Valencia 1-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2011
Result
Valencia 1-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 1-1 Athletic Club: match report
Valencia drew with Athletic Club 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 23 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
Iker Muniain opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Valencia's goal came from Roberto Soldado (89'). Athletic Club scored through Iker Muniain (72').
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 5th on 14 points from 7 and Athletic Club 14th on 8 points from 7. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Athletic Club 10th with 49.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 4 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Athletic Club's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
- 31'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 41'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 45+2'Yellow card · Andoni Iraola
- 71'Yellow card · Ander Herrera
- 72'Goal · Iker Muniain
- 74'Yellow card · Miguel
- 78'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 89'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 89'Yellow card · Jon Aurtenetxe
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-3-3)
Vicente Guaita, Jérémy Mathieu, Bruno Saltor, Éver Banega, Tino Costa, Juan Mata, Aritz Aduriz, Joaquín, Mehmet Topal, Pablo Hernández
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Ekiza, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola