Valencia 1–2 FC Barcelona
- Duro 44'
- Lewandowski 45+6'
- Lewandowski 49' (pen.)
17 August 2024
The match in data
A 2–1 win for FC Barcelona against Valencia on 17 August 2024, on matchday 1 of the 2024-25 La Liga.
FC Barcelona came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 44'.
Player of the match: Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona), rated 60, thanks above all to 14 final-third passes and 6 recoveries. Koundé produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
For Valencia, the highest-rated player was André Almeida, with 66.
Robert Lewandowski scored twice.
Jules Koundé
FC Barcelona · 90'
Produced 1.36× and cost 0.65× their position's average
- 14 final-third passes 3.6×
- 6 recoveries 2.3×
- 65 passes 1.4×
- 5 duels lost 1.4×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| André Almeida | Midfielder | 66 | 66 |
| Hugo Duro | Forward | 90 | 60 |
| Pepelu | Midfielder | 90 | 58 |
| Diego López | Forward | 66 | 56 |
| Dani Gómez | Forward | 24 | 56 |
| Giorgi Mamardashvili | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 |
| Yarek Gasiorowski | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Thierry Correia | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Javi Guerra | Midfielder | 86 | 36 |
| Jesús Vázquez | Defender | 77 | 31 |
| Dimitri Foulquier | Defender | 24 | 24 |
| Rafa Mir | Forward | 77 | 22 |
| David Otorbi | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Martín Tejón | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Hugo Guillamón | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jules Koundé ★ | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Lamine Yamal | Forward | 86 | 59 |
| Gerard Martín | Defender | 26 | 59 |
| Marc Casadó | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Raphinha | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Iñigo Martínez | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Marc Bernal | Midfielder | 71 | 44 |
| Andreas Christensen | Defender | 26 | 44 |
| Ferran Torres | Forward | 64 | 42 |
| Marc-André ter Stegen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 40 |
| Pau Cubarsí | Defender | 64 | 34 |
| Alejandro Balde | Defender | 64 | 32 |
| Pedri | Midfielder | 26 | 32 |
| Eric García | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Pau Víctor | Forward | 12 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Valencia player won the most aerial duels?
Yarek Gasiorowski, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Pepelu 2, Javi Guerra 1.
In Valencia's 1–2 loss to FC Barcelona, Yarek Gasiorowski led the side with 4 aerial duels won. Gasiorowski doubled Pepelu's tally of 2, displaying individual defensive presence despite the defeat.
Which FC Barcelona player recovered the most balls?
Raphinha, with 7 recoveries. Next: Jules Koundé 6, Pau Cubarsí 5.
Raphinha led FC Barcelona with 7 ball recoveries, surpassing defenders Jules Koundé and Pau Cubarsí. That defensive work rate helped secure the 1–2 away victory over Valencia.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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