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Athletic Club beat Atlético Madrid 3-0 at San Mamés on 5 September, and that is the side Valencia have to deal with at the Estadio de Mestalla on Saturday 17 October 2026. Kick-off in LaLiga is 20:00 BST. Athletic have taken 11 points from their last six matches and Valencia have taken 4, which is the gap this game starts from. Form, team news and our call are below, and the game itself is on the Valencia vs Athletic Club match page.
No. Athletic Club have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last six, conceding 3 goals in total and keeping four clean sheets, so the defensive side of that Atlético Madrid win has held up since.
What hasn't followed is the goals. Athletic scored 2 or more in only 2 of those six and failed to score in two of them, and the two draws were both at San Mamés: 0-0 with Deportivo Alavés on 19 September and 1-1 with Elche a week earlier. The 3-0 remains the outlier at the attacking end rather than the pattern.
Their away record is the more relevant number here. Athletic have won 2 of 3 on the road, the 2-0 at Celta Vigo on 30 August among them, and the only defeat in the six was 0-2 at FC Barcelona on 27 August. Edin Terzić, appointed on a deal to 2028, has a team that gives very little away and then takes what it needs.
Valencia arrive at Mestalla with 4 points from their last six LaLiga matches, having won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4, scoring 6 and conceding 14. That is the context for everything else about this fixture.
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