Valencia 0-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 2 March 2011
Result
Valencia 0-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Wednesday 2 March 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 0-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Valencia lost to FC Barcelona 0-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 2 March 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona in the 77th minute.
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 51 points from 25 and FC Barcelona 1st on 68 points from 25. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 96.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 3 draws and 5 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-W-W-D and FC Barcelona's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 49'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 65'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 66'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 77'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 79'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 80'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 90+1'Yellow card · Andrzej Olszewski
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Vicente Guaita, Dealbert, Marius Stankevicius, Ricardo Costa, Jérémy Mathieu, Jordi Alba, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, Éver Banega, Tino Costa, Joaquín
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o