Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao

3 March 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Medié Jiménez

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Rodrigo 49’
  • Kevin Gameiro 89’

Match summary

Valencia won 2-0 at home to Athletic Bilbao. It was goalless at half-time.

Rodrigo put Valencia ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Santi Mina and Kevin Gameiro made it 2-0 in the 89th minute, set up by Carlos Soler.

The chances backed that up: Valencia created 1.49 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.44 from 4.

Match stats

Valencia Athletic Bilbao
11 Shots 4
3 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.49 xG 0.44
1.49 Non-penalty xG 0.44
10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Valencia Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Rodrigo
Assist: Santi Mina1-0 (Valencia)
49’
Kevin Gameiro
Assist: Carlos Soler2-0 (Valencia)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Athletic Bilbao
  • Yeray Álvarez
  • Iñigo Martínez
  • Raúl García

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.49 0.44 49’ Rodrigo (Valencia), 1-0 49’ 89’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.49 0.44 49’ Rodrigo (Valencia), 1-0 Rodrigo 49’ 89’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), 2-0 Gameiro 89’
Valencia 1.49 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.44 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Valencia attacking 
24’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.58 xG, saved 89’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 90+1’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 72’ Geoffrey Kondogbia (Valencia), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Rodrigo (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 54’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Ferrán Torres (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Geoffrey Kondogbia (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Ferrán Torres (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 24’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.58 xG, saved 90+1’ Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 72’ Geoffrey Kondogbia (Valencia), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Rodrigo (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 54’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Ferrán Torres (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Geoffrey Kondogbia (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Daniel Wass (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Ferrán Torres (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Neto GK900 0.000.041
Daniel Wass DEF902 0.060.000
Facundo Roncaglia DEF900 0.000.000
Mouctar Diakhaby DEF901 0.580.000
José Gayá DEF901 0.010.041
Ferrán Torres MID772 0.050.000
Geoffrey Kondogbia MID902 0.090.000
Daniel Parejo MID900 0.000.071
Denis Cheryshev MID900 0.000.021
Rodrigo FWD8011 0.060.000
Santi Mina FWD7110 0.000.061
Kevin Gameiro Sub1912 0.620.000
Carlos Soler Sub1310 0.000.591
Gonçalo Guedes Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 47% Bet365 odds 2.00
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30
Athletic Bilbao win 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Valencia WDDDD
Athletic Bilbao WLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Valencia, 27 Oct 18 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Valencia, 28 Sep 19  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.