bilbao attacking Valencia attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jaume	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Wass	DEF	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mouctar Diakhaby	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Toni Lato	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yunus Musah	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Uros Racic	MID	90			1	0.08	0.05	2
Carlos Soler	MID	90	1	1	3	0.86	1.03	3
Gonçalo Guedes	MID	71			2	0.05	0.00	0
Manu Vallejo	FWD	90	1		2	0.64	0.05	1
Maxi Gómez	FWD	90			2	0.49	0.08	1
Denis Cheryshev	Sub	30			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jason	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thierry Correia	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Unai Simón	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ander Capa	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yeray Álvarez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.11	3
Yuri	DEF	90		1	3	0.16	0.61	2
Dani García	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Mikel Vesga	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iñaki Williams	MID	90			1	0.04	0.03	1
Muniain	MID	85			1	0.03	0.03	1
Alex Berenguer	MID	90			1	0.02	0.05	1
Asier Villalibre	FWD	77	1		3	0.67	0.04	1
Unai López	Sub	44			2	0.06	0.00	0
De Marcos	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl García	Sub	13	1		1	0.74	0.00	0
Unai Núñez	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 32% Avg odds 2.99

Draw 31% Avg odds 3.12

Athletic Bilbao win 37% Avg odds 2.55

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

Form going into the game

Valencia D W D L D

Athletic Bilbao W L W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Valencia 0-2 Athletic Bilbao, 01 Jul 20 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Valencia, 07 Feb 21 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.