Valencia 2-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 21 September 2011
Result
Valencia 2-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Wednesday 21 September 2011, 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 Wednesday 21 September 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Valencia's goals came from an own goal by Eric Abidal (12') and Pablo Hernández (23'). FC Barcelona scored through Pedro (14') and Cesc Fàbregas (77').
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Valencia were 2nd on 9 points from 3 and FC Barcelona 6th on 7 points from 3. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 91.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 3 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-D-W.
Key events
- 12'Own goal · Eric Abidal
- 14'Goal · Pedro
- 16'Yellow card · A. Rami
- 23'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 37'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
- 53'Yellow card · Sergio Canales
- 77'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 87'Yellow card · Jonas
- 88'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 90+1'Red card · Jordi Alba
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Ricardo Costa, Bruno Saltor, David Navarro, Pablo Hernández, Éver Banega, Juan Mata, Aritz Aduriz, Joaquín, Mehmet Topal
FC Barcelona expected line-up (3-4-3)
Puyol, Eric Abidal, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro, Víctor Valdés, Xavi