FC Barcelona 1-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 April 2016
Result
FC Barcelona 1-2 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 17 April 2016, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
FC Barcelona 1-2 Valencia: match report
FC Barcelona were beaten by Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 17 April 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.
FC Barcelona's goal came from Lionel Messi (63'). Valencia scored through an own goal by Ivan Rakitic (26') and Santi Mina (45+1').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 73 points from 32 and Valencia 14th on 37 points from 32. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Valencia 13th with 44.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Javier Mascherano of FC Barcelona (8.3), level with Lionel Messi (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Valencia.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-L-D-W-W and Valencia's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Barragán
- 26'Own goal · Ivan Rakitic
- 35'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 40'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 45+1'Goal · Santi Mina
- 51'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
- 63'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 68'Yellow card · André Gomes
- 86'Yellow card · Neymar
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar
Valencia expected line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Shkodran Mustafi, Guilherme Siqueira, Aymen Abdennour, João Cancelo, André Gomes, Dani Parejo, Javi Fuego, Paco Alcácer, Santi Mina