Valencia 1-1 Barcelona: Visitors held as winless run stretches to three games
Barcelona’s winless run stretched to three games as they were held to a draw by Valencia in La Liga.
Xavi’s side were looking to bounce back after successive defeats – 4-2 to Girona in the league and then 3-2 at Royal Antwerp in the Champions League.
They seemed on course to do so positively when Joao Felix turned in Raphinha’s cross from close range.
However, Hugo Guillamon equalized with a beautiful strike into the top corner to earn a point for Valencia.
The result moved Barcelona up to third but they are six points behind leaders Girona, who have a game in hand.
The visitors had the better chances to win the game late on, but they found Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili in excellent form.
He first denied substitute Ferran Torres before then keeping out a close-range effort from Raphinha, whose follow-up was then superbly blocked on the line by Yarek Gasiorowski.
The point for Valencia means they are 10th with 20 points from 17 games.
Line-ups
Valencia
Training 4-4-2
- 25Mamardashvili
- 12Rendall Correia
- 4Diakhaby
- 3Mosquera
- 21VazquezSubstituted forGasiorowskiat 81′minutes
- 23PérezBooked at 65minsSubstituted forAmallahat 72′minutes
- 6William
- 18Garcia Vaya
- 16LopezSubstituted forFoulquierat 81′minutes
- 17YaremchukSubstituted forCanosat 62′minutes
- 9DuroSubstituted forHusbandat 81′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Domènech
- 7Canos
- 13Rivero
- 15Ozkacar
- 19Amallah
- 20Foulquier
- 22Husband
- 27Gozálbez
- 30Gonzalez
- 34Gasiorowski
Barcelona
Training 4-3-3
- 13Pena Sotorres
- 2CanceloBooked at 79mins
- 4Araujo
- 23Koundé
- 3Balde
- 22GundoganSubstituted forYamalat 81′minutes
- 21F de JongBooked at 77mins
- 8Pedro
- 11Raphinha
- 9Lewandowski
- 14Joao FelixSubstituted forF Torresat 72′minutes
Substitutes
- 7F Torres
- 15Christensen
- 18Romeu
- 20Roberto
- 26Astralaga
- 27Yamal
- 30Casado
- 31Kochen
- 32Lopez
- 33Cubarsí
- 38Guiu
- 39Strong
- Referee:
- Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias
- Expectation:
- 46,492
Live Text
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Match ends, Valencia 1, Barcelona 1.
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Second Half ends, Valencia 1, Barcelona 1.
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sergi Canós.
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Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Attempt blocked. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the center of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Balde with a cross.
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João Cancelo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Alberto Marí (Valencia).
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Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia).
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Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
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Thierry Correia (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Valencia. Alberto Marí is caught offside.
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Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Yarek Gasiorowski (Valencia).
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Yarek Gasiorowski.
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Attempt blocked. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
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Attempt saved. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the center of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Substitution, Valencia. Yarek Gasiorowski replaces Jesús Vázquez.
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Substitution, Valencia. Dimitri Foulquier replaces Diego López.
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Substitution, Valencia. Alberto Marí replaces Hugo Duro.
