Valencia vs 17.10.26 19:000 – 0Full Time
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- 19′Valencia, yellow card:
- 38′Athletic Club, yellow card:
- 42′Athletic Club, yellow card:
- Half-time
- 46′Athletic Club, substitution:off
- 54′Valencia, substitution:off
- 54′Valencia, substitution:off
- 57′Athletic Club, yellow card:
- 63′Athletic Club, substitution:off
- 63′Athletic Club, substitution:off
- 63′Athletic Club, substitution:off
- 68′Athletic Club, substitution:off
- 74′Valencia, substitution:off
- 85′Valencia, substitution:off
- 86′Valencia, substitution:off
- 87′Valencia, yellow card:
- 90′Valencia, yellow card:
- Full-time
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Valencia and Athletic Club share a goalless draw at Mestalla
Valencia and Athletic Club played out a 0-0 draw in La Liga on Matchday 9 at Estadio de Mestalla. Neither side found a way through, and the events list for the afternoon carries no goals, no red cards and no other incident to record. It left both teams with a point apiece.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The statistics describe a contest in which the visitors held the ball and the hosts created the clearer openings. Athletic Club had 63% of possession and won six corners to Valencia's two, yet Valencia took 16 shots to nine. Only three of those 16 were on target, with Athletic Club putting two of their nine on target.
Valencia's attacking numbers were still the stronger, with an expected goals figure of 1.49 against 0.65 for Athletic Club, but the finishing never matched it. Both sides picked up three yellow cards, and the fouls were close to even at 14 to 13 against Valencia. For the hosts it was a second goalless-or-drawn result in a row after a 2-2 draw at Racing Santander, while Athletic Club had also drawn their previous game 0-0 against Alaves.
The point left Valencia 19th on 6 points from nine games, while Athletic Club moved up to ninth on 9 points from seven. Athletic Club travel to Levante in La Liga on Wednesday, and Valencia host Villarreal in La Liga on Saturday.
César Tárrega was the top-rated performer on 7.72, helping Valencia to a draw in which Pablo Maffeo (7.70) and Pepelu (7.43) also scored highly.
Athletic Club had 63% of possession but Valencia had the greater threat, with 16 shots to nine.
Valencia and Athletic Club drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
Valencia met Athletic Club in the La Liga (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Saturday, 17 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at Estadio de Mestalla. Referee: Adrian Cordero Vega. Attendance: 43,223.
Team pages: Valencia · Athletic Club · La Liga
Starting line-ups
Valencia (4-2-3-1)
Athletic Club (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Valencia 44%, the draw 27%, Athletic Club 29%. It finished Valencia 0–0 Athletic Club.
Home advantage gives Valencia a slight edge — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, 1657 to 1654, Valencia's home advantage puts them in front at 44%, though Athletic Club's finishing pulls the other way, as cold streaks like theirs have tended to bounce back. The draw sits at 27%, close to the usual 28% for sides this level, nudged up by that finishing streak and down slightly by their typical recent scoring.
Why Valencia in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1657 to 1654. Sides this close won 45.8% of 13,726 home games (draw 27.6%, visitors 26.6%). La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.0%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,159 games vs 44.6% across all 101,264 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 44%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Athletic Club sit -0.49 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Visitors this cold went on to win 31.6% of 1,375 games, vs 27.9% for visitors finishing normally.
Why the draw at 27%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 25,198.
What did we measure but not count?
Valencia come into this after a busy window — 7 arrivals and 13 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Valencia are 1 game into a new manager (J. Aguirre), appointed 6 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Valencia vs Athletic Club final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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