Valencia 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 2 October 2010
Result
Valencia 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 2 October 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Valencia defeated Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 2 October 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Aduriz opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Valencia's goals came from Aduriz (11') and Gabilondo (90'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 1st on 13 points from 5 and Athletic Club 9th on 7 points from 5. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Athletic Club 7th with 58.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 4 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Athletic Club's L-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Fernando Llorente
- 11'Goal · Aduriz
- 48'Yellow card · Mehmet Topal
- 69'Yellow card · Jon Aurtenetxe
- 72'Yellow card · Andrzej Olszewski
- 73'Yellow card · Ricardo Costa
- 90'Goal · Gabilondo
- 90'Goal · Vicente
- 90'Yellow card · Manuel Fernandes
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Miguel, Ricardo Costa, Vicente, Juan Mata, Éver Banega, Hedwiges Maduro, Joaquín, Aritz Aduriz, Albelda
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Aitor Ocio, Jon Aurtenetxe, Gabilondo, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Igor Martínez, Mikel San José, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola