Game: Valencia vs Girona

Date: Saturday, 21 September 2024

Location: Estadio de Mestalla in Valencia, Spain

TV: Premier Sports

At the Estadio de Mestalla, Girona (2-1-2) will try to defeat Valencia (0-1-4) on Saturday. The starting goalkeepers will be Giorgi Mamardashvili for Valencia and Paulo Gazzaniga for Girona.

Valencia CF has allowed 10 goals and conceded 2.00 goals per 90 minutes, and opponents have had 21 shots on goal. They are yet to keep a clean sheet this year. Valencia has received 10 yellow card bookings this season. The Ches are 18th with 3.2 expected goals, and their expected goals against is 9.4. This year, the team has averaged 0.20 points per game (1 point) and is 18th in soccer with 2 assists. Their goal difference is currently -7, with 3 goals on the net and 10 goals conceded. Valencia has recorded 10 saves and has a save percentage of 57.1 this season.

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The Blanquivermells average 1.4 points per game and provide 6 assists. Girona FC has completed 40.0 games without conceding a goal this year and has received 8 yellow card bookings. Girona is in 11th place with 8 goals conceded and the team’s goal difference is 0. This year, Girona FC has a save rate of 66.7 (24 shots on goal) and is in 10th place in the league with 7 points. Their goals conceded rate per 90 minutes is 1.60, in addition to 16 saves and they have completed 2 games without conceding a goal. Girona has scored 8 goals and their expected goals rate this season is 7.9.

The man who will defend the goal for Valencia is Giorgi Mamardashvili. His GA/90 is 1.19 (116 goals against) and his save percentage is 72.2. Mamardashvili (29-27-42 in his career) has 28 shutouts, which is in line with his shutout percentage of 28.6%. Mamardashvili has defended the goal for a total of 8,774 minutes and has saved 273 balls in his career. The Georgian-born goalkeeper has turned 389 shots on his side in 98 appearances.

Paulo Gazzaniga will be keeping goal for Girona. He has allowed 1.26 goals per 90 minutes and has compiled a record of 80-38-64. Gazzaniga has kept 46 clean sheets in 16,721 minutes in his career while having 793 shots on goal against him. In his professional soccer career, Gazzaniga has allowed 235 goals and saved 557 balls in 184 starts. He has a save percentage of 72.8 and his shutout rate is currently 25.0%.

Hugo Duro is a member of the team that can make the difference for Valencia. He has provided 5 assists and received 16 yellow cards in his career so far. The Spanish-born striker has scored a total of 24 goals in 7,420 minutes played. Duro started 82 matches during his professional football career and scored 0.29 goals per 90 minutes.

Girona have a player known for troubling defenders in Cristhian Stuani. The Uruguayan-born striker has played 31,666 minutes on the field and scored 197 goals. He averages 0.56 goals per 90 minutes and has started 334 matches in his career. He has received 112 yellow cards in his career and has assisted on 25 goals.

Who will win the La Liga match against the spread tonight?

Tony Sinks tip: Take Girona

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