Valencia
Barcelona
Match summary
Barcelona won comfortably, 5-0 away at Valencia. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Lamine Yamal put Barcelona ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Fermín López and Fermín López made it 0-2 in the 22nd minute, set up by Anthony Gordon. In the second half, Raphinha made it 0-3 in the 50th minute, set up by Fermín López, Pedri made it 0-4 in the 79th minute, set up by Dani Olmo, and Yamal made it 0-5 in the 84th minute, set up by Dani Olmo.
The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 4.77 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Valencia's 0.55 from 3.
Barcelona secured a dominant five-goal victory over Valencia in La Liga on matchday four, dictating the contest across every statistical metric. The visitors enjoyed seventy-three percent possession and mounted one hundred and fifty-five attacks compared to forty-eight for the hosts. Barcelona recorded twenty-five shots with ten hitting the target, while limiting Valencia to just three total shots and two on target. The expected goals statistics strongly reflected this territorial and offensive superiority, with Barcelona accumulating an xG of 4.77 against Valencia's 0.55. Discipline was fairly well maintained, with Valencia receiving one yellow card to Barcelona's three, and both sides committing very few fouls throughout the encounter.
The scoring commenced early when Lamine Yamal converted a left-foot shot in the sixth minute to give Barcelona the lead, followed by a VAR review soon after. Fermín López extended the advantage in the twenty-two minute with another left-foot strike, and the visitors carried a two-goal cushion into the interval after Pau Cubarsí received a yellow card in added time. Rodri picked up a yellow card shortly after the restart, before Raphinha scored with a left-foot shot in the fiftieth minute, boasting the match's highest individual xG of 0.98. Pedri added a fourth with a right-foot shot in the seventy-ninth minute, and Lamine Yamal completed the scoring with his second left-foot goal in the eighty-fourth minute, which was followed by a VAR review and the final whistle.
