FC Barcelona 6-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 4 May 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 6-0 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 4 May 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
FC Barcelona 6-0 Valencia: match report
FC Barcelona beat Valencia 6-0 in La Liga on Sunday 4 May 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 5th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (5', penalty), Xavi (8'), Thierry Henry (14'), Thierry Henry (58'), Bojan Krkic (72') and Bojan Krkic (79'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 61 points from 34 and Valencia 15th on 42 points from 34. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 67 points, and Valencia 10th with 51.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 2 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Valencia's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Alexis
- 5'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 8'Goal · Xavi
- 14'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 26'Yellow card · Deco
- 36'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 38'Yellow card · R. Márquez
- 47'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 50'Yellow card · Marchena
- 58'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 72'Goal · Bojan Krkic
- 79'Goal · Bojan Krkic
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta
Valencia line-up (4-4-1-1)
Timo Hildebrand, Raúl Albiol, Marco Caneira, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Marchena, Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Rubén Baraja