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Valencia CF 2-3 FC Barcelona - May 02, 2021 / La Liga Santander 2020/2021

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La Liga Santander 2020/2021 - Round 34

Mestalla - Valencia - Spain

May 02, 2021 - 21:00

2 - 3

FC Barcelona

Assist by Carlos Soler (header) Gabriel Paulista

50'

Assist by Christian Oliva (right foot) Carlos Soler

83'

57'

Lionel Messi (left foot)

63'

Antoine Griezmann (left foot)

69'

Lionel Messi (free kick)

logo Valencia CF VCF

35' - Yellow card Uros Racic35

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50' - Goal Gabriel Paulista50

56' - Yellow card Lato56

57' - Goal Lionel Messi photo Lionel Messi

57' - Missed penalty Lionel Messi

63' - Goal Antoine Griezmann

64' - Substitution Latois substituted by Mouctar Diakhaby64

65' - Yellow card Marc-André ter Stegen

69' - Goal Lionel Messi

75' - Substitution Sergiño Destis substituted by Sergi Roberto photo Ilaix Moriba

75' - Substitution Pedriis substituted by Ilaix Moriba

79' - Substitution Hugo Guillamónis substituted by Kevin Gameiro photo Christian Oliva

79' - Substitution Uros Racicis substituted by Christian Oliva79

83' - Goal Carlos Soler83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Valencia CF

2 - 3

FC Barcelona

Valencia CF FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Valencia CF

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Guedes

Gonçalo Guedes

Portugal

B.date29/11/1996

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

22Gómez

Maxi Gómez

Uruguay

B.date14/08/1996

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

19Racic7935

Uros Racic

Serbia

B.date17/03/1998

Age23 years

H1m93

positionOffensive Midfielder

18Wass

Daniel Wass

Denmark

B.date31/05/1989

Age31 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

8Soler83

Carlos Soler

Spain

B.date02/01/1997

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14Gaya

José Luis Gaya

Spain

B.date25/05/1995

Age25 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

3Lato6456

Lato

Spain

B.date21/11/1997

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

15Guillamón79

Hugo Guillamón

Spain

B.date31/01/2000

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

5Gabriel Paulista50

Gabriel Paulista

Brazil

B.date26/11/1990

Age30 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

2Correia

Thierry Correia

Portugal

B.date09/03/1999

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

13Cillessen

Jasper Cillessen

Netherlands

B.date22/04/1989

Age32 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Jasper Cillessen		32	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Hugo Guillamón	79	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gabriel Paulista	50	30	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Lato	6456	23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	José Luis Gaya		25	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Thierry Correia		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Daniel Wass		31	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Uros Racic	7935	23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Gonçalo Guedes		24	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Carlos Soler	83	24	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Maxi Gómez		24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Griezmann63

Antoine Griezmann

France

B.date21/03/1991

Age30 years

H1m76

positionSecond striker

10Messi5769

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age33 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age32 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

16Pedri75

Pedri

Spain

B.date25/11/2002

Age18 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21de Jong

Frenkie de Jong

Netherlands

B.date12/05/1997

Age23 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

2Dest75

Sergiño Dest

United States

B.date03/11/2000

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

5Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age32 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Lenglet

Clément Lenglet

France

B.date17/06/1995

Age25 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age34 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

4Araújo

Ronald Araújo

Uruguay

B.date07/03/1999

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

1ter Stegen65

Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany

B.date30/04/1992

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen	65	29	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		34	563	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Clément Lenglet		25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ronald Araújo		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Sergiño Dest	75	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jordi Alba		32	381	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets		32	625	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Frenkie de Jong		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Pedri	75	18	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Antoine Griezmann	63	30	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	5769	33	775	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

278

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jaume Doménech		30
12	D	Mouctar Diakhaby	64	24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ferro		24
4	D	Eliaquim Mangala		30
24	D	Cristiano Piccini		28
10	M	Christian Oliva	79	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Kang-in Lee		20
30	M	Yunus Musah		18
17	M	Denis Cheryshev		30
9	F	Kevin Gameiro	79	33	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Manu Vallejo		24
16	F	Álex Blanco		22

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
36	G	Arnau Tenas		19
13	G	Neto		31
23	D	Samuel Umtiti		27
20	D	Sergi Roberto	75	29	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Óscar Mingueza		21
24	D	Héctor Junior Firpo		24
19	M	Matheus Fernandes		22
27	M	Ilaix Moriba	75	18	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Riqui Puig		21
8	M	Miralem Pjanic		31
11	F	Ousmane Dembélé		23
17	F	Francisco Trincão		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jasper Cillessen

Jaume Doménech

OUT

Lato

Kevin Gameiro

OUT

Thierry Correia

Yunus Musah

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clément Lenglet

Samuel Umtiti

OUT

Ronald Araújo

Óscar Mingueza

OUT

Pedri

Ilaix Moriba

OUT

Sergiño Dest

Sergi Roberto

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Javi Gracia

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Gracia vs FC Barcelona

1 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on May 02, 2021

Gracia vs Koeman

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Koeman

Success rate in this team:

66 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Koeman vs Valencia CF

1 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 2021

Koeman vs Gracia

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 2021

Referee

José María Sánchez Martínez

5 victories	4 draws	13 losses	Valencia CF22 matches	General total	FC Barcelona35 matches	28 victories	2 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Valencia CF3 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 17, 2024					Latest figure on January 15, 2025

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Valencia CF keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 27/02/2021). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/02/2020-18/06/2020 time period (10 matches).

Lionel Messi scored 31 goals vs in his professional career with

Ronald Koeman has registered 50 participation since the 19/08/2020 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 29 key stats

General ranking

+1	12	Cádiz	40 pts	34 rd
-1	13	Levante	38 pts	34 rd
	14	Valencia CF	36 pts	34 rd
	15	Getafe	34 pts	34 rd
	16	Alavés	31 pts	34 rd

General ranking

1	Atlético Madrid	76 pts	34 rd
2	Real Madrid	74 pts	34 rd
3	FC Barcelona	74 pts	34 rd
4	Sevilla FC	70 pts	33 rd
5	Real Sociedad	53 pts	34 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VValencia CF 1-0 Elche30/01/2021

VValencia CF 2-0 Celta Vigo20/02/2021

VValencia CF 2-1 Villarreal05/03/2021

VValencia CF 2-1 Granada CF21/03/2021

DValencia CF 2-2 Real Sociedad11/04/2021

DValencia CF 1-1 Alavés24/04/2021

Overall

VValencia CF 2-1 Granada CF21/03/2021

LCádiz 2-1 Valencia CF04/04/2021

DValencia CF 2-2 Real Sociedad11/04/2021

DReal Betis 2-2 Valencia CF18/04/2021

LOsasuna 3-1 Valencia CF21/04/2021

DValencia CF 1-1 Alavés24/04/2021

Current form

Away

VSevilla FC 0-2 FC Barcelona27/02/2021

VOsasuna 0-2 FC Barcelona06/03/2021

DParis SG 1-1 FC Barcelona10/03/2021

VReal Sociedad 1-6 FC Barcelona21/03/2021

LReal Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona10/04/2021

VVillarreal 1-2 FC Barcelona25/04/2021

Overall

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Valladolid05/04/2021

LReal Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona10/04/2021

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao17/04/2021

VFC Barcelona 5-2 Getafe22/04/2021

VVillarreal 1-2 FC Barcelona25/04/2021

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Granada CF29/04/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	8	6
Conceding streak	4	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	6	16
Conceding streak	4	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	3
10	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
115	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
8	Victories (Competition total)	22
6	Victories (Home / Away)	11
12	Draws (Competition total)	5
7	Draws (Home / Away)	1
13	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	77
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	34
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.13
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.94
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.81

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 times)

Bookings

74	Yellow cards (Competition total)	57
39	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	34
5	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Carlos Soler	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	26 goals	Lionel Messi
Carlos Soler	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Lionel Messi
Carlos Soler	7 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Lionel Messi
Carlos Soler	6 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
José Luis Gaya	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Lionel Messi
Gonçalo Guedes	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	6 assists	Lionel Messi
Gonçalo Guedes	2 goals, 4 assists during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	25 goals, 8 assists during the last 27 matches	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

104 matches

41 v

27 d

36 l

185 gf

161 ga

Away

104 matches

15 v

28 d

61 l

122 gf

234 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

10 gf

10 ga

Total

213 matches

58 v

55 d

100 l

317 gf

405 ga

Historical head to head

Home

104 matches

61 v

28 d

15 l

234 gf

122 ga

Away

104 matches

36 v

27 d

41 l

161 gf

185 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

10 gf

10 ga

Total

213 matches

100 v

55 d

58 l

405 gf

317 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 18, 1979
Home	4 - 0	April 18, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	February 03, 2016
Away	4 - 0	December 11, 1993

Latest head to head

December 19, 2020 - La Liga Santander 2020/2021

FC Barcelona

2 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

January 25, 2020 - La Liga Santander 2019/2020

Valencia CF

2 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

September 14, 2019 - La Liga Santander 2019/2020

FC Barcelona

5 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

May 25, 2019 - Copa del Rey 2018/2019

FC Barcelona

1 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

February 02, 2019 - La Liga Santander 2018/2019

FC Barcelona

2 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Claudio López	12 goals	1998 - 2000
Mario Kempes	6 goals	1978 - 1983
David Villa	5 goals	2005 - 2008
Fernando	5 goals	1992 - 1998
Rainer Bonhof	4 goals	1979 - 1980
Gaizka Mendieta	4 goals	1999 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Lionel Messi	29 goals	2008 - 2020
Luis Suárez	12 goals	2015 - 2019
Rivaldo	11 goals	1997 - 2001
Patrick Kluivert	10 goals	1998 - 2003
Laszlo Kubala	9 goals	1953 - 1958
César	9 goals	1943 - 1952

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

David Albelda	28 matches	1999 - 2012
Santiago Cañizares	22 matches	1998 - 2007
Amedeo Carboni	21 matches	1997 - 2005
Miguel Ángel Angulo	19 matches	1997 - 2008
Enrique Saura	18 matches	1976 - 1984
Dani Parejo	18 matches	2012 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

Lionel Messi	35 matches	2006 - 2020
Xavi	32 matches	1998 - 2015
Andrés Iniesta	30 matches	2003 - 2018
Sergio Busquets	28 matches	2009 - 2020
Carles Puyol	27 matches	2000 - 2013
Gerard Piqué	26 matches	2009 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Gaizka Mendieta

305 matches

49 matches

1993 - 2003

Robert

238 matches

194 matches

1981 - 1995

David Villa

225 matches

119 matches

2005 - 2013

Mauricio Pellegrino

212 matches

25 matches

1998 - 2004

Francisco Rufete

189 matches

1 match

1996 - 2006

Andoni Zubizarreta

184 matches

410 matches

1986 - 1998

Total : 31 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

184 matches

410 matches

1986 - 1998

Jordi Alba

110 matches

380 matches

2009 - 2021

Patrick Kluivert

16 matches

257 matches

1998 - 2006

Robert

238 matches

194 matches

1981 - 1995

Seydou Keita

18 matches

188 matches

2008 - 2014

Gerard

67 matches

135 matches

1997 - 2005

Total : 31 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

April 30, 2021

19:00

Celta Vigo

2 0

Levante

Line-ups available

May 01, 2021

12:00

Eibar

3 0

Alavés

Line-ups available

14:15

Elche

0 1

Atlético Madrid

Line-ups available

16:30

Huesca

1 0

Real Sociedad

Line-ups available

19:00

Real Madrid

2 0

Osasuna

Line-ups available

May 02, 2021

12:00

Valladolid

1 1

Real Betis

Line-ups available

14:15

Villarreal

1 0

Getafe

Line-ups available

16:30

Granada CF

0 1

Cádiz

Line-ups available

May 03, 2021

19:00

Sevilla FC

0 1

Athletic Bilbao

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Atlético Madrid	76	34	23	7	4	61	22	+39
2	Real Madrid	74	34	22	8	4	58	24	+34
3	FC Barcelona	74	34	23	5	6	80	33	+47
4	Sevilla FC	70	33	22	4	7	49	26	+23
5	Real Sociedad	53	34	14	11	9	51	35	+16
+16	Villarreal	52	34	13	13	8	51	38	+13
-17	Real Betis	51	34	14	9	11	43	46	-3
8	Granada CF	45	34	13	6	15	43	55	-12
9	Celta Vigo	44	34	11	11	12	46	51	-5
10	Athletic Bilbao	42	33	10	12	11	43	36	+7
11	Osasuna	40	34	10	10	14	31	41	-10
+112	Cádiz	40	34	10	10	14	29	49	-20
-113	Levante	38	34	9	11	14	38	48	-10
14	Valencia CF	36	34	8	12	14	43	51	-8
15	Getafe	34	34	8	10	16	26	40	-14
16	Alavés	31	34	7	10	17	28	52	-24
+117	Valladolid	31	34	5	16	13	32	46	-14
-118	Huesca	30	34	6	12	16	32	50	-18
19	Elche	30	34	6	12	16	29	50	-21
20	Eibar	26	34	5	11	18	26	46	-20

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Valencia CF 2-3 FC Barcelona - May 02, 2021 / La Liga Santander 2020/2021

Valencia CF

2 - 3

FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Gracia vs FC Barcelona

Gracia vs Koeman

Manager

Koeman vs Valencia CF

Koeman vs Gracia

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking