Valencia beat Athletic Club 2-0 on Saturday, 20 September 2025 in LaLiga. The match was refereed by Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias. It was played at Estadio de Mestalla.
First half: No goals were scored in the first half. Robert Navarro received a yellow card for Athletic Club at 20'.
Second half: José Gayà received a yellow card for Valencia at 57'. VAR intervened at 59' for Athletic Club (Card upgrade). Dani Vivian received a red card for Athletic Club at 61'. Valencia made their 1st substitution at 64', with Dani Raba replacing L. Ramazani. Athletic Club made their 1st substitution at 64', with Álex Berenguer replacing Aymeric Laporte. Athletic Club made their 2nd substitution at 68', with Ruíz de Galarreta replacing Mikel Vesga. Athletic Club made their 3rd substitution at 68', with Oihan Sancet replacing Maroan Sannadi. Athletic Club made their 4th substitution at 69', with Robert Navarro replacing Unai Gómez. Valencia made their 2nd substitution at 70', with Luis Rioja replacing Hugo Duro. Valencia made their 3rd substitution at 71', with Diego López replacing L. Beltrán. Valencia made their 4th substitution at 71', with José Gayà replacing Jesús Vázquez. Valencia took the lead at 73' when B. Santamaría scored, with the assist credited to Javi Guerra, making the score 1-0. Valencia made their 5th substitution at 80', with A. Danjuma replacing André Almeida. Athletic Club made their 5th substitution at 81', with Mikel Jauregizar replacing Alejandro Rego. Valencia added a late goal to extend the lead at 90' when Hugo Duro scored, with the assist credited to B. Santamaría, making the score 2-0.
Valencia used 5 substitutions while Athletic Club used 5 substitutions. Valencia got 1 yellow card, while Athletic Club got 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
How the match was won
- Shots were tight (13-11).
- Athletic Club controlled possession (56%).
- Physical contest: 2 yellows, 1 reds.
