Barcelona vs Valencia

19 December 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Lionel Messi 45+4’
Ronald Araújo 52’

Mouctar Diakhaby 29’
Maxi Gómez 69’

Match summary

Barcelona and Valencia shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mouctar Diakhaby put Valencia ahead with a header in the 29th minute, set up by Carlos Soler and Lionel Messi equalised with a header in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Ronald Araújo put Barcelona in front in the 52nd minute and Maxi Gómez equalised in the 69th minute.

Barcelona had the better of the chances, with 3.29 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Valencia's 2.00 from 12. Lionel Messi had a penalty saved for Barcelona.

Match stats

25 Shots 12

9 Shots on Target 4

8 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.28 xG 1.97

2.54 Non-penalty xG 1.97

18 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Barcelona Valencia

Kick-off

29’

Mouctar Diakhaby
Assist: Carlos Soler

0-1

Lionel Messi

1-1

45+4’

Half-time1-1

Ronald Araújo

2-1

52’

69’

Maxi Gómez

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Óscar Mingueza
Jordi Alba
Antoine Griezmann
Clement Lenglet

Valencia

José Gayá
Álex Blanco

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 3.29 xGValencia 2.00 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergiño Dest	DEF	90		1	0.05	0.08	1
Óscar Mingueza	DEF	90		2	0.08	0.04	1
Ronald Araújo	DEF	90	1	1	0.08	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.16	4
Sergio Busquets	MID	53		0	0.00	0.03	1
Antoine Griezmann	MID	80		1	0.07	0.05	1
Pedri	MID	90		1	0.02	0.09	2
Philippe Coutinho	MID	86		5	0.25	0.04	1
Martin Braithwaite	MID	90		1	0.59	0.00	0
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	1	10	2.02	0.70	3
Frenkie de Jong	Sub	37		0	0.00	0.15	3
Trincão	Sub	10		1	0.04	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0
Miralem Pjanic	Sub	1		1	0.05	0.02	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jaume	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Wass	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Mouctar Diakhaby	DEF	90	1		1	0.31	0.00	0
José Gayá	DEF	90			1	0.31	0.00	0
Yunus Musah	MID	42			1	0.08	0.31	1
Uros Racic	MID	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Carlos Soler	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.33	2
Denis Cheryshev	MID	90			2	0.12	0.51	2
Gonçalo Guedes	FWD	90			2	0.06	0.13	2
Maxi Gómez	FWD	90	1		2	1.01	0.00	0
Álex Blanco	Sub	48			0	0.00	0.07	1
Manu Vallejo	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lee Kang-In	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 75% Avg odds 1.27

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.35

Valencia win 10% Avg odds 9.64

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona L W L W W

Valencia W D L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Valencia 2-0 Barcelona, 25 Jan 20 Next meeting: Valencia 2-3 Barcelona, 02 May 21 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.