In a weekend match in week 26, on Fri Mar 17th, Real Valladolid will play host to Athletic Club in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 14th placed Real Valladolid is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Elche. Cyle Larin scored the first goal for Real Valladolid in the 4th minute, but Morente Oliva got the equalizer for Elche in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Real Valladolid is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Athletic Club recorded a 0-1 loss against Barcelona. Raphinha struck first for Barcelona in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Athletic Club couldn’t manage to score, and Barcelona took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On the 8th of November, Athletic Club hosted Real Valladolid in their last match together. Athletic Club was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over 40000 excited fans. Gorka Guruzeta struck first for Athletic Club in the 18th minute, then Gorka Guruzeta added another in the 51st minute on a feed from Mikel Vesga In the end, Real Valladolid couldn’t muster any offence and Athletic Club ran away with the shutout win.
Athletic Club is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Raúl García and Yuri each only have 1 goal in their last five. Cyle Larin has been the most effective weapon for Real Valladolid lately. The attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches
Real Valladolid will be without Selim Amallah, Kenedy, Anuar, Jordi Masip, Luis Pérez and Jon Morcillo, while Íñigo Martínez, Ander Herrera, Lekue and Unai Simon are unavailable to play for Athletic Club.