Beat Almeria and see again… Europe for Valencia

Then again he might be staring at a European ticket.

Valencia overcame a difficult moment after a hand-over-heels defeat to Atletico in the previous matchday to return to winning ways. In the first scheduled match for Saturday, the “bats” prevailed 2-1 against Almeria and thus dropped to one point from Real Sociedad, which is in sixth place in the standings, the last one that gives a European ticket with one match less.

The Valencia players entered the match furiously needing to “clean up” it quickly. Thus, in the 14th minute, Duro opened the scoring and a little later, in the 23rd minute, Yaremchuk made it 2-0.

Almeria reduced to 2-1 in the 50th minute through Aribas, but Valencia also lost a penalty through Pepelou in the 62nd minute. In the second minute of stoppage time, Baptistao was sent off with a red card.

The program of the 23rd matchday

Friday, 2/2

Bilbao-Mallorca 4-0

(3′, 16′ Berchitse, 63′ Gurutheta, 89′ Muniain)

Saturday, 3/2

Valencia-Almeria 2-1

(14′ Duro, 23′ Yaremchuk – 50′ Aribas)

Granada-Las Palmas (17:15)

Alaves-Barcelona (19:30)

Girona-Sociedad (22:00)

Sunday, 4/2

Villarreal-Cádiz (15:00)

Osasuna-Thelta (17:15)

Betis-Getafe (19:30)

Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid (22:00)

Monday, 5/2

Rayo Vallecano-Seville (22:00)

Next matchday (24th)

Friday, 9/2

Cadiz-Betis (22:00)

Saturday, 10/2

Alavés-Villarreal (15:00)

Real Sociedad-Osasuna (17:15)

Real Madrid-Girona (19:30)

Las Palmas-Valencia (22:00)

Sunday, 11/2

Getafe-Thelta (15:00)

Mallorca-Rayo Vallecano (17:15)

Sevilla-Atletico (19:30)

Barcelona-Granada (22:00)

Monday, 12/2

Almeria-Bilbao (22:00)