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Valencia CF 2-2 FC Barcelona - April 25, 2009 / Liga BBVA 2008/2009

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Liga BBVA 2008/2009 - Round 33

Mestalla - Valencia - Spain

April 25, 2009

Valencia CF

2 - 2

FC Barcelona

(header) Hedwiges Maduro

43'

(right foot) Pablo Hernández

45'

24'

Lionel Messi (left foot) Assist by Andrés Iniesta

86'

Thierry Henry (left foot)

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24' - Goal Lionel Messi

43' - Goal Hedwiges Maduro43

45' - Goal Pablo Hernández45

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62' - Substitution Seydou Keitais substituted by Thierry Henry

66' - Substitution Rubén Barajais substituted by Míchel66

75' - Substitution Miguelis substituted by Emiliano Moretti75

75' - Substitution Xaviis substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen

81' - Substitution Juan Manuel Matais substituted by Vicente81

86' - Goal Thierry Henry

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Valencia CF

2 - 2

FC Barcelona

Valencia CF FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Valencia CF

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Villa

David Villa

Spain

B.date03/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Mata81

Juan Manuel Mata

Spain

B.date28/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Silva

David Silva

Spain

B.date08/01/1986

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hernández45

Pablo Hernández

Spain

B.date11/04/1985

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Baraja66

Rubén Baraja

Spain

B.date11/07/1975

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Marchena

Carlos Marchena

Spain

B.date31/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Alexis

Spain

B.date04/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Maduro43

Hedwiges Maduro

Netherlands

B.date13/02/1985

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Albiol

Raúl Albiol

Spain

B.date04/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

Miguel75

Miguel

Portugal

B.date04/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

César

Spain

B.date02/09/1971

Age37 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	César		37	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Marchena		29	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alexis		23	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Raúl Albiol		23	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hedwiges Maduro	43	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Miguel	75	29	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rubén Baraja	66	33	330	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Manuel Mata	81	20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pablo Hernández	45	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Silva		23	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Villa		27	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

130

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o

Cameroon

B.date10/03/1981

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Messi24

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Keita62

Seydou Keita

Mali

B.date16/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age20 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Xavi75

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Abidal

Éric Abidal

France

B.date11/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age22 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

Puyol

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Víctor Valdés		27	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Éric Abidal		29	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerard Piqué		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carles Puyol		31	435	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dani Alves		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sergio Busquets		20	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xavi	75	29	467	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Seydou Keita	62	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrés Iniesta		24	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samuel Eto'o		28	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lionel Messi	24	21	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

186

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Emiliano Moretti	75	27	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Míchel	66	20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vicente	81	27	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Eidur Gudjohnsen	75	30	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Thierry Henry	8662	31	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rubén Baraja

Edu

OUT

Miguel

Asier Del Horno

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carles Puyol

Rafa Márquez

OUT

Lionel Messi

Thierry Henry

OUT

Sergio Busquets

Yaya Touré

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Unai Emery

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Emery vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 2009

Emery vs Guardiola

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 25, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

74 %

Guardiola vs Valencia CF

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 25, 2009

Guardiola vs Emery

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 25, 2009

Referee

César Muñiz Fernández

18 victories	6 draws	4 losses	Valencia CF28 matches	General total	FC Barcelona26 matches	19 victories	5 draws	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Valencia CF2 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 06, 2014					Latest figure on September 14, 2013

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Lionel Messi scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 04/05/2008 (with Ajax Amsterdam vs Excelsior Rotterdam )

Only back at the time of Jacinto Quincoces head of (01/01/1959-13/09/1959), you can see a manager go over Unai Emery with 1.96 goals scored per game (2.43).

César played his game number 20 vs in La Liga

Read the next 33 key stats

General ranking

2	Real Madrid	75 pts	32 rd
3	Sevilla FC	57 pts	32 rd
4	Valencia CF	56 pts	33 rd
5	Villarreal	52 pts	32 rd
6	Málaga	51 pts	33 rd

General ranking

1	FC Barcelona	82 pts	33 rd
2	Real Madrid	75 pts	32 rd
3	Sevilla FC	57 pts	32 rd
4	Valencia CF	56 pts	33 rd
5	Villarreal	52 pts	32 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DValencia CF 1-1 Málaga14/02/2009

DValencia CF 2-2 Dynamo Kyiv26/02/2009

LValencia CF 1-2 Valladolid01/03/2009

DValencia CF 1-1 Recreativo Huelva14/03/2009

VValencia CF 4-1 Getafe05/04/2009

VValencia CF 3-1 Sevilla FC19/04/2009

Overall

DValencia CF 1-1 Recreativo Huelva14/03/2009

VRacing Santander 0-1 Valencia CF22/03/2009

VValencia CF 4-1 Getafe05/04/2009

VSporting Gijón 2-3 Valencia CF12/04/2009

VValencia CF 3-1 Sevilla FC19/04/2009

VReal Betis 1-2 Valencia CF22/04/2009

Current form

Away

LAtlético Madrid 4-3 FC Barcelona01/03/2009

DMallorca 1-1 FC Barcelona04/03/2009

VAlmería 0-2 FC Barcelona15/03/2009

VValladolid 0-1 FC Barcelona04/04/2009

DBayern Munich 1-1 FC Barcelona14/04/2009

VGetafe 0-1 FC Barcelona18/04/2009

Overall

VValladolid 0-1 FC Barcelona04/04/2009

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Bayern Munich08/04/2009

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Recreativo Huelva11/04/2009

DBayern Munich 1-1 FC Barcelona14/04/2009

VGetafe 0-1 FC Barcelona18/04/2009

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla FC22/04/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	28	12
Conceding streak	15	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	5	11
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	9	20
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	1
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
20	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
16	Victories (Competition total)	26
10	Victories (Home / Away)	12
7	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
9	Losses (Competition total)	3
3	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

60	Goals scored (Competition total)	92
40	Goals scored (Home / Away)	34
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.88
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.27
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.93

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

94	Yellow cards (Competition total)	62
41	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
6	Red cards (Competition total)	4
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

David Villa	25 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	27 goals	Samuel Eto'o
David Villa	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	12 goals	Lionel Messi
David Villa	8 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Lionel Messi
David Villa	7 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Lionel Messi
Manuel Fernandes	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Xavi
Manuel Fernandes	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Xavi
David Villa	6 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 4 assists during the last 5 matches	Andrés Iniesta

Historical head to head

Home

89 matches

40 v

18 d

31 l

169 gf

141 ga

Away

89 matches

13 v

26 d

50 l

106 gf

193 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

8 gf

9 ga

Total

182 matches

54 v

44 d

84 l

283 gf

343 ga

Historical head to head

Home

89 matches

50 v

26 d

13 l

193 gf

106 ga

Away

89 matches

31 v

18 d

40 l

141 gf

169 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

8 ga

Total

182 matches

84 v

44 d

54 l

343 gf

283 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	May 04, 2008
Away	4 - 0	December 11, 1993

Latest head to head

December 06, 2008 - Liga BBVA 2008/2009

FC Barcelona

4 - 0

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

May 04, 2008 - Primera Division 2007/2008

FC Barcelona

6 - 0

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

March 20, 2008 - Copa del Rey 2007/2008

Valencia CF

3 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 27, 2008 - Copa del Rey 2007/2008

FC Barcelona

1 - 1

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

December 15, 2007 - Primera Division 2007/2008

Valencia CF

0 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Claudio López	12 goals	1998 - 2000
Mario Kempes	6 goals	1978 - 1983
Fernando	5 goals	1992 - 1998
David Villa	5 goals	2005 - 2008
Gaizka Mendieta	4 goals	1999 - 2000
Machado Waldo	4 goals	1961 - 1961

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

Laszlo Kubala	12 goals	1952 - 1958
Rivaldo	11 goals	1997 - 2001
César	11 goals	1943 - 1953
Patrick Kluivert	10 goals	1998 - 2003
Estanilao Basora	8 goals	1949 - 1957
Hristo Stoichkov	7 goals	1990 - 1994

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

Santiago Cañizares	22 matches	1998 - 2007
Amedeo Carboni	21 matches	1997 - 2005
David Albelda	20 matches	1999 - 2008
Miguel Ángel Angulo	19 matches	1997 - 2008
Enrique Saura	18 matches	1976 - 1984
Ricardo Arias	17 matches	1978 - 1992

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

Juan Segarra Iracheta	28 matches	1950 - 1963
Josep Guardiola	26 matches	1991 - 2001
Antonio Ramallets	24 matches	1950 - 1961
Migueli	24 matches	1975 - 1987
Ferran Olivella	22 matches	1956 - 1967
Guillermo Amor	22 matches	1988 - 1998

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

Mauricio Pellegrino

212 matches

25 matches

1998 - 2004

Francisco Rufete

189 matches

1 match

1996 - 2006

Andoni Zubizarreta

184 matches

410 matches

1986 - 1998

Luis Milla

105 matches

78 matches

1984 - 2001

Total : 19 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

Patrick Kluivert

16 matches

257 matches

1998 - 2006

Robert

238 matches

194 matches

1981 - 1995

Gerard

67 matches

135 matches

1997 - 2005

Óscar García

29 matches

97 matches

1993 - 2000

José Manuel Pesudo

1 match

95 matches

1961 - 1970

Total : 19 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 25, 2009

Málaga

1 1

Deportivo

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Almería

2 1

Numancia

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April 26, 2009

Sevilla FC

2 4

Real Madrid

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Barcelona	82	33	26	4	3	94	26	+68
2	Real Madrid	75	32	24	3	5	73	33	+40
3	Sevilla FC	57	32	17	6	9	44	34	+10
4	Valencia CF	56	33	16	8	9	62	47	+15
5	Villarreal	52	32	14	10	8	47	43	+4
6	Málaga	51	33	14	9	10	52	51	+1
+17	Deportivo La Coruña	50	33	14	8	11	43	43	0
-18	Atlético Madrid	49	32	14	7	11	64	53	+11
9	Valladolid	40	32	12	4	16	42	51	-9
+210	Almería	40	33	11	7	15	40	52	-12
-111	Mallorca	39	32	10	9	13	39	49	-10
-112	Racing Santander	39	32	10	9	13	43	40	+3
13	Athletic Bilbao	37	32	10	7	15	42	53	-11
14	Real Betis	37	32	9	10	13	47	51	-4
15	Osasuna	35	32	8	11	13	37	41	-4
16	Getafe	34	32	8	10	14	42	50	-8
17	Sporting Gijón	33	32	11	0	21	38	69	-31
18	Espanyol	32	32	7	11	14	32	46	-14
19	Recreativo Huelva	30	32	7	9	16	28	46	-18
20	Numancia	28	33	8	4	21	35	66	-31

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Valencia CF 2-2 FC Barcelona - April 25, 2009 / Liga BBVA 2008/2009

Valencia CF

2 - 2

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

Emery vs FC Barcelona

Emery vs Guardiola

Manager

Guardiola vs Valencia CF

Guardiola vs Emery

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