Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Valencia and Athletic Bilbao, taking place on Saturday, 20 January 2024, at The Estadio de Mestalla in Valencia.
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Valencia, Recent FormIn their last match Valencia enforced their superiority over Cadiz with a 4-1 away win. In that game they had 43% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Cadiz who had 10 attempts and 2 on target.
When it comes to attacking power Rubén Baraja will be justly satisfied with his squad's performances of late, which has seen them chalk up 10 goals in their last 6 matches. However, it hasn't all been going well, and questions remain about their defence with 6 goals lost in those 6 matches resulting in some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They've been performing well at The Estadio de Mestalla of late, with an unbeaten record of 5 games from 6, 3 of which were wins.
Athletic Bilbao, Recent FormAthletic Bilbao will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 2-1 home win against Real Sociedad. They came away from that fixture with a 49% share of the possession and clocked up 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target, in comparison to Real Sociedad, who managed 9 attempts on goal, 1 of which were on target.
With 12 goals scored from their past 6 matches and just 2 conceded, their manager Ernesto Valverde will be more than happy with his team's form of late. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 10 games in a row, but they've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games away from home.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 4 straight wins in a row, and are on an unbeaten run of 10 games.
The Athletic Bilbao travelling support have had something to shout about on the road via the goals from Iñaki Williams, who's scored 4 goals in their last 6 league matches away from home.
In the last match between these two, goals were scored on both sides, with the game ending in a 2-2 draw.
In each of their last 4 games away from home in the league to Valencia, Lehoiak have scored at least 1 goal and will be looking to extend that run.
Athletic have certainly shown themselves to be resilient opponents against Valencia in the league, having gone unbeaten against them in their last 8 meetings.
Raúl García will be feeling confident of netting goals for Athletic in this one against Valencia with his scoring record of 3 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
With only André Almeida (Back) and Roman Yaremchuk (Virus) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Rubén Baraja will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
There is only really one injury concern for the Athletic manager Ernesto Valverde ahead of this clash, with Dani García (Thigh) missing out, which gives Valverde a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Valencia Playing at home | Athletic Bilbao Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 1.2 |
| 0.6 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 40' | Time first goal scored | 22' |
| 46' | Time first goal conceded | 61' |
| 1.9 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 5 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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