Valencia vs Barcelona

17 August 2024 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Hugo Duro 44’
  • Robert Lewandowski 45+6’, 49’ (pen)

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 2-1 away at Valencia. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Hugo Duro put Valencia ahead with a header in the 44th minute, set up by Diego López, Robert Lewandowski equalised in first-half stoppage time, set up by Lamine Yamal, and Lewandowski won it from the penalty spot in the 49th minute.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.51 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Valencia's 1.55 from 6.

Match stats

Valencia Barcelona
6 Shots 18
1 Shots on Target 8
3 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.55 xG 3.49
1.55 Non-penalty xG 2.74
3 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Valencia Barcelona
Kick-off
Hugo Duro
Assist: Diego López1-0 (Valencia)
44’
45+6’
Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Lamine Yamal1-1 (Barcelona)
Half-time1-1
49’
Robert Lewandowski
Penalty1-2 (Barcelona)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • Jesús Vázquez
  • Pepelu
Barcelona
  • Jules Koundé
  • Pau Cubarsí
  • Andreas Christensen

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 3.51 44’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), 1-0 44’ 45+6’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), 1-1 45+6’ 49’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), 1-2 49’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 3.51 44’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), 1-0 Duro 44’ 45+6’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), 1-1 Lewandowski 45+6’ 49’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), 1-2 Lewandowski 49’
Valencia 1.55 xGBarcelona 3.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Barcelona attacking Valencia attacking 
51’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 49’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 44’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 48’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, blocked 46’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 90+1’ Marc Casadó (Barcelona), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 57’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 15’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 70’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+4’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Marc Casadó (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 6’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 37’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 28’ Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Raphinha (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Álex Balde (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 19’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 54’ Pepelu (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Rafa Mir (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Marc Casadó (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 51’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 49’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 44’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 48’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.59 xG, blocked 46’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 90+1’ Marc Casadó (Barcelona), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 57’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 15’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 70’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+4’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Marc Casadó (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 6’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 37’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 28’ Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Raphinha (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 85’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Álex Balde (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 54’ Pepelu (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Rafa Mir (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Marc Casadó (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Giorgi Mamardashvili GK900 0.000.000
Thierry Correia DEF900 0.000.000
Cristhian Mosquera DEF900 0.000.000
Yarek Gasiorowski DEF900 0.000.000
Jesús Vázquez DEF830 0.000.000
Rafa Mir MID831 0.020.000
Pepelu MID901 0.020.332
Javier Guerra MID900 0.000.000
Diego López MID7210 0.001.203
Hugo Duro FWD9014 1.520.000
André Almeida FWD720 0.000.021
Dimitri Foulquier Sub180 0.000.000
Dani Gómez Sub180 0.000.000
Martín Tejón Sub70 0.000.000
David Otorbi Sub70 0.000.000
Hugo Guillamón Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 22% Avg odds 4.30
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74
Barcelona win 52% Avg odds 1.84

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

Form going into the game

Valencia LDLLD
Barcelona LWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Barcelona 4-2 Valencia, 29 Apr 24 Next meeting: Barcelona 7-1 Valencia, 26 Jan 25  All Valencia vs Barcelona 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.