La Liga

Valencia 2-3 Barcelona

Valencia vs Barcelona finished 2-3 in La Liga. Key event: 2' Pedri (assist Frenkie de Jong · xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.1%, 51%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 1-4-3. Home form: D L D D L; Away form: L W W W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

VAL 2 - 3 Finished

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Competition La Liga Season 2021 Country Spain Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 02 May 2021, 19:00 Venue time 02 May 2021, 21:00 CEST

Match context 4 facts

Home form D L D D L 3 pts, goals 7-10, 1.40 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Away form L W W W L 9 pts, goals 13-7, 2.60 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Valencia · season record 8 W · 12 D · 13 L 2021: 33 recorded matches, goals 41–48; before 02 May 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Barcelona · season record 22 W · 5 D · 6 L 2021: 33 recorded matches, goals 77–31; before 02 May 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 23 shots · 5 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Valencia 9 shots · 1.41 xG · 2 goals

Barcelona 14 shots · 4.75 xG · 3 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Barcelona160 plotted of 291 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Valencia107 plotted of 107 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 107 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Barcelona59 exact passer-recipient links

GRI LEN JON STE DES

GRIAntoine Griezmann14 passes
LENClément Lenglet15 passes
JONFrenkie de Jong11 passes
STEMarc-André ter Stegen10 passes
DESSergino Dest9 passes

Valencia10 exact passer-recipient links

WAS GAM CIL DIA RAČ

WASDaniel Wass2 passes
GAMKevin Gameiro2 passes
CILJasper Cillessen3 passes
DIAMouctar Diakhaby3 passes
RAČUroš Račić0 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Barcelona291 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Valencia107 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 36 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

ValenciaBarcelona

0–5′100–0
5–10′100–0
10–15′68–32
15–20′1–99
20–25′100–0
25–30′24–76
30–35′28–72
35–40′0–100
40–45′62–38
45–50′100–0
50–55′41–59
55–60′43–57
60–65′33–67
65–70′0–100
70–75′0–100
75–80′95–5
80–85′68–32
85–90′0–100
90–95′8–92

Timeline 57 events

2' shot Pedri BAR assist Frenkie de Jong · xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.1%, 51%

2' shot Pedro González López BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.27

9' shot Antoine Griezmann BAR assist Clement Lenglet · xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 86.9%, 42.2%

11' shot Ronald Araújo BAR assist Lionel Messi · xG 0.48 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 93.7%, 47%

11' shot Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva BAR Open Play · Saved · xG 0.38

19' shot José Gayá VAL assist Gonçalo Guedes · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 65.4%

19' shot José Luis Gayà Peña VAL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.07

25' shot Uros Racic VAL assist José Gayá · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.8%, 54%

30' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.8%, 30.6%

30' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Free Kick · Off T · xG 0.04

34' Yellow Uroš Račić VAL Yellow Card

35' Yellow Uroš Račić VAL Yellow card

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48' shot Gonçalo Guedes VAL assist Carlos Soler · xG 0.58 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.9%, 59.6%

48' shot Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes VAL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.43

49' shot Gabriel VAL assist Carlos Soler · xG 0.48 · From Corner · location 96%, 46.4%

49' Goal Gabriel Armando de Abreu VAL Open Play · Goal

50' Goal Gabriel Paulista VAL assist Carlos Soler

51' shot Thierry Correia VAL assist Gonçalo Guedes · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.7%, 34.5%

51' shot Thierry Rendall Correia VAL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.09

53' shot Antoine Griezmann BAR assist Jordi Alba · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.1%, 61.8%

55' Yellow Antonio Latorre Grueso VAL Yellow Card

56' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.74 · Left Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

56' shot Pedri BAR xG 0.49 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 95.4%, 58.5%

56' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.92 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 97.7%, 51.6%

56' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Penalty · Saved · xG 0.78

56' shot Pedro González López BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.12

56' Goal Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Goal

56' Yellow Toni Lato VAL Yellow card

57' Goal Lionel Messi BAR Goal

57' Penalty Lionel Messi BAR Missed penalty

62' shot Frenkie de Jong BAR assist Jordi Alba · xG 0.35 · Open Play · location 92.3%, 45.2%

62' shot Antoine Griezmann BAR xG 0.91 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 98.2%, 53.2%

63' Sub Mouctar Diakhaby VAL on for Antonio Latorre Grueso · Injury

63' Goal Antoine Griezmann BAR Goal

64' Yellow Marc-André ter Stegen BAR Yellow Card

64' Sub Mouctar Diakhaby VAL on for Toni Lato · Injury substitution

65' Yellow Marc-André Ter Stegen BAR Yellow card

66' shot Jordi Alba BAR xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 59.3%

66' shot Jordi Alba Ramos BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

68' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 71.7%, 46.1%

70' shot Uros Racic VAL xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 84.6%, 43.3%

74' Sub Moriba Kourouma Kourouma BAR on for Pedro González López · Tactical

74' Sub Sergi Roberto Carnicer BAR on for Sergino Dest · Tactical

74' Sub Ilaix Moriba BAR on for Pedri

75' Sub Sergi Roberto BAR on for Sergiño Dest

78' Sub Kevin Gameiro VAL on for Hugo Guillamón Sanmartín · Tactical

78' Sub Christian Gabriel Oliva Giménez VAL on for Uroš Račić · Tactical

79' Sub Kévin Gameiro VAL on for Hugo Guillamón

79' Sub Christian Oliva VAL on for Uroš Račić

81' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 56.5%

81' shot Jordi Alba BAR xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.9%, 65.6%

81' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.08

81' shot Jordi Alba Ramos BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

82' shot Carlos Soler VAL assist Christian Oliva · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.5%, 58.9%

84' shot Kevin Gameiro VAL assist Thierry Correia · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.1%, 45.7%

89' shot Christian Oliva VAL xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.7%, 41%

89' shot Christian Gabriel Oliva Giménez VAL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

Head-to-head H2H last 11: 1-9-1

Barcelona leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 9 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 06 Sep 2026 · Valencia vs Barcelona · 0 - 5.

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Showing 8 of 11 head-to-head matches.

06 Sep 2026

Valencia 0 - 5 Barcelona

23 May 2026

Valencia 3 - 1 Barcelona

14 Sep 2025

Barcelona 6 - 0 Valencia

06 Feb 2025

Valencia 0 - 5 Barcelona

26 Jan 2025

Barcelona 7 - 1 Valencia

17 Aug 2024

Valencia 1 - 2 Barcelona

29 Apr 2024

Barcelona 4 - 2 Valencia

16 Dec 2023

Valencia 1 - 1 Barcelona

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05 Mar 2023

Barcelona 1 - 0 Valencia

29 Oct 2022

Valencia 0 - 1 Barcelona

20 Feb 2022

Valencia 1 - 4 Barcelona

Team statistics 17 metrics

32% Ball Possession 68%

32% 68%

1.41 Expected Goals 3.98

26% 73%

9 Total Shots 14

39% 60%

4 Shots on Goal 7

36% 63%

2 Corner Kicks 1

66% 33%

12 Fouls 14

46% 53%

2 Yellow Cards 1

66% 33%

3 Goalkeeper Saves 2

60% 40%

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2 Blocked shots 2

3 Offsides 1

14 Free kicks 10

3 Shots off target 5

7 Throw-ins 16

8 Goal kicks 4

3 Total saves 2

0 Hit woodwork 0

5 Shots inside box 11

Lineups

1 Marc-André Ter Stegen GK 4 Ronald Araújo DEF 3 Gerard Piqué DEF 15 Clément Lenglet DEF 5 Sergio Busquets MID 2 Sergiño Dest MID 21 Frenkie de Jong MID 16 Pedri MID 18 Jordi Alba MID 10 Lionel Messi FWD 7 Antoine Griezmann FWD 13 Jasper Cillessen GK 2 Thierry Correia DEF 5 Gabriel Paulista DEF 15 Hugo Guillamón DEF 3 Toni Lato DEF 14 José Luis Gayà DEF 8 Carlos Soler MID 18 Daniel Wass MID 19 Uroš Račić MID 22 Maximiliano Gómez FWD 7 Gonçalo Guedes FWD

Barcelona

3-1-4-2 · Manager Alfred Schreuder

1 M Marc-André Ter Stegen GK

4 R Ronald Araújo DEF

3 G Gerard Piqué DEF

15 C Clément Lenglet DEF

5 S Sergio Busquets MID

2 S Sergiño Dest MID

21 F Frenkie de Jong MID

16 P Pedri MID

18 J Jordi Alba MID

10 L Lionel Messi · Captain FWD

7 A Antoine Griezmann FWD

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27 I Ilaix Moriba MID

20 S Sergi Roberto DEF

13 N Neto GK

36 A Arnau Tenas GK

23 S Samuel Umtiti DEF

24 J Junior Firpo DEF

12 R Riqui Puig MID

8 M Miralem Pjanić MID

28 Ó Óscar Mingueza DEF

17 F Francisco Trincão FWD

19 M Matheus Fernandes MID

11 O Ousmane Dembélé FWD

Valencia

5-3-2 · Manager Javi Gracia

13 J Jasper Cillessen GK

2 T Thierry Correia DEF

5 G Gabriel Paulista DEF

15 H Hugo Guillamón DEF

3 T Toni Lato DEF

14 J José Luis Gayà · Captain DEF

8 C Carlos Soler MID

18 D Daniel Wass MID

19 U Uroš Račić MID

22 M Maximiliano Gómez FWD

7 G Gonçalo Guedes FWD

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12 M Mouctar Diakhaby DEF

10 C Christian Oliva MID

9 K Kévin Gameiro FWD

1 J Jaume Doménech GK

4 E Eliaquim Mangala DEF

6 F Ferro DEF

24 C Cristiano Piccini DEF

30 Y Yunus Musah MID

20 K Kang-in Lee MID

17 D Denis Cheryshev MID

16 Á Álex Blanco FWD

21 M Manu Vallejo FWD