Valencia
Athletic Bilbao
Match summary
Valencia and Athletic Bilbao played out a goalless draw.
Valencia had the better of the chances, with 2.25 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.52 from 9.
Valencia and Athletic Bilbao played out a 0-0 draw in La Liga matchday 9, with Athletic Bilbao dominating territory and possession throughout the fixture. The away side recorded 63 percent possession and 140 attacks compared to 69 for Valencia, while also winning 6 corners to 2. Despite having less of the ball with 37 percent possession, Valencia registered more shot volume with 16 total shots against 9 from Athletic Bilbao, as well as 3 shots on target to 2. Both teams committed numerous fouls, resulting in 14 fouls for Valencia and 13 for Athletic Bilbao, alongside a disciplinary count of 3 yellow cards for each side.
The match began with a yellow card shown to Dani Raba of Valencia for a foul in the 19th minute. Aymeric Laporte received a yellow card for Athletic Bilbao in the 38th minute, followed quickly by a yellow card for his teammate Beñat Gerenabarrena for handball in the 42nd minute before the half ended 0-0. At half-time, Mikel Jauregizar replaced Beñat Gerenabarrena. Substitutions continued in the second half, including Cem Gürsoy receiving a yellow card in the 57th minute and Maroan Sannadi replacing Gorka Guruzeta due to injury in the 68th minute. Harvey Elliott replaced Justin de Haas due to injury in the 74th minute, and late yellow cards were shown to Pepelu and César Tárrega before the match ended 0-0.
