La Liga: Athletic Club defeats Real Valladolid 3-0

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BILBAO. Athletic Club was finally too much to handle for Real Valladolid.

BILBAO. Athletic Club was eventually too strong for Real Valladolid with the goal of G. Guruzeta (19′), G. Guruzeta (51′) and D. Vivian (78′). Real Valladolid lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the San Mamés Barria stadium in Bilbao on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos who was helped by Diego Santaursula Aguado and Teodoro Sobrino Magán. The 4th official was Imanol Irurtzun Artola. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 20.2 degrees Celsius or 68.41 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 53%.​

Match Statistics

Real Valladolid was in firm control of the ball 57% while Athletic Club was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Athletic Club was more aggressive with 36 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Athletic Club won the match.

Athletic Club shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Real Valladolid shot 8 times, 0 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards (G. Guruzeta, A. Herrera and U. Vencedor). On the other side, Real Valladolid received 1 yellow card (Monchu).

After this contest, Athletic Club will have 21 points like Rayo Vallecano to stay in the 7th place. On the other side, Real Valladolid will stay with 17 points to stay in the 10th place.

Match Events

  • 19'
    19'

    G. Guruzeta

  • 42'
    42'

    Monchu

  • 45'
    45'

    G. Guruzeta

  • 46'
    46'

    A. Aguado

    S. Weissman

  • 50'
    50'

    A. Herrera

  • 51'
    51'

    G. Guruzeta

  • 63'
    63'

    O. Plano

    J. Narvaez

  • 63'
    63'

    I. Sanchez

    Monchu

  • 67'
    67'

    U. Vencedor

    A. Herrera

  • 67'
    67'

    I. Muniain

    G. Guruzeta

  • 67'
    67'

    S. Leon

    S. Guardiola

  • 78'
    78'

    A. Villalibre

    I. Williams

  • 78'
    78'

    R. Garcia

    O. Sancet

  • 78'
    78'

    D. Vivian

    I. Muniain

  • 85'
    85'

    J. Morcillo

    N. Williams

  • 83'
    83'

    L. Rosa

    G. Plata

  • 84'
    84'

    U. Vencedor

Next match

Athletic Club: Formation and Lineups

Athletic Club started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Ernesto Valverde Tejedor chose to play with the following team: Unai Simón (6.8), Óscar de Marcos (6.6), Daniel Vivian (7.3), Yeray Álvarez (6.5), Íñigo Lekue (7.3), Mikel Vesga (7.3), Iñaki Williams (7.1), Oihan Sancet (6.9), Ander Herrera (7.0), Nico Williams (6.6) and Gorka Guruzeta (8.3).

Substitutes

Athletic Club made 5 changes: A. Herrera for U. Vencedor (67′), G. Guruzeta for I. Muniain (67′), I. Williams for A. Villalibre (78′), O. Sancet for R. Garcia (78′) and N. Williams for J. Morcillo (85′).

Top player: Gorka Guruzeta

Probably the most impressive player in Athletic Club was Gorka Guruzeta.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 15 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 8.

Real Valladolid: Formation and Lineups

Real Valladolid started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Juan José Rojo Martín played with: Jordi Masip (6.1), Iván Fresneda (7.0), Jawad El Yamiq (6.8), Zouhair Feddal (6.7), Lucas Olaza (7.5), Gonzalo Plata (6.1), Monchu (6.4), Kike Pérez (7.2), Juan Narváez (6.1), Sergi Guardiola (7.0) and Shon Weissman (6.6).

Substitutes

Real Valladolid made 5 changes: S. Weissman for A. Aguado (46′), J. Narvaez for O. Plano (63′), Monchu for I. Sanchez (63′), S. Guardiola for S. Leon (67′) and G. Plata for L. Rosa (83′).

Top player: Lucas Olaza

Probably the most impressive player in Real Valladolid was Lucas Olaza.

His rating is (7.5) with 49 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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