Barcelona vs Valencia

17 October 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Anssumane Fati 13’
Memphis Depay 41’ (pen)
Philippe Coutinho 85’

José Gayá 5’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Valencia. Barcelona led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, José Gayá put Valencia ahead from a corner in the 5th minute, Anssumane Fati equalised in the 13th minute, set up by Memphis Depay, and Memphis Depay put Barcelona in front from the penalty spot in the 41st minute. In the second half, Philippe Coutinho made it 3-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Sergiño Dest.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.38 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Valencia's 0.38 from 9.

Match stats

12 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 3

9 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.38 xG 0.38

1.64 Non-penalty xG 0.38

14 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Barcelona Valencia

Kick-off

5’

José Gayá

0-1

Anssumane Fati
Assist: Memphis Depay

1-1

13’

Memphis Depay
Penalty

2-1

41’

Half-time2-1

Philippe Coutinho
Assist: Sergiño Dest

3-1

85’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Sergio Busquets
Gavi

Valencia

Dimitri Foulquier
José Gayá
Maxi Gómez

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 2.38 xGValencia 0.38 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
Sergi Roberto	DEF	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Garcia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			2	0.03	0.11	2
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90			1	0.59	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gavi	MID	72			0	0.00	0.03	1
Sergiño Dest	FWD	88		1	0	0.00	0.64	2
Memphis Depay	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.82	0.18	2
Anssumane Fati	FWD	60	1		3	0.19	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	Sub	30	1		3	0.75	0.59	1
Óscar Mingueza	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico González	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Agüero	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jasper Cillessen	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dimitri Foulquier	DEF	76		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Mouctar Diakhaby	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
José Gayá	DEF	90	1	1	0.02	0.00	0
Hugo Guillamón	MID	87		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Duro	MID	60		0	0.00	0.08	1
Daniel Wass	MID	90		0	0.00	0.03	2
Carlos Soler	MID	90		2	0.12	0.00	0
Gonçalo Guedes	MID	76		4	0.17	0.06	1
Maxi Gómez	FWD	87		2	0.07	0.00	0
Marcos de Sousa	Sub	30		0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Cheryshev	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0
Yunus Musah	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hélder Costa	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0
Manu Vallejo	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 63% Avg odds 1.53

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.53

Valencia win 16% Avg odds 5.85

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W D D W L

Valencia W L L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Valencia 2-3 Barcelona, 02 May 21 Next meeting: Valencia 1-4 Barcelona, 20 Feb 22 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.