La Liga Round 9 2026-10-17 · 19:00 UTC finished
Prediction
34% Valencia (home)
30% Draw
36% Athletic Club (away)
Expected goals 1.28 — 1.18 Over 2.5 goals: 45% Both teams to score: 50%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Valencia Athletic Club
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 0.961.48
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 2.01.62
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 628
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 15.6 12.7
Matches in the last 7 days 10
Matches in the next 7 days 12
Travel to this match (km) 529474

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability for this match is below 50% (backtest hit rate for this band is 39.0%%).

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Valencia

  • injured Diego López return: Mid February 2027
  • injured Dimitri Foulquier return: Back in training
  • injured José Copete return: Back in training
  • injured Sergi Canós return: Early November 2026
  • injured Umar Sadiq return: doubtful

Athletic Club

  • injured Nico Williams return: doubtful
  • injured Oihan Sancet return: Early November 2026
  • injured Unai Egiluz return: Mid January 2027

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Valencia 13 · 13 13 draws · 12 Athletic Club

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-05-10Athletic Club 0 - 1Valencia
2026-02-04Valencia 1 - 2Athletic Club
2025-09-20Valencia 2 - 0Athletic Club
2025-05-18Valencia 0 - 1Athletic Club
2024-08-28Athletic Club 1 - 0Valencia
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Data coverage

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