Ace Football previews the LaLiga game between Valencia and Athletic Club who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Mid-placed Athletic Club visit Valencia, who are currently struggling to put some distance between themselves and the relegation-zone. This is a round 9 match taking place at Estadio Mestalla this coming Saturday.
Valencia are number 19 in the table on five points after eight matches. Athletic Club rank as number 10 with eight points after six matches played.
Team form: Valencia vs Athletic Club
Valencia Form
In the last three outings, Valencia beat Deportivo Alaves by 0-1, lost 2-3 against Real Sociedad, before drawing 2-2 with Racing Santander. Valencia claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the LaLiga, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored six and conceded 11 goals.
Athletic Club Form
In their previous three outings, Athletic Club won by 3-0 against Atletico Madrid, drew 1-1 with Elche, before also drawing 0-0 against Deportivo Alaves. Athletic Club won twice, while also recording zero draws, and four defeats in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches says 13 goals conceded and ten scored.
Betting stats and facts for Valencia and Athletic Club
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Valencia and Athletic Club played across all tournaments.
- In 7 of the last 9 Valencia home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Athletic Club have lost 4 of the last 5 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 8 of the last 10 Athletic Club matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 Athletic Club matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Athletic Club matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Athletic Club matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 2.5
In-form players: Valencia vs Athletic Club
Having scored just once lately in the LaLiga, Umar Sadiq will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Athletic Club hope Robert Navarro can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two LaLiga goals in his last six LaLiga games.
Popular markets: Valencia vs Athletic Club
Full-time result
Valencia claimed three wins, drew one and lost six of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Athletic Club won five, drew one and lost four of their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Valencia scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Athletic Club got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Athletic Club managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Valencia, who scored an average of 0.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Athletic Club played across all tournaments. They scored one time on average in the process.
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