FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 14 April 2018
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia: match report
FC Barcelona won against Valencia 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 15th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Luis Suárez (15') and Samuel Umtiti (51'). Valencia scored through Dani Parejo (87', penalty).
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 79 points from 31 and Valencia 3rd on 65 points from 31. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Valencia 4th with 73.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.6), ahead of Philippe Coutinho (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 12'Yellow card · Geoffrey Kondogbia
- 15'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 51'Goal · Samuel Umtiti
- 75'Yellow card · Gabriel Paulista
- 86'Yellow card · Ousmane Dembélé
- 87'Penalty goal · Dani Parejo
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Philippe Coutinho, Paulinho, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Rúben Vezo, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Ezequiel Garay, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Carlos Soler, Rodrigo, Santi Mina