Valencia doing better than last year
Valencia are one point better off than they were at this stage last year. The team, managed by Albert Celades, have 9 points compared to the 8 they had under Marcelino García Toral at this stage last season.
Valencia also won away from home on the last week of September last season, winning 1-0 against Real Sociedad. They did the same this year away to Athletic Bilbao, winning by the same scoreline.
With 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, their performance is very similar to their performance at this stage last year, when they had won and lost less than they have now (one win and one defeat), but they had drawn more, drawing 5 by this point last year.
Their goals scored and conceded was similar to this year, as in both cases Valencia conceded one more goal than they scored. Last year they had conceded 6 and scored 5, and now they have conceded 11 and scored 10. This shows that matches are more open this year than last season.
A year ago, they were lower in the table, then they were 14th and now they will be higher than that regardless of the scores on Sunday.