VALENCIA. FC Barcelona and Valencia draw 1-1. J. Félix scored the first goal (55′) for FC Barcelona. H. Guillamón settled the score (70′). FC Barcelona was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 46,492 spectators.​ The referee was Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias with the collaboration of José Antonio Garrido Romero and Guillermo Santiago Sacristán. The 4th official was Manuel Ángel Pérez Hernández. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.31 degrees Celsius or 72.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Barcelona had a superior ball possession 64% while Valencia was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Barcelona was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough FC Barcelona to win the match​.

Valencia shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Barcelona shot 16 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Valencia received 1 yellow card (Fran Pérez). Talking about the opposition, FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards (João Cancelo and Frenkie de Jong).

Standings

After playing this match, Valencia has 20 points like Rayo Vallecano to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, FC Barcelona will has 35 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away against Rayo Vallecano on the 19th of December with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Valencia (6 draws).

FC Barcelona will host Almería on the 20th of December with a 13-1 head to head record in favor of FC Barcelona (2 draws).

Valencia – Formation

Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Rubén Baraja Vegas decided to play with the following team: Javier Guerra, Giorgi Mamardashvili (7.9), Thierry Correia (7.0), Mouctar Diakhaby (7.1), Cristhian Mosquera (7.0), Jesús Vázquez (6.3), Fran Pérez (6.6), Hugo Guillamón (7.5), Pepelu (8.1), Diego Lopez Noguerol (6.7), Roman Yaremchuk (6.3) and Hugo Duro (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Yarek Gasiorowski (7.7), Jaume Doménech, Sergi Canós (6.7), Cristian Rivero, Cenk Özkacar , Alberto Mari (6.4), Pablo Gozálbez, Hugo González, Selim Amallah (6.4) and Dimitri Foulquier (6.8).

Substitutions

Valencia made 5 changes: Roman Yaremchuk for Sergi Canós (62′), Fran Pérez for Selim Amallah (72′), Diego Lopez Noguerol for Dimitri Foulquier (81′), Jesús Vázquez for Yarek Gasiorowski (81′) and Hugo Duro for Alberto Mari (81′).

Player of the match: Pepelu​

The player that probably impressed the most for Valencia was Pepelu.

His rating is 8.1 with 49 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 9 crosses.

FC Barcelona – Formation

FC Barcelona started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Xavier Hernández Creus played with: Iñaki Peña (7.1), João Cancelo (7.9), Ronald Araújo (7.3), Jules Koundé (7.0), Alejandro Balde (7.0), İlkay Gündoğan (7.1), Frenkie de Jong (8.2), Pedri (7.9), Raphinha (7.3), Robert Lewandowski (7.3), João Félix (7.9).

They had on the bench: Ferran Torres (6.3), Oriol Romeu, Sergi Roberto , Ander Astralaga, Lamine Yamal (6.8), Marc Casadó, D. Kochen, Fermín López, Pau Cubarsí, Marc Guiu, Héctor Fort and Andreas Christensen.

Substitutions

FC Barcelona made 2 changes: İlkay Gündoğan for Lamine Yamal (81′) and João Félix for Ferran Torres (72′).

Player of the match: Frenkie de Jong​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Barcelona was Frenkie de Jong.

His rating is 8.2 with 82 passes (94% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Valencia – FC Barcelona – 1-1
• Celta de Vigo – Granada – 1-0
• Athletic Club – Atlético Madrid – 2-0
• Sevilla – Getafe – 0-3