Valencia vs Girona, 2024-25 LALIGA

· Spanish LALIGA

Valencia

56': Luis Rioja
58': Dani Gómez

FT
2 - 0

Girona

Valencia shock Girona 2-0 in first win of the season

Luis Rioja's strike deflects in off of Juanpe for Valencia's opener

Girona slumped to a surprise 2-0 defeat at struggling Valencia on Saturday as an own goal by Juanpe and a deflected strike by Dani Gomez within two minutes in the second half gave the hosts a first LaLiga win in six games.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
8': Bojan Miovski (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8': Foul by Pepelu (Valencia).
9': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Jesús Vázquez.
12': Foul by Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia).
12': Jhon Solís (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Girona).
17': Attempt blocked. Bojan Miovski (Girona) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
19': Attempt blocked. Javi Guerra (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego López.
19': Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Thierry Correia (Valencia).
20': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Enzo Barrenechea.
24': Dani Gómez (Valencia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Foul by Juanpe (Girona).
24': Juanpe (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
26': Diego López (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Foul by Arnaut Danjuma (Girona).
27': Attempt missed. Cristhian Mosquera (Valencia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pepelu with a cross following a set piece situation.
27': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Alejandro Francés.
30': Attempt missed. Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Oriol Romeu.
31': Foul by Bojan Miovski (Girona).
31': Pepelu (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
34': Abel Ruiz (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Pepelu (Valencia).
38': Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Girona).
39': Attempt missed. Diego López (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Enzo Barrenechea following a set piece situation.
40': Offside, Girona. Arnaut Danjuma is caught offside.
43': Attempt blocked. Javi Guerra (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego López.
43': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Juanpe.
45': Foul by Arnaut Danjuma (Girona).
45': Pepelu (Valencia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
45'+1': First Half ends, Valencia 0, Girona 0.
45': Second Half begins Valencia 0, Girona 0.
46': Alejandro Francés (Girona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
46': Foul by Dani Gómez (Valencia).
46': Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Thierry Correia (Valencia).
49': Attempt missed. Dani Gómez (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Rioja with a cross.
50': Attempt saved. Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daley Blind with a through ball.
52': Dani Gómez (Valencia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
52': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Girona).
53': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Juanpe.
56': Goal! Valencia 1, Girona 0. Luis Rioja (Valencia) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pepelu.
58': Goal! Valencia 2, Girona 0. Dani Gómez (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pepelu.
60': Alejandro Francés (Girona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60': Foul by Pepelu (Valencia).
60': Pepelu (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Attempt missed. Javi Guerra (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pepelu.
61': Substitution, Girona. Yangel Herrera replaces Oriol Romeu.
62': Substitution, Girona. Gabriel Misehouy replaces Abel Ruiz.
64': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Girona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla with a through ball.
64': Corner, Girona. Conceded by César Tárrega.
65': Attempt saved. Gabriel Misehouy (Girona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arnaut Danjuma with a cross.
67': Attempt missed. Gabriel Misehouy (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bojan Miovski.
67': Delay in match because of an injury Enzo Barrenechea (Valencia).
68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
68': Substitution, Valencia. Hugo Guillamón replaces Enzo Barrenechea because of an injury.
70': Offside, Valencia. Diego López is caught offside.
71': Offside, Girona. Bojan Miovski is caught offside.
71': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
71': Hugo Guillamón (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Girona).
73': Jesús Vázquez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Juanpe.
76': Alejandro Francés (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Foul by Jesús Vázquez (Valencia).
78': Substitution, Girona. Cristhian Stuani replaces Bojan Miovski.
79': Substitution, Girona. Donny van de Beek replaces Jhon Solís.
79': Substitution, Girona. Bryan Gil replaces Arnaut Danjuma.
79': Substitution, Valencia. Germán Valera replaces Dani Gómez.
79': Substitution, Valencia. Dimitri Foulquier replaces Thierry Correia.
81': Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Paulo Gazzaniga.
82': Foul by Javi Guerra (Valencia).
82': Yáser Asprilla (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Javi Guerra (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Dimitri Foulquier.
84': Attempt saved. Ladislav Krejcí (Girona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Bryan Gil with a cross.
86': Foul by Jesús Vázquez (Valencia).
86': Yangel Herrera (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Substitution, Valencia. Sergi Canós replaces Luis Rioja.
88': Substitution, Valencia. André Almeida replaces Javi Guerra.
89': Foul by Hugo Guillamón (Valencia).
89': Yangel Herrera (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Sergi Canós (Valencia).
89': Yáser Asprilla (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Sergi Canós (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Foul by Jesús Vázquez (Valencia).
90'+1': Yáser Asprilla (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Alejandro Francés (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Misehouy.
90'+6': Cristhian Mosquera (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Foul by Cristhian Stuani (Girona).
90'+6': Second Half ends, Valencia 2, Girona 0.
0': Match ends, Valencia 2, Girona 0.

Statistics

GIR		VAL
10	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	5
0	Saves	3
67.7	Possession	32.3
8	SHOTS	8
3	ON GOAL	2
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
538	Accurate Passes	202
607	Passes	284
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
2	Accurate Crosses	3
18	Crosses	15
0.1	Cross %	0.2
68	Long Balls	45
40	Accurate Long Balls	12
0.6	Long Balls %	0.3
2	Blocked Shots	2
16	Effective Tackles	8
22	Tackles	17
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
6	Interceptions	8
14	Effective Clearances	23
14	Clearances	23

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Mestalla
Location: Valencia, Spain
Attendance: 40,896

LALIGA Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	6	+17	18
2	Real Madrid	6	+10	14
3	Athletic Club	7	+4	13
4	Atlético Madrid	6	+7	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Valencia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Giorgi Mamardashvili (GK)
3	Cristhian Mosquera
15	César Tárrega
21	Jesús Vázquez
12	Thierry Correia
8	Javi Guerra
18	Pepelu
5	Enzo Barrenechea
17	Dani Gómez
22	Luis Rioja
16	Diego López

Valencia Substitutes:

Sergi Canós, Martín Tejón, Stole Dimitrievski, Rodrigo Abajas, Dimitri Foulquier, Yarek Gasiorowski, Fran Pérez, Warren Madrigal, Hugo Guillamón, German Valera, Max Caufriez, André Almeida.

Girona (4-4-2)

No.	Name
13	Paulo Gazzaniga (GK)
18	Ladislav Krejcí
15	Juanpe
17	Daley Blind
16	Alejandro Francés
14	Oriol Romeu
22	Jhon Solís
11	Arnaut Danjuma
10	Yáser Asprilla
9	Abel Ruiz
19	Bojan Miovski

Girona Substitutes:

Yangel Herrera, Gabriel Misehouy, Pau López, Viktor Tsygankov, David López, Arnau Martínez, Iván Martín, Bryan Gil, Miguel Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos, Cristhian Stuani, Donny van de Beek.

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