Athletic Club 1-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 6 December 2009
Result
Athletic Club 1-2 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 6 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Athletic Club 1-2 Valencia: match report
Athletic Club were beaten by Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 6 December 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Iker Muniain opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Iker Muniain (58'). Valencia scored through David Villa (61') and Jérémy Mathieu (83').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 8th on 20 points from 12 and Valencia 4th on 25 points from 12. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Valencia 3rd with 71.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Athletic Club wins, 2 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Valencia's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Joaquín
- 44'Yellow card · Albelda
- 56'Yellow card · Koikili
- 58'Goal · Iker Muniain
- 61'Goal · David Villa
- 74'Second yellow · Koikili
- 75'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 83'Goal · Jérémy Mathieu
- 87'Missed penalty · David López
- 87'Yellow card · David Navarro
- 88'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
- 89'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
Head-to-head
Team news
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Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Fernando Amorebieta, David Lopez, Susaeta, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Mikel San José, Andoni Iraola
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Bruno Saltor, David Navarro, Dealbert, Jérémy Mathieu, Marchena, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda