FC Barcelona 4-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 6 December 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 4-0 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 6 December 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 4-0 Valencia: match report
FC Barcelona won against Valencia 4-0 in La Liga on Saturday 6 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 19th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Thierry Henry (19'), Thierry Henry (27'), Dani Alves (46') and Thierry Henry (80'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Valencia received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 32 points from 13 and Valencia 3rd on 27 points from 13. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Valencia 6th with 62.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Valencia's W-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Albiol
- 19'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 27'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 37'Yellow card · Albelda
- 46'Goal · Dani Alves
- 66'Yellow card · David Villa
- 70'Yellow card · Miguel
- 72'Yellow card · Del Horno
- 80'Goal · Thierry Henry
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Renan, Raúl Albiol, Del Horno, Miguel, Hedwiges Maduro, Juan Mata, Manuel Fernandes, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda, Rubén Baraja