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La Liga · Matchweek 4
VALValencia
0:5
BARBarcelona
HT 0:2
Lamine Yamal 6'
Fermín López 22'
Raphinha 50'
Pedri 79'
Lamine Yamal 84'
Sun, 6 Sept 2026, 15:15 (UK) · Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia
Valencia 18th → 20th · 1 pt|Barcelona 1st · 12 pts

Barcelona broke the deadlock in the sixth minute and kept adding goals, finishing five clear of a Valencia side that managed three shots.

Player of the matchLamine Yamal9.3Decisive moment6' Lamine Yamal+0.6

Valencia 0-5 Barcelona: Fermín López scores once, sets up two

AI-written review based on match data · How we make it

Key numbers

  • xG 0.66 vs 4.08: the chances were one-sided
  • Led for 84 minutes; Valencia were level for 6
  • Fermín López: 1 goal, 2 assists, 4 key passes

Barcelona led for 84 of the 90 minutes

Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the sixth minute, and from there Barcelona were ahead for 84 of the 90 minutes. Valencia's only time level came in those opening six. The remaining four goals arrived steadily, the last two within five minutes of each other late on, and the hosts finished without a goal.

Barcelona outscored their xG by 0.92

Barcelona's expected goals came to 4.08, and they outperformed that by 0.92. The volume was striking: 25 shots, with a large share of them from inside the box. Yet their xG per shot was low, which suggests the total was built from accumulated attempts rather than a handful of clear-cut chances.

Valencia: three shots, five saves for the keeper

Valencia managed only three shots, all by Arnaut Danjuma and all from inside the box, which gave them a higher xG per shot than Barcelona. They started in a 5-4-1 and finished with 27% possession. Stole Dimitrievski made five saves and still conceded five.

The early goal carried the most weight

Yamal's sixth-minute opener was worth +0.6 FN xPts, the largest of the match, because it broke a level game at an early stage. Later goals came with the lead already large, so their values were close to nil. Dani Olmo, introduced as a substitute, assisted both of the last two goals in only 15 minutes on the pitch.

Player of the match
Lamine Yamal 9.3Dominant

Two goals, seven shots and six key passes, all the highest in the match for either side.

Yamal earned most of his FN Score through attacking output. He completed four of six dribbles to unsettle the Valencia back line and broke the deadlock in the sixth minute. That opener carried the largest FN xPts value of the match (+0.6) and started the 84-minute lead his side held.

Game state

0-10-20-30-40-5
Valencia ahead 0 min · level 6 min · Barcelona ahead 84 min
  • Dani Olmo — off the bench 15 min · 0G 2A

FN xPts — what each moment was worth

How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.

6' Lamine Yamal Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Fermín López +0.2 +0.6
22' Fermín López Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Anthony Gordon +0.1 +0.3
50' Raphinha Goal · assist Fermín López +0.1
79' Pedri Goal · assist Dani Olmo 0.0
84' Lamine Yamal Goal · assist Dani Olmo 0.0
Valencia Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
Barcelona Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3

Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.

How FN Score and FN xPts work →

Match stats

ValenciaBarcelona
27%Possession73%
0.66Expected goals (xG)4.08
0.22xG per shot0.16
3Shots25
2Shots on target10
67%Shots on target %40%
3Shots in box19
280Passes792
73%Pass accuracy92%
1Corners4
5Saves2
7Fouls6
1Yellow cards3
2Offsides4

Compared with usual

Valencia

3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg

Barcelona

3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg

Timeline

  • 6' Goal Lamine Yamal league goal #3 assist Fermín López
  • 8' VAR Lamine Yamal
  • 22' Goal Fermín López league goal #4 assist Anthony Gordon
  • 29' Sub Eric García → Jules Koundé
  • 45+2' Yellow Pau Cubarsí
  • 47' Yellow Rodri
  • 50' Goal Raphinha league goal #6 assist Fermín López
  • 54' Sub Pepelu → César Tárrega
  • 54' Sub Jesús Vázquez → José Luis Gayà
  • 54' Sub Pablo Maffeo → Harvey Elliott
  • 62' Sub Mouctar Diakhaby → Iker Cordoba
  • 62' Sub Javier Guerra → Ryunosuke Sato
  • 62' Sub Pau Cubarsí → Andreas Christensen
  • 62' Sub Rodri → Marc Bernal
  • 62' Sub Anthony Gordon → Karim Adeyemi
  • 65' Yellow Fermín López
  • 75' Sub Fermín López → Dani Olmo
  • 76' Sub David Otorbi → Hugo Duro
  • 79' Goal Pedri league goal #1 assist Dani Olmo
  • 81' Yellow Arnau Martínez
  • 81' Sub Pedri → Gabriel Jesus
  • 84' VAR Lamine Yamal
  • 84' Goal Lamine Yamal league goal #4 assist Dani Olmo

Category leaders

  • Key passesLamine Yamal6
  • Duels wonAliou Dieng8/11
  • DribblesFermín López4/6
  • Defensive actionsXavi Espart7
  • ShotsLamine Yamal7 (on target 4)
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This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.