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FT Sunday, May 2, 2021
Barcelona LWWWL 3
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Valencia LDDLD 2
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi brace gives Barcelona big comeback win over Valencia

Barcelona rode three second-half goals to a win over Valencia in La Liga on Sunday night to keep title hopes alive for Ronald Koeman's team.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
68
Possession
32
14
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
699
Accurate Passes
294
777
Passes
363
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
1
8
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
48
31
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
7
8
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
12
6
Effective Clearances
9
6
Clearances
9

Head to Head

VAL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VAL · 5-3-2

  1. 13Jasper CillessenG
  2. 15Hugo GuillamónCD
  3. 3Toni LatoCD-L
  4. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  5. 14José GayàLB
  6. 2Thierry CorreiaRB
  7. 18Daniel WassCM
  8. 19Uros RacicCM-L
  9. 8Carlos SolerCM-R
  10. 7Gonçalo GuedesCF-L
  11. 22Maximiliano GómezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Manu VallejoSUB
  2. 1Jaume DoménechSUB
  3. 30Yunus MusahSUB
  4. 16Áex BlancoSUB
  5. 20Lee Kang-InSUB
  6. 10Christian OlivaSUB
  7. 4Eliaquim MangalaSUB
  8. 17Denis CheryshevSUB
  9. 24Cristiano PicciniSUB
  10. 9Kevin GameiroSUB
  11. 12Mouctar DiakhabySUB
  12. 6FerroSUB

BAR · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 3Gerard PiquéCD
  3. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  4. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  5. 5Sergio BusquetsSW
  6. 16PedriCM-L
  7. 21Frenkie de JongCM-R
  8. 18Jordi AlbaLM
  9. 2Sergiño DestRM
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Sergi Roberto
  2. 19Matheus Fernandes
  3. 13Neto
  4. 23Samuel Umtiti
  5. 28Óscar Mingueza
  6. 12Ricard Puig
  7. 27Ilaix Moriba
  8. 36Arnau Tenas
  9. 8Miralem Pjanic
  10. 24Junior Firpo
  11. 17Francisco Trincão
  12. 11Ousmane Dembélé

Timeline

  1. 35' Uros Racic (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 50' Goal! Valencia 1, Barcelona 0. Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Soler with a cross following a corner.
  3. 56' Toni Lato (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 57' Penalty saved! Lionel Messi (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  5. 57' Goal! Valencia 1, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  6. 63' Goal! Valencia 1, Barcelona 2. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  7. 64' Substitution, Valencia. Mouctar Diakhaby replaces Toni Lato because of an injury.
  8. 65' Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 69' Goal! Valencia 1, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  10. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Ilaix Moriba replaces Pedri.
  11. 75' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Sergiño Dest.
  12. 79' Substitution, Valencia. Christian Oliva replaces Uros Racic.
  13. 79' Substitution, Valencia. Kevin Gameiro replaces Hugo Guillamón.
  14. 83' Goal! Valencia 2, Barcelona 3. Carlos Soler (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Oliva.

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