Athletic Club vs Valencia: Athletic Club and Valencia face off against each other in the 1st leg of the Semi-finals of the Copa del Rey competition on Thursday.
Match Details:
Teams: Athletic Club vs Valencia
Venue: San Mamés Barria, Bilbao, Spain
Date: Friday 11th February, 2022
Time: 02:00 AM IST
Live Link: https://www.athletic-club.eus/en
Preview
Athletic Club secured their place in the last four with a massive win over Real Madrid by a 1-0 margin earlier this month.
Berenguer scored the crucial strike a minute from time to knock Los Blancos out of the competition.
Athletic Club finished runners-up last season and aim to better the result this time around.
On the other hand, Valencia beat Cadiz 2-1 in their Round of 8 match last time out. Guedes broke the deadlock for the hosts before Perez equalized early in the second half.
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But Duro’s strike 11 minutes from time ensured the win and sealed Valencia’s place in the last 8.
Form Guide
Athletic Club: WWWWL
Valencia: DWLDW
Last Matches of both teams:
Athletic Club 2-1 Espanyol
Valencia 0-0 Real Sociedad
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Athletic Club vs Valencia in India?
The live stream is available not available in India but updates can be seen on either club’s official social media Handles.
2⃣0⃣0⃣ wins with #AthleticClub 🦁@IkerMuniain10 joins an exclusive group of just nine Lions to have notched a double century of victories in the red-and-white shirt.
Congratulations, Iker‼️#AthleticEspanyol pic.twitter.com/MeTfYsZQ76
— Athletic Club (@Athletic_en) February 7, 2022
Team News
Williams and Vencedor aren’t fit for the hosts and are out of contention through injuries.
Paulista, Cillessen and Guillamon are out for the visitors due to injuries as well.
Athletic Club possible 11:
Simon, de Marcos, Alvarez, Martinez, Berchiche, Berenguer, Garcia, Vesga, Muniain, R Garcia and I Williams
Valencia possible 11:
Mamardashvili, Gaya, Alderete, Diakhaby, Correia, Foulquier, Soler, Moriba, Gil, Guedes and Gomez
Prediction: Athletic Club 2-1 Valencia
The hosts are in fine form in recent weeks across competitions and developed a winning habit.
We expect them to nick this one but not without Valencia putting in their all to take this cup clash down to the wire.
