Valencia host Athletic Club in Matchday 9 of LaLiga

Valencia host Athletic Club in Matchday 9 of LaLiga for the 2026/27 season, on 17 October 2026 at 22:00 Damascus time, with the match broadcast on beIN Sports.

Valencia go into the match after mixed results in their recent games, having drawn 2-2 away to Racing Santander, lost 2-3 at home to Real Sociedad, won 1-0 away to Alaves, then lost 0-1 to Sevilla, and suffered a heavy 0-5 home defeat to Barcelona.

Athletic Club, meanwhile, come into the match on the back of relatively better results, having drawn 0-0 with Alaves and 1-1 with Elche at home, won 3-0 against Atletico Madrid and 2-0 away to Celta Vigo, before losing 0-2 to Barcelona.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Valencia beat Athletic Club 0-1 on 10 May 2026, while Valencia lost 1-2 to Athletic Club on 4 February 2026, Valencia beat Athletic Club 2-0 on 20 September 2025, lost 0-1 to Athletic Club on 18 May 2025, and also lost 0-1 to Athletic Club on 28 August 2024.

Valencia will be missing a number of players through injury, namely S. Canos, Copete, Diego Lopez, Umar Sadiq Musbah and Dimitri Christophe Foulquier, and Luis Rioja.

In Athletic Club's ranks, Unai Egiluz, Nico Williams and Oihan Sancet will all be absent due to injury, in addition to the absence of Aymeric Laporte due to illness.

In the standings, Athletic Club are 10th with 8 points from 6 matches, having recorded two wins, two draws and two defeats, with a goal difference of 7 scored against 6 conceded. Valencia, meanwhile, are 19th with 5 points from 8 matches, having recorded one win, two draws and 5 defeats, scoring 6 goals and conceding 15.