Girona slumped to a shock 2-0 defeat at struggling Valencia on Saturday as an personal aim by Juanpe and a deflected strike from Dani Gomez gave the hosts their first win of the season in LaLiga.
The victory moved Valencia from backside to 18th on 4 factors, one forward of Getafe and two forward of Las Palmas.
Final 12 months’s shock bundle Girona, in the meantime, are thirteenth on seven factors from their first six video games of the marketing campaign, having additionally misplaced their Champions League opener at Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.
Valencia dominated proceedings from the early levels however wanted 56 minutes to interrupt the impasse, with Gomez’s long-range strike deflecting off Juanpe and wrong-footing Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.
The hosts had daylight simply two minutes later as Gomez slotted a end contained in the left-hand submit from the sting of the field, and Michel’s males have been unable to reply as they suffered their third defeat of the season.
Knowledge Debrief: Effectivity key for Valencia
Valencia solely recorded one shot on course in a match low on high-quality possibilities, with each groups’ complete anticipated objectives (xG) figures including as much as simply 0.77 xG.
That is the primary time since no less than the 2003-04 season, when Opta information started, that they’ve received a match in LaLiga, and scored twice, when solely managing one shot on course.
1 – For the primary time since no less than the 2003/04 season, Valencia have received a LaLiga match by which they scored twice regardless of solely managing one shot on course. Reduction. pic.twitter.com/GvuEaZaTPy
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 21, 2024
