Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Valencia: The Lions have the edge over Valencia

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Athletic Bilbao strolled past Valencia with a 1-0 win on Sunday at San Mames Stadium. Athletic Bilbao wanted to continue adding points following a disappointing 0-0 draw with Mallorca in their previous game. Valencia, on the other hand, had been hopeful of extending their winning run, after a 1-0 victory against Girona. As it stands, Athletic Bilbao and Valencia currently occupy 5th and 9th spots in the table, with 4 points and 3 points respectively after 2 matches.

Athletic Bilbao started the match well, when Alex Berenguer found the net just before halftime Both teams unable to deliver anything further, the score remained at 1-0 at full time.

Substitutions for Athletic Bilbao included Oier Zarraga, Raul Garcia, Unai Vencedor, Jon Morcillo and Ander Capa for Alex Berenguer, Iker Muniain, Oihan Sancet, Inaki Williams and Nicholas Williams, repectively. Valencia brought on Maxi Gomez, Nicolas Gonzalez, Lato Toni, Dimitri Foulquier and Marcos De Sousa, to replace Hugo Duro, Yunus Musah, Jesus Vazquez, Thierry Correia and Hugo Guillamon.

There were bookings for Dani Vivian, Iker Muniain, Unai Simon, Yuri Berchiche and Yeray Alvarez from Athletic Bilbao. For Valencia, Yunus Musah and Mouctar Diakhaby saw yellow.

Athletic Bilbao will next travel to Cádiz, while Valencia will face Atletico Madrid at home.

Technical card:
Athletic Bilbao:Unai Simon, Oscar De Marcos, Yeray Alvarez, Dani Vivian, Yuri Berchiche, Iker Muniain (Raul Garcia, min.73), Oihan Sancet (Unai Vencedor, min.74), Mikel Vesga, Alex Berenguer (Oier Zarraga, min.64), Nicholas Williams (Ander Capa, min.90) and Inaki Williams (Jon Morcillo, min.90)
Valencia:Giorgi Mamardashvili, Thierry Correia (Dimitri Foulquier, min.75), Mouctar Diakhaby, Gabriel Paulista, Jesus Vazquez (Lato Toni, min.62), Hugo Guillamon (Marcos De Sousa, min.75), Carlos Soler, Yunus Musah (Nicolas Gonzalez, min.62), Hugo Duro (Maxi Gomez, min.17), Samu Castillejo and Lino
Stadium:San Mames Stadium
Goals:Alex Berenguer (1-0, min. 43)
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