Valencia vs Athletic Club LaLiga Match Preview or Key Statistics 😱
Valencia have only lost two of their last seven LaLiga games against Athletic (W4 D2) but was the only one, 0-2 at Mestalla in July 2020.
After three defeats in a row at Mestalla in LaLiga between 2017 and 2019, Athletic won on their last visit to the Valencian side in the competition, 2-0 the last July, and they won two away games in a row against them for the last time since 1988 (2).
Valencia have lost two of their last four home LaLiga games (W1 D1) as many defeats as in their previous 34 games at home in the competition (W19 D13 L2).
Athletic are winless in their last four away LaLiga games (D1 L3) and they have conceded at least one goal in each of their last eight away matches in the competition, their longest run conceding away from home in the competition under Gaizka Garitano.
Three of Athletic’s last four LaLiga goals have come from headers and they have only scored via headers in three of their previous 61 goals in the competition, including three own goals.
Valencia have conceded a league-high four goals from outside the box this season, one more than Osasuna and Huesca (3).
Athletic’s Iker Muniain has failed to score in his last 28 away LaLiga games, since his goal vs Celta de Vigo at Balaídos in January 2019, equalling his longest run without scoring away from home in the competition (also 28 between 2011 and 2013).
Valencia’s Kevin Gameiro has been involved in five goals in his last five home LaLiga games against Athletic (four goals and one assist), one game for Sevilla, two for Atlético de Madrid and two with his current club.
Raúl García has scored in two of his four away LaLiga games for Athletic against Valencia (three goals on aggregate), including a brace in his last visit to Mestalla in July 2020.
Valencia’s Javi Gracia has only won one of his five LaLiga managerial games against Athletic (D2 L2), 1-0 as Málaga boss in August 2014.
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