Santamaría's strong stats against Athletic Club

Valencia CF's victory over Athletic Club featured Baptiste Santamaría in a starring role, as he scored the first goal of the match, assisted for the second, and covered 12.139 km (the average for LALIGA players is 9.571 km).

The French midfielder was the team's third-most involved (behind César Tárrega and Javi Guerra), participating in 57 actions (the average for LALIGA players is 50.21). He was also third (behind the same pair) in terms of attacks, with 49 actions, and was one of the team's most successful for possession recoveries (4).

Santamaría had 84% pass completion in the 'starting and channeling zone' of the pitch, and was the player with the joint- most high-impact offensive actions of the match (3) - tied with Oihan Sancet of Athletic Club.