Barcelona vs Valencia

2 February 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Undiano Mallenco

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Lionel Messi 39’ (pen), 64’

Kevin Gameiro 24’
Daniel Parejo 32’ (pen)

Match summary

The points were shared as Barcelona and Valencia drew 2-2. Valencia led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin Gameiro put Valencia ahead in the 24th minute, set up by Rodrigo, Daniel Parejo made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute, and Lionel Messi pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 39th minute. In the second half, Messi equalised in the 64th minute, set up by Arturo Vidal.

Valencia had the better of the chances, with 3.68 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Barcelona's 1.81 from 20.

Match stats

20 Shots 14

8 Shots on Target 7

9 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.81 xG 3.54

1.06 Non-penalty xG 2.80

19 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Barcelona Valencia

Kick-off

24’

Kevin Gameiro
Assist: Rodrigo

0-1

32’

Daniel Parejo
Penalty

0-2

Lionel Messi
Penalty

1-2

39’

Half-time1-2

Lionel Messi
Assist: Arturo Vidal

2-2

64’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Sergi Roberto
Ivan Rakitic
Jordi Alba

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 1.81 xGValencia 3.68 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	48			1	0.05	0.00	0
Thomas Vermaelen	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.02	1
Arturo Vidal	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.05	2
Ivan Rakitic	MID	90			2	0.04	0.32	1
Carles Aleñá	MID	68			1	0.02	0.06	1
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	2		8	1.33	0.13	3
Luis Suárez	FWD	90			2	0.09	0.05	2
Philippe Coutinho	FWD	86			3	0.12	0.01	1
Jordi Alba	Sub	42			1	0.05	0.06	1
Arthur	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Malcom	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Neto	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristiano Piccini	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	2
Ezequiel Garay	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.30	0.00	0
Toni Lato	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Wass	MID	90			1	0.05	0.57	3
Daniel Parejo	MID	90	1		5	1.33	0.33	2
Francis Coquelin	MID	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Cheryshev	MID	90			1	0.33	0.77	2
Rodrigo	FWD	81		1	3	0.96	0.61	1
Kevin Gameiro	FWD	39	1		2	0.64	0.00	0
Ferrán Torres	Sub	51			0	0.00	0.21	1
Geoffrey Kondogbia	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Santi Mina	Sub	9			1	0.08	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 75% Bet365 odds 1.28

Draw 16% Bet365 odds 5.75

Valencia win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W W W

Valencia W L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Valencia 1-1 Barcelona, 07 Oct 18 Next meeting: Barcelona 5-2 Valencia, 14 Sep 19 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.