La Liga Gameweek 5 Sat, Sep 20 2025 · 20:00 Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia
Valencia
2–0 Full time · HT 0–0 xG 1.81 – 0.39
Athletic Club
  • B. Santamaría 73’
  • Hugo Duro 90+3’
  • 57’ Dani Vivian
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Valencia beat Athletic Club

Valencia won 2–0 through goals from Santamaría and Duro. Athletic Club played with ten men from the 57th minute after Vivian was sent off. Valencia finished with the higher xG (1.81 vs 0.39).

Valencia ✓34%
Draw28%
Athletic Club38%

Model vs reality

Valencia goals
2
Model 1.21 · xG 1.81
Athletic Club goals
0
Model 1.29 · xG 0.39
Total goals
2
Model 2.49 · xG 2.20
Score 2–0
6%
Most likely 1–1 (14%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 45%
Both scored
No
Model 51%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchB. SantamaríaValencia · 1 goal · 1 assist
9.3
  • RefereeMiguel Angel Ortiz Arias
  • VenueEstadio de Mestalla
  • Table before kick-offValencia 16th · Athletic Club 6th

Timeline

  1. Robert NavarroYellow card · Roughing
    20’
  2. Half time · 0–0
  3. Dani VivianRed card · Tripping
    57’
  4. Luis RiojaYellow card · Unsportsmanlike conduct
    59’
  5. ⇄ L. RamazaniFor Dani Raba
    64’
  6. ⇄ A. LaporteFor Álex Berenguer
    64’
  7. ⇄ Unai GómezFor Robert Navarro
    68’
  8. ⇄ Mikel VesgaFor Ruíz de Galarreta
    68’
  9. ⇄ Maroan SannadiFor Oihan Sancet
    68’
  10. ⇄ Hugo DuroFor Luis Rioja
    71’
  11. ⇄ L. BeltránFor Diego López
    71’
  12. ⇄ Jesús VázquezFor José Gayà
    71’
  13. B. Santamaría 1–0Assist Javi Guerra
    73’
  14. ⇄ André AlmeidaFor A. Danjuma
    80’
  15. ⇄ Alejandro Rego MoraFor Mikel Jauregizar
    81’
  16. Hugo Duro 2–0Assist B. Santamaría
    90+3’
  17. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Valencia11 shots · 8 in box, 3 outside
Athletic Club11 shots · 7 in box, 4 outside
ValenciaAthletic Club
44% Possession 56%
1.81 Expected goals (xG) 0.39
2.37 Expected points (xPts) 0.42
11 Shots 11
5 Shots on target 5
5 Shots off target 2
1 Blocked shots 4
8 Shots inside the box 7
3 Shots outside the box 4
367 Passes 472
78% Pass accuracy 84%
5 Corners 6
6 Goalkeeper saves 3
11 Fouls 6
0 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 1
7.18 Team rating 6.52

Line-ups

Valencia 4-4-2

257.0 Julen Agirrezabala(G)
147.0 José Gayà ↓71’ 47.3 M. Diakhaby 57.7 César Tárrega 206.7 D. Foulquier
166.9 Diego López ↓71’ 88.0 Javi Guerra A 229.3★ B. Santamaría A 116.3 Luis Rioja ↓71’
76.2 A. Danjuma ↓80’ 196.5 Dani Raba ↓64’
  • 25Julen Agirrezabala (G)7.0
  • 14José Gayà↓71’7.0
  • 4M. Diakhaby7.3
  • 5César Tárrega7.7
  • 20D. Foulquier6.7
  • 16Diego López↓71’6.9
  • 8Javi GuerraA8.0
  • 22B. Santamaría ★A9.3
  • 11Luis Rioja↓71’6.3
  • 7A. Danjuma↓80’6.2
  • 19Dani Raba↓64’6.5

Substitutes used

  • 17L. Ramazani↑64’6.5
  • 9Hugo Duro↑71’7.2
  • 21Jesús Vázquez↑71’6.2
  • 15L. Beltrán↑71’6.9
  • 10André Almeida↑80’6.6

Unused: Cristian Rivero, S. Dimitrievski, E. Cömert, Thierry Correia, Copete, F. Ugrinic, Pepelu

Athletic Club 4-2-3-1

17.3 Unai Simón(G)
176.7 Yuri 46.9 Aitor Paredes 36.2 Dani Vivian 126.0 Jesús Areso
186.3 Mikel Jauregizar ↓81’ 167.2 Ruíz de Galarreta ↓68’
76.6 Álex Berenguer ↓64’ 86.2 Oihan Sancet ↓68’ 235.9 Robert Navarro ↓68’
96.2 I. Williams
  • 1Unai Simón (G)7.3
  • 17Yuri6.7
  • 4Aitor Paredes6.9
  • 3Dani Vivian6.2
  • 12Jesús Areso6.0
  • 18Mikel Jauregizar↓81’6.3
  • 16Ruíz de Galarreta↓68’7.2
  • 7Álex Berenguer↓64’6.6
  • 8Oihan Sancet↓68’6.2
  • 23Robert Navarro↓68’5.9
  • 9I. Williams6.2

Substitutes used

  • 14A. Laporte↑64’6.3
  • 6Mikel Vesga↑68’6.5
  • 21Maroan Sannadi↑68’6.7
  • 20Unai Gómez↑68’6.7
  • 30Alejandro Rego Mora↑81’6.9

Unused: Mikel Santos, Adama Boiro, Jon de Luis, Lekue, Andoni Gorosabel, Nico Serrano, Gorka Guruzeta

Player stats

Top rated
B. SantamaríaValencia9.3
2nd
Javi GuerraValencia8.0
3rd
César TárregaValencia7.7

Valencia

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Julen Agirrezabala G 90 0 0 6 sv 0 62% 21 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.0
José Gayà D 71 0 0 0 (0) 0 68% 25 3 3 0/0 0/0 7.0
M. Diakhaby D 90 0 0 2 (1) 0 91% 35 1 1 0/0 1/1 7.3
César Tárrega D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 82% 57 5 2 1/1 1/0 7.7
D. Foulquier D 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 81% 32 1 4 0/1 2/0 6.7
Diego López F 71 0 0 1 (0) 1 61% 18 2 3 0/0 0/1 6.9
Javi Guerra M 90 0 1 1 (1) 1 78% 46 3 3 0/2 1/1 8.0
B. Santamaría M 90 1 1 1 (1) 1 82% 38 1 0 2/3 2/2 9.3
Luis Rioja F 71 0 0 1 (0) 1 81% 16 2 1 1/1 0/0 6.3
A. Danjuma F 80 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 8 0 0 0/1 1/1 6.2
Dani Raba F 64 0 0 0 (0) 0 61% 18 1 0 2/4 1/0 6.5
L. Ramazani F 26 0 0 1 (0) 0 67% 6 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.5
Hugo Duro F 19 1 0 2 (2) 0 100% 3 0 0 1/1 0/0 7.2
Jesús Vázquez D 19 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 12 0 0 0/0 2/0 6.2
L. Beltrán F 19 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 6 1 1 1/1 0/0 6.9
André Almeida M 10 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 11 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.6

Athletic Club

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Unai Simón G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 59% 37 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.3
Yuri D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 63 0 1 0/2 0/1 6.7
Aitor Paredes D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 63 4 1 0/0 1/0 6.9
Dani Vivian D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 42 2 1 0/0 1/1 6.2
Jesús Areso D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 37 0 1 2/2 0/0 6.0
Mikel Jauregizar M 81 0 0 1 (1) 0 83% 42 1 3 1/1 0/1 6.3
Ruíz de Galarreta M 68 0 0 1 (0) 0 88% 40 2 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
Álex Berenguer F 64 0 0 0 (0) 2 82% 38 0 0 0/0 0/2 6.6
Oihan Sancet M 68 0 0 3 (2) 1 90% 20 1 0 0/0 2/1 6.2
Robert Navarro M 68 0 0 0 (0) 2 83% 24 1 1 0/2 2/0 5.9
I. Williams F 90 0 0 2 (2) 0 47% 17 1 0 0/3 0/2 6.2
A. Laporte D 26 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 19 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.3
Mikel Vesga M 22 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 12 1 1 0/1 0/0 6.5
Maroan Sannadi F 22 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 5 0 0 0/1 0/1 6.7
Unai Gómez M 22 0 0 0 (0) 0 71% 7 1 0 0/1 0/1 6.7
Alejandro Rego Mora M 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.9

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.