Valencia 3-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 October 2017
Result
Valencia 3-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 1 October 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Valencia 3-2 Athletic Club: match report
Valencia beat Athletic Club 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 1 October 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Simone Zaza opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Valencia's goals came from Simone Zaza (27'), Dani Parejo (34', penalty) and Rodrigo (66'). Athletic Club scored through Aduriz (59') and Raúl García (76').
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 5th on 12 points from 6 and Athletic Club 12th on 8 points from 6. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Athletic Club 16th with 43.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aymeric Laporte of Athletic Club (8.2), level with Iñigo Córdoba (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 5 draws and 4 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · José Gayà
- 27'Goal · Simone Zaza
- 33'Yellow card · Kepa Arrizabalaga
- 34'Penalty goal · Dani Parejo
- 50'Yellow card · Unai Núñez
- 59'Goal · Aduriz
- 63'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 66'Goal · Rodrigo
- 76'Goal · Raúl García
- 80'Yellow card · Mikel Vesga
- 84'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
- 84'Yellow card · Simone Zaza
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Martín Montoya, Ezequiel Garay, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Andreas Pereira, Carlos Soler, Simone Zaza, Rodrigo
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Aymeric Laporte, Iñigo Lekue, Mikel Balenziaga, Unai Núñez, Mikel San José, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Mikel Vesga, Iñigo Córdoba, Iñaki Williams