Valencia 1-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2018
Result
Valencia 1-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 1-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Valencia drew with FC Barcelona 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 7 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ezequiel Garay opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Valencia's goal came from Ezequiel Garay (2'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (23').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 16th on 8 points from 7 and FC Barcelona 3rd on 14 points from 7. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.6), ahead of Sergio Busquets (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-D-D-D and FC Barcelona's D-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Ezequiel Garay
- 23'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 41'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 43'Yellow card · Carlos Soler
- 58'Yellow card · Philippe Coutinho
- 58'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Cristiano Piccini, Ezequiel Garay, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Carlos Soler, Dani Parejo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Gonçalo Guedes, Michy Batshuayi, Kévin Gameiro
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Thomas Vermaelen, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho