Barcelona vs Valencia as it happened: Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar on song in victory over 10 men
Re-live the Liga fixture at the Camp Nou
Barcelona welcome a struggling Valencia side to the Camp Nou on Sunday as the Catalan club play catch-up in La Liga title race.
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What time does it start?
The match kicks of at 7.45pm at the Camp Nou.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown on Sky Sports 2, with coverage starting from 7.30pm.
It’s a big game for…
Neymar: Since the Brazilian helped Barcelona to their heroic 6-1 win against Paris Saint-Germain, he has had time to recover and missed the defeat to Deportivo la Coruna last weekend.
Neymar has scored four in his last three starts should be a dominant figure against an indifferent Valencia side.
Weird/best stat…
2: Barcelona have lost just twice in 22 meetings against Valencia, the most recent in April 2016.
Remember when…
The last time Valencia beat Barcelona in the league was early in 2016.
Player to watch…
Diego Alves: Valencia have kept three clean sheets in their last five games, and to stand a chance against a full-powered Barcelona, the Brazilian will need to be on top form. Without him Valencia look a very different proposition in defence.
Past three meetings…
Valencia 2 (El Haddadi, Moreno) Barcelona 3 (Messi 2, Suarez)
La Liga, October 2016
Barcelona 1 (Messi) Valencia 2 (Rakitic og, Mina)
La Liga, April, 2016
Valencia 1 (Negredo) Barcelona 1 (Kaptoum)
Copa del Rey, February 2016
Form guide…
Barcelona: WWWWWL
Valencia: WWLWLD
Odds…
Barcelona to win: 1/9
Valencia to win: 19/1
Draw: 17/2
(Odds provided by 888 Sports)
GOAL! Barcelona 2 Valencia 1 (Messi, pen)
Messi converts, firing down the centre of goal.
But almost as soon as Barcelona go ahead...
GOAL! Barcelona 2 Valencia 2 (Munir)
They've been pulled back!
Worse still, it's one of their own whose scored against them. Munir is left with a simple finish after Gaya's cross from the left.
Half-time: Barcelona 2 Valencia 2
An eventful end to the first-half, there. Quick re-cap: Mangala, scorer of the opening goal, has gone, shown red for a pull on Suarez.
Messi converted the penalty, but a minute later, Munir punished his parent club and restored parity.
We're underway again!
The second half has kicked off at the Camp Nou.
51 min: Big chance for Barcelona but Neymar cannot convert.
He's slipped in by Messi, attempts to give Alves the eyes but the 'keeper saves with his feet.
GOAL! Barcelona 3 Valencia 2 (Messi)
You can't take your eyes off him for a second.
Messi's slipped in by Mascherano.
The Argentinian carries the ball forward, makes some space and fires past Alves at the near post.
56 min: Valencia have so, so much space on the counter.
Munir picks it up on the right and this time, for once, Pique recovers.
63 min: Some sublime one-touch play between Suarez and Neymar.
It ends with the Brazilian drilling a cross that his fellow South American cannot get a foot on.
Ivan Rakitic coming off, Sergi Roberto on.
71 min: Suarez with the chance to put things to bed, but he misses a sitter.
Alves palms Messi's shot from the inside-left channel right into Suarez's path but he can only turn it wide.
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