Valencia 2-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 May 2021
Result
Valencia 2-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 2 May 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 2-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Valencia were beaten by FC Barcelona 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 2 May 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gabriel Paulista opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Valencia's goals came from Gabriel Paulista (50') and Carlos Soler (83'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (57'), Antoine Griezmann (63') and Lionel Messi (69').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Valencia were 14th on 36 points from 33 and FC Barcelona 3rd on 71 points from 33. Valencia went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 79.
Valencia lined up in a 5-3-2 and FC Barcelona in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.2), ahead of Carlos Soler (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 4 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Uroš Račić
- 50'Goal · Gabriel Paulista
- 56'Yellow card · Toni Lato
- 57'Missed penalty · Lionel Messi
- 57'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 63'Goal · Antoine Griezmann
- 65'Yellow card · Marc-André ter Stegen
- 69'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 83'Goal · Carlos Soler
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia line-up (5-3-2)
Jasper Cillessen, Thierry Correia, Gabriel Paulista, Hugo Guillamón, Toni Lato, José Gayà, Carlos Soler, Daniel Wass, Uros Racic, Maxi Gómez, Gonçalo Guedes
FC Barcelona line-up (3-1-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Ronald Araujo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Sergio Busquets, Sergiño Dest, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Jordi Alba, Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann