Valencia win 1-0 at Athletic Club

Match report

Valencia beat Athletic Club 1-0 in La Liga matchday 35 on Sunday, 10 May 2026 at San Mamés. U. Sadiq scored the only goal of the game for Valencia in the 72nd minute. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Athletic Club had 55% of the ball and 14 shots (4 on target) against Valencia’s 7 (3 on target). Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Athletic Club 10th in the La Liga table on 8 points and Valencia 19th on 4.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Athletic Club

10th · 8 points · P 6 W 2 D 2 L 2

Form

Valencia

19th · 4 points · P 7 W 1 D 1 L 5

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
9	Villarreal	7	+1	8
10	Athletic Club	6	+1	8
11	Getafe	7	-3	8
18	Elche	7	-6	5
19	Valencia	7	-9	4
20	Malaga	7	-9	3

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 17 Oct 2026, Valencia – Athletic Club

Full Athletic Club vs Valencia head-to-head

Match events

15'yellow cardAymeric LaporteYellow Card
36'substitutionN. WilliamsOff: I. Williams
46'substitutionA. LaporteOff: D. Vivian
50'yellow cardEray CömertYellow Card
55'yellow cardAlejandro Rego MoraYellow Card
59'yellow cardPepeluYellow Card
65'substitutionO. SancetOff: A. Berenguer
70'substitutionR. NavarroOff: U. Gomez
70'substitutionH. DuroOff: U. Sadiq
70'substitutionPepeluOff: F. Ugrinic
70'substitutionD. LopezOff: L. Ramazani
71'substitutionA. RegoOff: M. Vesga
72'goalU. SadiqAssist: L. Rioja
83'substitutionJ. GuerraOff: U. Nunez
88'yellow cardUmar SadiqYellow Card
90+6'substitutionRenzo SaraviaOff: J. Vazquez

Lineups

Athletic Club

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Ernesto Valverde

Starting XI

Substitutes

Valencia

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Carlos Corberan

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

55%Possession45%
0.93Expected goals (xG)1.19
14Total shots7
4Shots on target3
5Shots off target2
5Blocked shots2
9Shots inside the box4
5Shots outside the box3
13Corners5
2Offsides2
9Fouls7
2Yellow cards3
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves4
409Passes354
329Accurate passes279
80%Pass accuracy79%
1.16Goals prevented1.16

Player statistics

Athletic Club

Athletic Club player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Unai SimónG	90	7.2		27 · 81%
2Andoni GorosabelD	90	6.9		34 · 85%	2	1	1/2
5Yeray ÁlvarezD	90	6.5		59 · 76%			2/5
14Aymeric LaporteD	45	6.9		26 · 88%		2	3/5
17Yuri BerchicheD	90	7.0		51 · 84%		2	7/7
8Oihan SancetM	65	6.9	1 (0)	16 · 56%	1	3	6/9
10Nico WilliamsM	36	7.0	1 (0)	12 · 67%			2/6
18Mikel JauregizarM	90	6.9		44 · 82%	4	1	3/9
23Robert NavarroM	70	6.9	2 (0)	17 · 82%		3	6/10
30Alejandro Rego MoraM	71	6.9		18 · 94%		1	5/8
11Gorka GuruzetaF	90	7.0	3 (2)	17 · 71%		4	9/13
27Alex PadillaG	–	–
3Dani VivianD	45	6.7		38 · 95%		1	1/3
4Aitor ParedesD	–	–
12Jesús AresoD	–	–
15Íñigo LekueD	–	–
19Adama BoiroD	–	–
6Mikel VesgaM	19	6.7		15 · 60%		1	3/3
20Unai GómezM	20	6.3	1 (1)	5 · 80%			1/3
7Álex BerenguerF	25	6.3		14 · 86%			0/2
9Iñaki WilliamsF	54	6.7	1 (1)	16 · 62%	2	1	3/9
22Nico SerranoF	–	–
25Urko IzetaF	–	–

Valencia

Valencia player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Stole DimitrievskiGTop rated	90	8.3				48 · 54%			1/1
5César TárregaD	90	6.6				45 · 80%			4/10
14José Luis GayàD	90	7.9				25 · 96%		6	7/12
20Renzo SaraviaD	89	7.2				21 · 76%		2	5/11
24Eray CömertD	90	7.6				61 · 93%		1	3/4
2Guido RodríguezM	90	7.3				40 · 88%		3	6/13
8Javier GuerraM	83	6.7			1 (0)	23 · 78%	1	3	4/8
11Luis RiojaM	90	7.0		1		11 · 82%	2		1/3
16Diego LópezM	70	6.2				24 · 71%		1	2/9
18PepeluM	70	6.5				33 · 76%		2	4/10
9Hugo DuroF	70	5.9			2 (1)	14 · 93%	1		2/5
13Cristian RiveroG	–	–
25Julen AgirrezabalaG	–	–
4Unai NúñezD	16	6.6
21Jesús VázquezD	1	–
26Rubén IranzoD	–	–
10André AlmeidaM	–	–
22Baptiste SantamariaM	–	–
23Filip UgrinićM	20	6.7				3 · 33%		1	1/2
6Umar SadiqF	20	7.3	1		2 (2)	4 · 25%		1	2/4
7Arnaut DanjumaF	–	–
17Largie RamazaniF	20	6.5				2 · 50%			0/2
19Dani RabaF	–	–