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Saturday, 17/10/2026 at 21:00

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Match preview · La Liga

Valencia – Athletic Club

Valencia 19th in La Liga Home 1.00 projected goals by the model
Athletic Club 10th in La Liga Away 1.30 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 03:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.00 1.30
Valencia Athletic Club
Valencia
26%
Draw
33%
Athletic Club
41%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Valencia Draw Athletic Club
Fair odds 3.84 3.07 2.42
Total goals
2.30
Over 2.5 goals
41%
Both teams to score
52%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

Market odds are not available for this match yet.

The model's case

Why the model leans Athletic Club

41% Athletic Club to win

Attack
7th vs 15th
Athletic Club attack v Valencia defence
Defence
1st vs 13th
Athletic Club defence v Valencia attack
Recent xG form
+0.28 vs -0.89
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.00 – 1.30
Valencia v Athletic Club
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Valencia and Athletic Club compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Valencia Athletic Club
xG / match 0.87 · 18th (better) 1.64 · 5th
xGA / match 1.64 · 13th (better) 1.36 · 10th
xGD / match -0.78 · 19th (better) +0.28 · 5th
xPts / match 0.91 · 19th (better) 1.82 · 5th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.89 (better) +0.28

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 38% of the model's distribution.

Athletic Club clean sheet
34%
Athletic Club 2+ goals
38%
Under 2.5 goals
59%
Both teams to score: no
48%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.7%
0:1
10.7%
0:0
10.3%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Valencia sample
20 matches
Athletic Club sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Valencia
4 matches
Away xG sample · Athletic Club
2 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 03:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.