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FT Saturday, October 22, 2016
Barcelona WWLWW 3
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Valencia LWWLW 2
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VAL022
Mestalla · 46,804 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi's late penalty gives Barcelona win over Valencia

Lionel Messi's last-minute penalty saw Barcelona snatch a 3-2 win over Valencia in an enthralling encounter at the Mestalla.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
5
70.1
Possession
29.9
15
SHOTS
7
8
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
558
Accurate Passes
191
643
Passes
274
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
6
0.4
Cross %
0.7
64
Long Balls
46
41
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
20
11
Tackles
29
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
15
10
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Diego AlvesG
  2. 5Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 24Ezequiel GarayCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 21Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoAM
  7. 7Mario SuárezLM
  8. 8Enzo PérezRM
  9. 19RodrigoF
  10. 17NaniAM-L
  11. 2João CanceloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Munir El HaddadiSUB
  2. 20Álvaro MedránSUB
  3. 22Santi MinaSUB
  4. 13Jaume DoménechSUB
  5. 23Aymen AbdennourSUB
  6. 16Fede CartabiaSUB
  7. 11Zakaria BakkaliSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  4. 19Lucas DigneLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 21André GomesRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 28Carles AleñáSUB
  2. 6Denis SuárezSUB
  3. 25Jordi MasipSUB
  4. 17Paco AlcácerSUB
  5. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB
  6. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  7. 22Aleix VidalSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Andrés Iniesta because of an injury.
  2. 17' Ezequiel Garay (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Goal! Valencia 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
  4. 23' Diego Alves (Valencia) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 25' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 38' Substitution, Valencia. Aymen Abdennour replaces José Gayá because of an injury.
  7. 45' Substitution, Valencia. Munir El Haddadi replaces Martín Montoya.
  8. 47' Lucas Digne (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 51' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 52' Goal! Valencia 1, Barcelona 1. Munir El Haddadi (Valencia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Parejo.
  11. 56' Goal! Valencia 2, Barcelona 1. Rodrigo Moreno (Valencia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nani with a through ball following a corner.
  12. 62' Goal! Valencia 2, Barcelona 2. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  13. 69' Mario Suárez (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 71' Substitution, Valencia. Santi Mina replaces Rodrigo Moreno.
  15. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces André Gomes.
  16. 73' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 76' Enzo Pérez (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+2' Aymen Abdennour (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+4' Goal! Valencia 2, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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