Valencia 2-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 25 April 2009
Result
Valencia 2-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 25 April 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Valencia 2-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Valencia drew with FC Barcelona 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 25 April 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Valencia's goals came from Hedwiges Maduro (43') and Pablo Hernández (45+1'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (24') and Thierry Henry (86').
Discipline: Valencia received 5 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 55 points from 32 and FC Barcelona 1st on 81 points from 32. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 3 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · David Silva
- 24'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 41'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
- 42'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 43'Goal · Hedwiges Maduro
- 45+1'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 53'Yellow card · Hedwiges Maduro
- 57'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 65'Yellow card · Marchena
- 85'Yellow card · Alexis
- 86'Goal · Thierry Henry
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Raúl Albiol, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Hedwiges Maduro, Marchena, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, David Silva, David Villa, Rubén Baraja
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen