Valencia 3:1 Barcelona: La Liga Match Result

La Liga

Valencia LLWLDD

3:1

Finished

Kick-off was 23 May, 20:00 BST

Barcelona WWWWWL

Venue: Mestalla City: Valencia

In the La Liga game on 23 May 2026, Valencia beat Barcelona 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:4, corners 7:8.

Key numbers

Possession, % 24 – 76

Shots on target 6 – 4

Shots off target 9 – 5

Expected goals 1.48 – 1.52

⇄ 46' R. Araujo — Substitution ⇄ 52' D. Lopez — Substitution ⚽ 61' R. Lewandowski — Goal ⇄ 62' E. Garcia — Substitution ⇄ 62' D. Olmo — Substitution 🟨 63' C. Tarrega — Yellow card 🟨 65' U. Nunez — Yellow card ⚽ 66' J. Guerra — Goal 🟨 70' A. Christensen — Yellow card ⚽ 71' L. Rioja — Goal 🟨 79' M. Bernal — Yellow card ⇄ 80' H. Duro — Substitution ⇄ 80' J. Vazquez — Substitution ⇄ 83' M. Bernal — Substitution ⇄ 83' F. Torres — Substitution ⇄ 90+6' J. Guerra — Substitution ⚽ 90+7' G. Rodriguez — Goal

Match events

46' 0:0 Barcelona Substitution R. Araujo off: X. Espart
52' 0:0 Valencia Substitution D. Lopez off: L. Ramazani
61' 0:1 Barcelona Goal R. Lewandowski assist: F. Torres
62' 0:1 Barcelona Substitution E. Garcia off: A. Christensen
62' 0:1 Barcelona Substitution D. Olmo off: F. de Jong
63' 0:1 Valencia Yellow card C. Tarrega
65' 0:1 Valencia Yellow card U. Nunez
66' 1:1 Valencia Goal J. Guerra
70' 1:1 Barcelona Yellow card A. Christensen
71' 2:1 Valencia Goal L. Rioja
79' 2:1 Barcelona Yellow card M. Bernal
80' 2:1 Valencia Substitution H. Duro off: U. Sadiq
80' 2:1 Valencia Substitution J. Vazquez off: T. Rendall
83' 2:1 Barcelona Substitution M. Bernal off: M. Casado
83' 2:1 Barcelona Substitution F. Torres off: J. Cancelo
90+6' 2:1 Valencia Substitution J. Guerra off: A. Almeida
90+7' 3:1 Valencia Goal G. Rodriguez

Statistics

24 Possession, % 76

6 Shots on target 4

9 Shots off target 5

1.48 Expected goals 1.52

2 Big chances 3

7 Corners 8

11 Fouls 8

8 Free kicks 11

1 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

4 Goal kicks 9

15 Throw-ins 23

All statistics

10/2148% Aerial duels 11/2152%

35 Backward passes 116

4 Blocked shots 2

23 Clearances 26

5/1631% Crosses 4/2020%

6/1346% Dribbles 8/1267%

1.18 Expected assists 0.70

53 Failed passes 65

3 Goalkeeper saves 3

9 Interceptions 5

10 Key passes 9

11/3829% Long passes 23/4353%

42 Passes into the final third 98

128 Passes in the opposition half 336

90 Passes in own half 369

0.32 Shot accuracy 0.36

7 Shots from outside the box 3

12 Shots inside the box 8

7/1450% Tackles 9/1464%

202 Total passes 685

Line-ups

Valencia

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Stole Dimitrievski	1
4	Unai Núñez Gestoso	4
5	César Tárrega Requeni	5
18	Pepelu	18
21	Jesús Vázquez Alcalde	21
2	Guido Rodríguez	2
11	Luis Jesús Rioja González	11
16	Diego López Noguerol	16
23	Filip Ugrinic	23
8	Javier Guerra Moreno	8
9	Hugo Duro Perales	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Julen Agirrezabala	25
12	Thierry Rendall Correia	12
26	Rubén Iranzo Lendínez	26
10	Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida	10
22	Baptiste Santamaría	22
29	L. Nunez	29
6	Umar Sadiq Mesbah	6
7	Arnaut Danjuma Adam Groeneveld	7
17	Largie Ramazani	17
19	Dani Raba	19
27	David Otorbi	27

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Barcelona

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	Wojciech Tomasz Szczęsny	25
3	Alejandro Balde	3
4	Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva	4
18	Gerard Martín Langreo	18
24	Eric García Martret	24
6	Pablo Martín Páez Gavira	6
7	Ferran Torres García	7
14	Marcus Rashford	14
20	Daniel Olmo Carvajal	20
22	M. Bernal	22
9	Robert Lewandowski	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Joan García Pons	13
31	Diego Kochen	31
2	João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo	2
5	P. Kubarci	5
15	Andreas Bødtker Christensen	15
36	Alvaro Cortes	36
42	Havi Espar	42
8	Pedri	8
17	Marc Casadó Torras	17
21	Frenkie de Jong	21
43	Thomas Marques	43
19	Roony Bardghji	19