FC Barcelona 1-2 Valencia: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 17 April 2016

Result

FC Barcelona 1-2 Valencia

La Liga · Sunday 17 April 2016, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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FC Barcelona 1-2 Valencia: match report

FC Barcelona were beaten by Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 17 April 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.

FC Barcelona's goal came from Lionel Messi (63'). Valencia scored through an own goal by Ivan Rakitic (26') and Santi Mina (45+1').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 73 points from 32 and Valencia 14th on 37 points from 32. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Valencia 13th with 44.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Javier Mascherano of FC Barcelona (8.3), level with Lionel Messi (8.3).

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-L-D-W-W and Valencia's D-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · BarragánValencia
  • 26'Own goal · Ivan RakiticValencia · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Eric GuéritFC Barcelona
  • 40'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 45+1'Goal · Santi MinaValencia · 0-2
  • 51'Yellow card · Dani ParejoValencia
  • 63'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · André GomesValencia
  • 86'Yellow card · NeymarFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 6, draws 3, Valencia 1.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Claudio Bravo, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar

Valencia expected line-up (4-3-3)

Shkodran Mustafi, Aymen Abdennour, Guilherme Siqueira, Javi Fuego, André Gomes, Dani Parejo, Danilo Barbosa, Rodrigo, Paco Alcácer, Santi Mina