Barcelona vs Valencia

29 April 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Fermín López 22’
Robert Lewandowski 49’, 82’, 90+3’

Hugo Duro 27’
Pepelu 38’ (pen)

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Valencia. Valencia led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Fermín López put Barcelona ahead with a header in the 22nd minute, set up by Raphinha, Hugo Duro equalised in the 27th minute, and Pepelu put Valencia in front from the penalty spot in the 38th minute. In the second half, Robert Lewandowski equalised with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Ilkay Gündogan, Lewandowski put Barcelona back in front with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Ronald Araújo, and Lewandowski made it 4-2 with a direct free kick in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.83 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Valencia's 1.49 from 5. Valencia had a player sent off.

Match stats

27 Shots 5

13 Shots on Target 3

15 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 1

2.60 xG 1.49

2.60 Non-penalty xG 0.75

12 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Barcelona Valencia

Kick-off

Fermín López
Assist: Raphinha

1-0

22’

27’

Hugo Duro

1-1

38’

Pepelu
Penalty

1-2

Half-time1-2

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Ilkay Gündogan

2-2

49’

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Ronald Araújo

3-2

82’

Robert Lewandowski

4-2

90+3’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Barcelona

Pau Cubarsí

Valencia

Giorgi Mamardashvili

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Barcelona 2.83 xGValencia 1.49 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Valencia attacking Barcelona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jules Koundé	DEF	90			3	0.12	0.02	1
Ronald Araújo	DEF	90		1	6	0.91	0.50	2
Pau Cubarsí	DEF	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Cancelo	DEF	89			1	0.02	0.06	1
Ilkay Gündogan	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.78	5
Fermín López	MID	82	1		2	0.48	0.00	0
Andreas Christensen	MID	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lamine Yamal	FWD	90			3	0.18	0.10	2
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90	3		5	0.67	0.00	0
Raphinha	FWD	75		1	1	0.09	0.46	2
Sergi Roberto	Sub	35			0	0.00	0.02	1
Iñigo Martínez	Sub	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Félix	Sub	15			3	0.20	0.05	1
Pedri	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ferrán Torres	Sub	1			2	0.09	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Giorgi Mamardashvili	GK	48		0	0.00	0.24	1
Thierry Correia	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristhian Mosquera	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Yarek Gasiorowski	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jesús Vázquez	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Peter	MID	88		1	0.24	0.09	1
Pepelu	MID	90	1	1	0.74	0.00	0
Javier Guerra	MID	80		1	0.06	0.00	0
Diego López	MID	88		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Duro	FWD	79	1	2	0.44	0.00	0
André Almeida	FWD	50		0	0.00	0.06	1
Jaume	Sub	40		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Mari	Sub	11		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Guillamón	Sub	10		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Canos	Sub	2		0	0.00	0.00	0
Cenk Özkacar	Sub	2		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 72% Avg odds 1.33

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.59

Valencia win 11% Avg odds 8.83

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W W L

Valencia L D W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Valencia 1-1 Barcelona, 16 Dec 23 Next meeting: Valencia 1-2 Barcelona, 17 Aug 24 All Barcelona vs Valencia meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.