FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 16 October 2010
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 16 October 2010, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia: match report
FC Barcelona beat Valencia 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 16 October 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.
Pablo Hernández opened the scoring in the 38th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (47') and Puyol (63'). Valencia scored through Pablo Hernández (38').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 5th on 13 points from 6 and Valencia 1st on 16 points from 6. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 96 points, and Valencia 3rd with 71.
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 4 FC Barcelona wins, 4 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Valencia's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 40'Yellow card · Andrzej Olszewski
- 47'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 55'Yellow card · S. Kéita
- 63'Goal · Puyol
- 72'Yellow card · Albelda
- 90'Yellow card · Aduriz
- 90'Yellow card · César
- 90'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
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 expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Miguel, Ricardo Costa, Vicente, Juan Mata, Éver Banega, Hedwiges Maduro, Joaquín, Aritz Aduriz, Albelda