FC Barcelona 5-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 19 February 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 5-1 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 19 February 2012, 20:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 5-1 Valencia: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Valencia 5-1 in La Liga on Sunday 19 February 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Pablo Piatti opened the scoring in the 9th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (22'), Lionel Messi (27'), Lionel Messi (76'), Lionel Messi (85') and Xavi (90+1'). Valencia scored through Pablo Piatti (9').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 48 points from 22 and Valencia 3rd on 40 points from 22. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Valencia 3rd with 61.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Valencia.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Valencia's W-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Albelda
- 9'Goal · Pablo Piatti
- 22'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 27'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 34'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 65'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
- 76'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 85'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 90+1'Goal · Xavi
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Puyol, Dani Alves, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bruno Saltor, Jérémy Mathieu, Adil Rami, Éver Banega, Pablo Hernández, Aritz Aduriz, Mehmet Topal