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La Liga · Sat, 23 May 2026 ·

Valencia vs Barcelona — 3 - 1

Valencia

Score 3 - 1

FTHT 0-0

Barcelona

Estadio de Mestalla · Referee: A. Cordero

Valencia vs Barcelona head-to-head record

Match report

Valencia beat Barcelona 3-1

Valencia beat Barcelona 3-1 in La Liga matchday 38 on Saturday, 23 May 2026 at Estadio de Mestalla. J. Guerra (66'), L. Rioja (71') and G. Rodriguez (90') scored for Valencia, while R. Lewandowski (61') found the net for Barcelona. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Valencia had 24% of the ball and 19 shots (6 on target) against Barcelona’s 11 (4 on target). Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) was the top-rated player with 8.6. The result leaves Valencia 19th in the La Liga table on 4 points and Barcelona 1st on 21.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Valencia

19th · 4 points · P 7 W 1 D 1 L 5

Form

Barcelona

1st · 21 points · P 7 W 7 D 0 L 0

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#TeamPGDPts
1Barcelona7+2421
2Atletico Madrid7+916
18Elche7-65
19Valencia7-94
20Malaga7-93

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 6 Sept 2026, Valencia 0-5 Barcelona

Full Valencia vs Barcelona head-to-head

Match events

  1. 46'substitutionR. AraujoOff: X. Espart
  2. 52'substitutionD. LopezOff: L. Ramazani
  3. 61'goalR. LewandowskiAssist: F. Torres
  4. 62'substitutionD. OlmoOff: F. de Jong
  5. 62'substitutionE. GarciaOff: A. Christensen
  6. 63'yellow cardCésar TárregaYellow Card
  7. 65'yellow cardUnai NúñezYellow Card
  8. 66'goalJ. GuerraNormal Goal
  9. 70'yellow cardAndreas ChristensenYellow Card
  10. 71'goalL. RiojaNormal Goal
  11. 79'VAR decisionJesús VázquezPenalty cancelled
  12. 79'yellow cardMarc BernalYellow Card
  13. 80'substitutionH. DuroOff: U. Sadiq
  14. 80'substitutionJ. VazquezOff: T. Rendall
  15. 83'substitutionF. TorresOff: J. Cancelo
  16. 83'substitutionM. BernalOff: M. Casado
  17. 90'goalG. RodriguezNormal Goal
  18. 90+7'substitutionJ. GuerraOff: A. Almeida

Lineups

Valencia

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Carlos Corberan

Starting XI

  1. 1S. DimitrievskiG
  2. 4U. NunezD
  3. 5C. TarregaD
  4. 18PepeluD
  5. 21J. VazquezD
  6. 11L. RiojaM
  7. 23F. UgrinicM
  8. 2G. RodriguezM
  9. 16D. LopezM
  10. 8J. GuerraF
  11. 9H. DuroF

Substitutes

  1. 25J. AgirrezabalaG
  2. 22B. SantamariaM
  3. 6U. SadiqF
  4. 7A. DanjumaF
  5. 12T. RendallD
  6. 19D. RabaF
  7. 29L. NunezM
  8. 17L. RamazaniF
  9. 10A. AlmeidaM
  10. 26RuboD
  11. 27D. OtorbiF
  12. 44R. Munoz de MoralesD

Barcelona

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Hansi Flick

Starting XI

  1. 25W. SzczesnyG
  2. 24E. GarciaD
  3. 4R. AraujoD
  4. 18G. MartinD
  5. 3A. BaldeD
  6. 22M. BernalM
  7. 6GaviM
  8. 7F. TorresM
  9. 20D. OlmoM
  10. 14M. RashfordM
  11. 9R. LewandowskiF

Substitutes

  1. 13J. GarciaG
  2. 31D. KochenG
  3. 21F. de JongM
  4. 8PedriM
  5. 19R. BardghjiF
  6. 36A. CortesD
  7. 2J. CanceloD
  8. 15A. ChristensenD
  9. 17M. CasadoM
  10. 5P. CubarsiD
  11. 43T. MarquesM
  12. 42X. EspartD

Match statistics

  • 24%Possession76%
  • 1.48Expected goals (xG)1.52
  • 19Total shots11
  • 6Shots on target4
  • 9Shots off target5
  • 4Blocked shots2
  • 12Shots inside the box8
  • 7Shots outside the box3
  • 7Corners8
  • 1Offsides1
  • 11Fouls8
  • 2Yellow cards2
  • –Red cards–
  • 3Goalkeeper saves3
  • 202Passes685
  • 149Accurate passes620
  • 74%Pass accuracy91%
  • -1.57Goals prevented-1.57

Player statistics

Valencia

Valencia player statistics
PlayerMinRatingGA
1Stole DimitrievskiG906.9
4Unai NúñezD906.5
5César TárregaD906.3
18PepeluD906.7
21Jesús VázquezD806.9
2Guido RodríguezM907.91
11Luis RiojaM907.31
16Diego LópezM527.2
23Filip UgrinićM906.9
8Javier GuerraF897.91
9Hugo DuroF806.3
25Julen AgirrezabalaG––
12Thierry CorreiaD106.6
26Rubén IranzoD––
44RubiD––
10André AlmeidaM1–
22Baptiste SantamariaM––
29Lucas NúñezM––
6Umar SadiqF106.6
7Arnaut DanjumaF––
17Largie RamazaniF386.9
19Dani RabaF––
27David OtorbiF––

Barcelona

Barcelona player statistics
PlayerMinRatingGA
25Wojciech SzczęsnyG905.9
3Alejandro BaldeD906.2
4Ronald AraújoDTop rated458.6
18Gerard MartínD907.7
24Eric GarcíaD627.2
6Pablo GaviM906.7
7Ferran TorresM836.71
14Marcus RashfordM906.3
20Dani OlmoM626.3
22Marc BernalM836.3
9Robert LewandowskiF907.01
13Joan GarcíaG––
31Diego KochenG––
2João CanceloD176.7
5Pau CubarsíD––
15Andreas ChristensenD286.0
36Álvaro CortésD––
42Xavi EspartD455.5
8PedriM––
17Marc CasadóM176.2
21Frenkie de JongM286.2
43Tomás MarquésM––
19Roony BardghjiF––

Also in Matchday 38 (La Liga)

All Matchday 38 fixtures and results