La Liga WON 0–0
Sat, Oct 17 · 21:00 · Estadio de Mestalla
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Valencia vs Athletic Club — La Liga
Tipster's pick Valencia Under 1.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.36 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Valencia Struggle to Score at Mestalla

Valencia have scored just 0.8 goals a game in their eight league matches and only 0.5 at home. Athletic Club have been strong defensively, letting in just 0.3 goals per game across their six fixtures. The away side also sit in tenth place with two wins and two draws in their last four games. Valencia currently lie 19th after four defeats in their last five outings. In previous meetings Athletic have taken six wins from the last ten encounters. The low scoring record at the Mestalla suggests Valencia will find it hard to break down Athletic’s defence in this fixture.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
0–0 WON

Our pick “Valencia Under 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.36 won — final score 0–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Daniel Raba Antolín 19'
  3. Aymeric Laporte 38'
  4. Beñat Gerenabarrena 42'
  5. Mikel Jauregizar ↓ Beñat Gerenabarrena 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Luis Rioja ↓ Daniel Raba Antolín 54'
  8. David Otorbi Ejededawe ↓ Hugo Duro 54'
  9. Iñigo Ruiz De Galarreta 57'
  10. Alejandro Rego Mora ↓ Iñigo Ruiz De Galarreta 63'
  11. Gorka Guruzeta ↓ Iñaki Williams 63'
  12. Jesus Areso ↓ Johaneko Louis-Jean 63'
  13. Maroan Sannadi ↓ Gorka Guruzeta 68'
  14. Harvey Elliott ↓ Justin De Haas 74'
  15. Jesús Vázquez ↓ José Gayà 85'
  16. Filip Ugrinic ↓ Guido Rodríguez 86'
  17. José Luis García Vayá 87'
  18. César Tárrega Requeni 90'
This season
Valencia Athletic Club
Over 2.5 goals 50% 33%
Clean sheet 25% 50%
Failed to score 50% 33%
Scored per game 0.8 1.2
Conceded per game 1.9 1.0
Scored home / away 0.5 / 1.0 1.3 / 1.0

Across 8 and 6 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
9 CEL Celta Vigo 8 1 5 2 8
10 ATH Athletic Club ▲ 6 2 2 2 8
11 VIL Villarreal 8 2 2 4 8
12 ESP Espanyol 8 2 2 4 8
13 RAY Rayo Vallecano 7 2 2 3 8
14 GET Getafe 8 2 2 4 8
15 RAC Racing Santander 8 2 2 4 8
16 OSA Osasuna 8 2 2 4 8
17 LEV Levante 7 1 3 3 6
18 ELC Elche 8 1 3 4 6
19 VAL Valencia ▲ 8 1 2 5 5
20 MAL Malaga 8 0 4 4 4
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Valencia LLWLD
L vs Barcelona 0–5 Sep 6
L @ Sevilla 0–1 Sep 11
W @ Alaves 1–0 Sep 15
L vs Real Sociedad 2–3 Sep 20
D @ Racing Santander 2–2 Oct 11
Athletic Club WDDW
W vs Atletico Madrid 3–0 Sep 5
D vs Elche 1–1 Sep 12
D vs Alaves 0–0 Sep 19
W @ Real Sociedad 1–0 Oct 2
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Valencia
Scored 1.0 avg
0 0 1 2 2
Conceded 2.2 avg
5 1 0 3 2
Athletic Club
Scored 1.3 avg
3 1 0 1
Conceded 0.3 avg
0 1 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Valencia
1 Draws
6 Athletic Club
May 2026 Athletic Club 0–1 Valencia Valencia
Feb 2026 Valencia 1–2 Athletic Club Athletic Club
Sep 2025 Valencia 2–0 Athletic Club Valencia
May 2025 Valencia 0–1 Athletic Club Athletic Club
Aug 2024 Athletic Club 1–0 Valencia Athletic Club

Over 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Valencia 5-4-1
  • 1 S. Dimitrievski G
  • 24 Pablo Maffeo D
  • 5 César Tárrega D
  • 18 Pepelu D
  • 12 J. de Haas D
  • 14 José Gayà D
  • 19 Dani Raba M
  • 8 Javi Guerra M
  • 2 G. Rodríguez M
  • 7 A. Danjuma M
  • 9 Hugo Duro F
Bench H. Elliott, Arnau Martínez, Aaron Mayol, David Otorbi, Luis Rioja, R. Sato, F. Ugrinic, Jesús Vázquez, K. van Oevelen, A. Dieng, M. Diakhaby, Aimar Blázquez

J. Aguirre

Athletic Club 4-2-3-1
  • 1 Unai Simón G
  • 15 Hugo Rincón D
  • 4 Aitor Paredes D
  • 14 Aymeric Laporte D
  • 31 J. Louis-Jean D
  • 16 Ruíz de Galarreta M
  • 24 Beñat Gerenabarrena M
  • 23 Robert Navarro M
  • 28 Peio Canales M
  • 7 Álex Berenguer M
  • 9 I. Williams F
Bench Gorka Guruzeta, Yuri, Jesús Areso, Christian Imga, Mikel Jauregizar, Álex Padilla, Beñat Prados, Alejandro Rego, Maroan Sannadi, Nico Serrano, Dani Vivian, Yeray

E. Terzić

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Valencia
  • OUT S. Canos Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Copete Knee Injury
  • OUT D. Foulquier Injury
  • OUT D. Lopez Knee Injury
  • OUT U. Sadiq Muscle Injury
  • OUT S. Canos Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Copete Knee Injury
  • OUT D. Foulquier Injury
  • OUT D. Lopez Knee Injury
  • OUT U. Sadiq Muscle Injury
Athletic Club
  • OUT A. Djalo Illness
  • OUT U. Egiluz Knee Injury
  • OUT O. Sancet Muscle Injury
  • OUT N. Williams Thigh Injury
  • OUT A. Djalo Illness
  • OUT U. Egiluz Knee Injury
  • OUT O. Sancet Muscle Injury
  • OUT N. Williams Thigh Injury