Valencia 2-3 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 1 September 2013

Result

Valencia 2-3 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Sunday 1 September 2013, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-3

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Valencia 2-3 FC Barcelona: match report

Valencia were beaten by FC Barcelona 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 1 September 2013. It was 2-3 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Valencia's goals came from Hélder Postiga (45') and Hélder Postiga (45+3'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (11'), Lionel Messi (39') and Lionel Messi (41').

Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valencia were 12th on 3 points from 2 and FC Barcelona 4th on 6 points from 2. Valencia went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 85.

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 0 Valencia wins, 4 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · João PereiraValencia
  • 29'Yellow card · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona
  • 39'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-2
  • 41'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-3
  • 44'Yellow card · É. BanegaValencia
  • 45'Goal · Hélder PostigaValencia · 1-3
  • 45+3'Goal · Hélder PostigaValencia · 2-3
  • 65'Yellow card · Dani AlvesFC Barcelona
  • 75'Yellow card · NeymarFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valencia 0, draws 4, FC Barcelona 6.

Team news

Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)

Diego Alves, Adil Rami, João Pereira, Ricardo Costa, Éver Banega, D. Pabón, Javi Fuego, Andrés Guardado, Sergio Canales, Míchel Herrero, Helder Postiga

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

Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Dani Alves, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Pedro, Lionel Messi, Neymar