LaLiga · Matchday 9 Match report

Valencia 0-0 Athletic Club: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Valencia

0-0Full time

Athletic Club

Saturday 17 October 2026, 19:00 UTC Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

Our picks against the result

4 of 12 right

Result Athletic Club win38% 0-0
Double chance Valencia or Athletic Club (12)70% 0-0
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.553% 0 goals
More corners Athletic Club47% Athletic Club (2-6)
Yellow cards Around average 6 yellow cards · league 4.3
Yellow cards 6 yellow cards 3.5 Over57% 4.5 Under62% 5.5 Under78%
Corners Around average 8 corners · league 9.8
Corners 8 corners 8.5 Over62% 9.5 Over51% 10.5 Under60%

Match stats

Valencia Athletic Club

0 Goals 0
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
2 Corners 6

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Valencia vs Athletic Club opens Matchday 9 of LaLiga at the Estadio de Mestalla on Saturday 17 October 2026, and our model goes for an Athletic Club win, with the double chance covering either side and leaving the draw out.

Why this pick?

Athletic Club are our pick to win at Mestalla, mainly because our strength rating puts them slightly ahead of Valencia and above the LaLiga average, while the hosts have one win from eight and sit 19th. The strongest argument against is home advantage, and at Mestalla that carries real weight. What keeps the call standing is the rest of the picture: our goal model reads the matchup the visitors' way, Athletic have been conceding clearly fewer big chances than the league average, and Valencia's recent attacking numbers sit below the league norm for shots and touches in the opposition box. The call is narrow.

Form guide

Valencia

D 2-2 at Racing Santander (A) LaLiga · 11 Oct
L 2-3 vs Real Sociedad (H) LaLiga · 20 Sep
W 1-0 at Deportivo Alavés (A) LaLiga · 15 Sep
L 0-1 at Sevilla (A) LaLiga · 11 Sep
L 0-5 vs Barcelona (H) LaLiga · 6 Sep

Athletic Club

D 0-0 vs Deportivo Alavés (H) LaLiga · 19 Sep
D 1-1 vs Elche (H) LaLiga · 12 Sep
W 3-0 vs Atlético Madrid (H) LaLiga · 5 Sep
W 2-0 at Celta Vigo (A) LaLiga · 30 Aug
L 0-2 at Barcelona (A) LaLiga · 27 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

ValenciaAthletic Club

Attack 21 58 0.8 goals per match this season1.2 goals per match this season

Defence 42 79 1.9 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's LaLiga clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.