Barcelona vs Valencia

14 September 2019 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Anssumane Fati 2’
Frenkie de Jong 7’
Gerard Piqué 51’
Luis Suárez 61’, 82’

Kevin Gameiro 27’
Maxi Gómez 90+2’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Valencia. Barcelona led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Anssumane Fati put Barcelona ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Frenkie de Jong, Frenkie de Jong made it 2-0 in the 7th minute, set up by Anssumane Fati, and Kevin Gameiro pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 27th minute, set up by Rodrigo. In the second half, Gerard Piqué made it 3-1 in the 51st minute, Luis Suárez made it 4-1 in the 61st minute, set up by Arthur, Suárez made it 5-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Antoine Griezmann, and Maxi Gómez made it 5-2 in stoppage time, set up by Denis Cheryshev.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.66 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Valencia's 1.27 from 9.

Match stats

17 Shots 9

10 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.61 xG 1.27

2.61 Non-penalty xG 1.27

12 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Barcelona Valencia

Kick-off

Anssumane Fati
Assist: Frenkie de Jong

1-0

2’

Frenkie de Jong
Assist: Anssumane Fati

2-0

7’

27’

Kevin Gameiro
Assist: Rodrigo

2-1

Half-time2-1

Gerard Piqué

3-1

51’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Arthur

4-1

61’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Antoine Griezmann

5-1

82’

90+2’

Maxi Gómez
Assist: Denis Cheryshev

5-2

Full-time5-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Jordi Alba

Valencia

Rodrigo
Denis Cheryshev
Maxi Gómez
Lee Kang-In

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 2.66 xGValencia 1.27 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
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90	1		1	0.84	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			1	0.03	0.08	2
Arthur	MID	75		1	1	0.02	0.12	2
Frenkie de Jong	MID	72	1	1	1	0.58	0.53	3
Carles Pérez	FWD	90			2	0.11	0.12	2
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	90		1	3	0.46	0.09	1
Anssumane Fati	FWD	62	1	1	3	0.22	0.58	1
Luis Suárez	Sub	28	2		3	0.21	0.12	1
Ivan Rakitic	Sub	18			1	0.12	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jasper Cillessen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Wass	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.11	2
Ezequiel Garay	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Gayá	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	2
Ferrán Torres	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Francis Coquelin	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Parejo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonçalo Guedes	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Gameiro	FWD	90	1		3	0.50	0.00	0
Rodrigo	FWD	74		1	2	0.03	0.41	2
Denis Cheryshev	Sub	21		1	0	0.00	0.63	1
Lee Kang-In	Sub	21			2	0.08	0.00	0
Maxi Gómez	Sub	16	1		1	0.63	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 60% Avg odds 1.58

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.06

Valencia win 16% Avg odds 5.99

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W D L W D

Valencia W W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 2-2 Valencia, 02 Feb 19 Next meeting: Valencia 2-0 Barcelona, 25 Jan 20 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.