Valencia vs Barcelona

2 May 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

Gabriel 50’
Carlos Soler 83’

Lionel Messi 57’, 69’
Antoine Griezmann 63’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 3-2 away at Valencia. It was goalless at half-time.

Gabriel put Valencia ahead with a header in the 50th minute, set up by Carlos Soler, Lionel Messi equalised in the 57th minute, Antoine Griezmann put Barcelona in front in the 63rd minute, Messi made it 1-3 with a direct free kick in the 69th minute, and Carlos Soler pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 83rd minute, set up by Christian Oliva.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 4.75 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Valencia's 1.41 from 9. Lionel Messi had a penalty saved for Barcelona.

Match stats

9 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.41 xG 3.98

1.41 Non-penalty xG 3.24

4 Deep Completions 21

Key events

Valencia Barcelona

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Gabriel
Assist: Carlos Soler

1-0

50’

57’

Lionel Messi

1-1

63’

Antoine Griezmann

1-2

69’

Lionel Messi

1-3

Carlos Soler
Assist: Christian Oliva

2-3

83’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Valencia

Toni Lato
Uros Racic

Barcelona

Marc-André ter Stegen

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.

Valencia 1.41 xGBarcelona 4.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Barcelona attacking Valencia 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
Jasper Cillessen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thierry Correia	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.06	1
Gabriel	DEF	90	1		1	0.48	0.00	0
Hugo Guillamón	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Toni Lato	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Gayá	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.06	1
Daniel Wass	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Soler	MID	90	1	1	1	0.02	1.06	2
Uros Racic	MID	79			2	0.12	0.00	0
Gonçalo Guedes	FWD	90			1	0.58	0.14	2
Maxi Gómez	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mouctar Diakhaby	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Gameiro	Sub	11			1	0.06	0.00	0
Christian Oliva	Sub	11		1	1	0.02	0.02	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ronald Araújo	DEF	90		1	0.48	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergiño Dest	MID	75		0	0.00	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90		1	0.35	0.37	1
Pedri	MID	75		2	0.86	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	MID	90		2	0.15	0.42	2
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	2	5	1.89	0.48	1
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	90	1	3	1.02	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ilaix Moriba	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 11% Avg odds 9.08

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.92

Barcelona win 73% Avg odds 1.31

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

Form going into the game

Valencia L D D L D

Barcelona W L W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 2-2 Valencia, 19 Dec 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 3-1 Valencia, 17 Oct 21 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.