La Liga

La Liga | Gameweek 35

May 7, 2022 at 3.15pm UK

San Mames

Athletic Bilbao
0 - 0
Valencia

Alvarez (8'), Williams (77'), de Marcos (90'), Simon (90+9')

Diakhaby (26'), Moriba (53'), Guillamon (72')
Guillamon (90+8')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's La Liga clash between Athletic Bilbao and Valencia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Athletic Bilbao

Last Six:

Last Game: Sevilla 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
Sunday, May 22 at 9pm in La Liga

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
7	Villarreal	38	26	59
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	7	55
9	Valencia	38	-5	48

Valencia

Last Six:

Last Game: Valencia 2-0 Celta Vigo
Saturday, May 21 at 4.30pm in La Liga

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	7	55
9	Valencia	38	-5	48
10	Osasuna	38	-14	47

We said: Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Valencia

Valencia are struggling to pick up wins at the moment, but the same cannot be said for Athletic, who will now have sixth-placed Real Sociedad in their sights. Valencia are capable of picking up a positive result here, but we are backing Athletic to secure all three points courtesy of a narrow success. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Athletic Bilbao win with a probability of 55.97%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Valencia had a probability of 20.31%.

The most likely scoreline for an Athletic Bilbao win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.05%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.39%) and 2-1 (9.73%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.28%), while for a Valencia win it was 0-1 (6.54%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7% likelihood.

Result
Athletic Bilbao	Draw	Valencia
55.97%	23.73%	20.31%

Both teams to score 49.96%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.69%

50.31%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.74%

72.26%

Athletic Bilbao Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.19%

17.81%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.46%

48.55%

Valencia Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.79%

39.22%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.08%

75.93%

Score Analysis

Athletic Bilbao 55.96%

Valencia 20.31%

Draw 23.73%

Athletic Bilbao	Draw	Valencia
1-0 @ 12.05% 2-0 @ 10.39% 2-1 @ 9.73% 3-0 @ 5.98% 3-1 @ 5.6% 3-2 @ 2.62% 4-0 @ 2.58% 4-1 @ 2.41% 4-2 @ 1.13% Other @ 3.47% Total : 55.96%	1-1 @ 11.28% 0-0 @ 6.99% 2-2 @ 4.56% Other @ 0.91% Total : 23.73%	0-1 @ 6.54% 1-2 @ 5.28% 0-2 @ 3.06% 1-3 @ 1.65% 2-3 @ 1.42% 0-3 @ 0.96% Other @ 1.4% Total : 20.31%