Girona slumped to a surprise 2-0 defeat at struggling Valencia on Saturday as an own goal by Juanpe and a deflected strike from Dani Gomez gave the hosts their first win of the season in La Liga. (More Football News)
The victory moved Valencia from bottom to 18th on four po♐ints, one ahead of Getafe and two ahead of Las Palmas.
Last year's surprise package Girona, meanwhile, are 13th on seven points from their first six games of the campaign, ha♍ving also lost their C♐hampions League opener at Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.
Valencia dominated proceedings from the early stages but needed 56 minutes to break the deadlock, with Gomez's long-range strike deflecting off Juanpe and wrong-footing Girona g𒁏oalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.
Data Debrief: Efficiency key for Valencia
Valencia only recorded one shot on target in ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚa match low on high-quality chances, with both teams' total expected goals (xG) f🅰igures adding up to just 0.77 xG.
This is the first time since at least the 2003💖-04 season, when Opta records began, that they have won 🌠a match in LaLiga, and scored twice, when only managing one shot on target.
The hosts had daylight just two minutes later as Gomez s🥃lotted a finish inside the left-hand post from the edge of the box, and Michel's men were unable💧 to respond as they suffered their third defeat of the season.
