Valencia vs Barcelona

7 October 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee González González

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Ezequiel Garay 2’
  • Lionel Messi 23’

Match summary

Valencia and Barcelona drew 1-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ezequiel Garay put Valencia ahead from a corner in the 2nd minute and Lionel Messi equalised in the 23rd minute, set up by Luis Suárez.

Valencia had the better of the chances, with 1.55 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Barcelona's 0.37 from 10.

Match stats

Valencia Barcelona
10 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.54 xG 0.37
1.54 Non-penalty xG 0.37
5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Valencia Barcelona
Kick-off
Ezequiel Garay1-0 (Valencia)
2’
23’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Luis Suárez1-1 (Barcelona)
Half-time1-1
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • Carlos Soler
  • Daniel Parejo
Barcelona
  • Luis Suárez
  • Philippe Coutinho

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 0.37 2’ Ezequiel Garay (Valencia), 1-0 2’ 23’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-1 23’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 0.37 2’ Ezequiel Garay (Valencia), 1-0 Garay 2’ 23’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-1 Messi 23’
Valencia 1.55 xGBarcelona 0.37 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Barcelona attacking Valencia attacking 
2’ Ezequiel Garay (Valencia), from a corner, 0.84 xG, goal 39’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), open play, 0.35 xG, blocked 6’ Michy Batshuayi (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Michy Batshuayi (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 72’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 7’ Geoffrey Kondogbia (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Michy Batshuayi (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 86’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 56’ Daniel Parejo (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 2’ Ezequiel Garay (Valencia), from a corner, 0.84 xG, goal 39’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), open play, 0.35 xG, blocked 6’ Michy Batshuayi (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Michy Batshuayi (Valencia), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Michy Batshuayi (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Geoffrey Kondogbia (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 61’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 86’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 50’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Daniel Parejo (Valencia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Neto GK900 0.000.000
Cristiano Piccini DEF900 0.000.000
Ezequiel Garay DEF9011 0.840.000
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF901 0.050.000
Carlos Soler MID900 0.000.000
Daniel Parejo MID901 0.010.082
Geoffrey Kondogbia MID811 0.040.000
Gonçalo Guedes MID110 0.000.000
Michy Batshuayi FWD903 0.180.000
Kevin Gameiro FWD691 0.040.534
Denis Cheryshev Sub792 0.400.000
Rodrigo Sub210 0.000.000
Francis Coquelin Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 20% Bet365 odds 4.75
Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.20
Barcelona win 58% Bet365 odds 1.64

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

Form going into the game

Valencia DDDDW
Barcelona WWDLD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Barcelona 2-2 Valencia, 02 Feb 19  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.