Athletic Club 1-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 27 February 2011
Result
Athletic Club 1-2 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 27 February 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Athletic Club 1-2 Valencia: match report
Athletic Club lost to Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 27 February 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Fernando Llorente (15'). Valencia scored through Juan Mata (71') and Jonas (81').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 5th on 38 points from 24 and Valencia 3rd on 48 points from 24. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Valencia 3rd with 71.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-1-3-2 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, 1 draw and 5 for Valencia.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Valencia's D-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 34'Yellow card · Mehmet Topal
- 58'Yellow card · Andrzej Olszewski
- 61'Yellow card · Iker Muniain
- 62'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 71'Goal · Juan Mata
- 71'Yellow card · Marius Stankevicius
- 76'Yellow card · Fernando Llorente
- 78'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 81'Goal · Jonas
- 83'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 90+4'Yellow card · Vicente Guaita
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-1-3-2)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Óscar de Marcos, Ekiza, David Lopez, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Muniain, Toquero, Mikel San José, Fernando Llorente
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo Costa, Jérémy Mathieu, Miguel, Marius Stankevicius, Tino Costa, Aritz Aduriz, Joaquín, Mehmet Topal