Valencia — Barcelona 0:5

Valencia

0:5

Barcelona

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Barcelona was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Valencia	0	0.52	−0.5	0.06
Barcelona	5	4.77	+0.2	2.91

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
5'	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	0.06	Fermín López
21'	Fermín López	Barcelona	0.08	Anthony Gordon
49'	Raphinha	Barcelona	0.98	Fermín López
78'	Pedri	Barcelona	0.31	Dani Olmo
83'	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	0.62	Dani Olmo

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
49'	Raphinha	Barcelona	0.98	goal
83'	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	0.62	goal
52'	Raphinha	Barcelona	0.52	blocked

Shots: Valencia 3, Barcelona 25; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 1 and 6.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Valencia 0.47, Barcelona 0.81: a small edge for Barcelona. In the second half xG was Valencia 0.08, Barcelona 3.96: a big edge for Barcelona. The edge in chances lasted the whole match.

How it fits the season

Valencia: −3.7 for the season (19 in the table). Barcelona: +3.7 (1). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Málaga — Levante 0:0Alavés — Osasuna 5:2Espanyol — Sevilla 1:1

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