Valencia 0-1 Athletic Bilbao — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Spain - Primera Liga, 18 May 2025

📅18/05/2025 · 🕒20:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
35%
2.38
Draw
32%
2.88
Away
33%
2.94
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
63%
1.6
Over 2.5
37%
2.21
Both Teams to Score
Yes
45%
1.9
No
55%
1.81
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
36%
2-3 Goals
38%
4-5 Goals
19%
6+ Goals
7%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
11%
1/2
6%
1/X
6%
X/1
17%
X/2
9%
X/X
19%
2/1
8%
2/2
18%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
35%
Home Win
38%
-2.8pp
32%
Draw
31%
+0.7pp
33%
Away Win
30%
+2.1pp
63%
Under 2.5
59%
+4.8pp
37%
Over 2.5
41%
-4.9pp
45%
BTTS Yes
49%
-3.9pp
55%
BTTS No
51%
+3.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Valencia EU Bookmakers 42%
Head to Head
AWAY Athletic Bilbao EU Bookmakers 34%
+7% / +8% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / +8%
1.33/0.78 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.13/1.19
+9% / +35% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -16% / +22%
51% Ball Possession 49%
12 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
316 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 327 · 73%
21.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.6
21.8 Crosses 18.8
2.2 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Valencia
1W-1D-4L
AWAY Athletic Bilbao
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
0.90 xG 1.29
49% Ball Possession 51%
9 Total Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
326 Passes 346
77% Pass Accuracy 78%
16 Box Touches 22
20 Crosses 18
2 Yellow Cards 3
28.08.2024 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 1-0 HT 1-0 Valencia Valencia İS1
20.01.2024 Valencia Valencia 1-0 HT 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
29.10.2023 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 2-2 HT 1-0 Valencia Valencia İS1
11.02.2023 Valencia Valencia 1-2 HT 1-1 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İS1
26.01.2023 Valencia Valencia 1-3 HT 1-2 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao İSPK
21.08.2022 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 1-0 HT 1-0 Valencia Valencia İS1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Valencia
0-1
AWAY Athletic Bilbao
0.46 xG 1.08
56% Ball Possession 44%
6 Total Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 3
451 Passes 365
83% Pass Accuracy 84%
14 Box Touches 20
10 Crosses 12
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Athletic Bilbao squeezed past Valencia 1-0 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match split (35% / 32% / 33%) promised a tight game; Athletic Bilbao found the edge the numbers couldn't. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (63%), no to both teams scoring (55%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Valencia had 56% of the ball to Athletic Bilbao's 44%, shots finished 6-10, expected goals 0.46 to 1.08.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Athletic Bilbao led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Valencia and 1.50 for Athletic Bilbao.

What was the final score of Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao?

Valencia 0-1 Athletic Bilbao in the Spain - Primera Liga on 18/05/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao?

Before kick-off our model rated a Valencia win the most likely single outcome at about 35%, with the full match-result split Valencia 35%, draw 32%, Athletic Bilbao 33%. The final score 0-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5, BTTS No — while Match Result (Valencia) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Valencia) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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