Valencia 1-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 February 2013
Result
Valencia 1-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 3 February 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 1-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Valencia drew with FC Barcelona 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 3 February 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Éver Banega opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Valencia's goal came from Éver Banega (33'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (39', penalty).
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Valencia were 7th on 33 points from 21 and FC Barcelona 1st on 58 points from 21. Valencia went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 102.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valencia wins, 3 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-L-W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Javier Mascherano
- 33'Goal · Éver Banega
- 39'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 40'Yellow card · Aly Cissokho
- 47'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
- 76'Yellow card · Andrés Guardado
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo Costa, Jordi Alba, Adil Rami, Jonas, Tino Costa, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Hernández, Mehmet Topal
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro