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Barcelona 3-1 Valencia: Sergio Aguero makes long-awaited debut for hosts

Sergio Aguero
Sergio Aguero made his first La Liga appearance since he scored a hat-trick against Mallorca for Atletico Madrid as a 22-year-old back in May 2011

Sergio Aguero made his long-awaited Barcelona debut as Philippe Coutinho's first goal in almost a year helped secure victory against Valencia.

Aguero joined Barcelona in the summer after leaving Manchester City but had been sidelined by injury.

He came on with three minutes to go, shortly after Coutinho had made sure of Barcelona's win.

The former Liverpool forward struck from close range to add to goals from Ansu Fati and Memphis Depay.

Jose Gaya had given the visitors an early lead but Fati marked his first start in almost a year with a goal soon after, firing home from the edge of the box.

Fati was then fouled inside the box and Depay stepped up to convert the penalty.

As Valencia pushed for an equaliser Coutinho scored for the first time since a 4-0 win against Osasuna in November 2020 to secure the win.

Barcelona are on 15 points, five behind leaders Real Sociedad.

Line-ups

Barcelona

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1ter Stegen
  • 20RobertoSubstituted forMinguezaat 71'minutes
  • 3Piqué
  • 24García
  • 18Alba
  • 21F de Jong
  • 5BusquetsBooked at 32mins
  • 30GaviBooked at 20minsSubstituted forGonzález Iglesiasat 71'minutes
  • 2DestSubstituted forAgüeroat 87'minutes
  • 9Depay
  • 10Ansu FatiSubstituted forCoutinhoat 59'minutes

Substitutes

  • 6Puig Martí
  • 11Demir
  • 13Neto
  • 14Coutinho
  • 15Lenglet
  • 17L de Jong
  • 19Agüero
  • 22Mingueza
  • 23Umtiti
  • 26Peña Sotorres
  • 28González Iglesias
  • 31Balde Martínez

Valencia

Formation 4-1-4-1

  • 13Cillessen
  • 20FoulquierBooked at 63minsSubstituted forMusahat 75'minutes
  • 5Gabriel
  • 12Diakhaby
  • 14GayàBooked at 39mins
  • 6GuillamónSubstituted forHélder Costaat 87'minutes
  • 19DuroSubstituted forde Sousa Mendonçaat 59'minutes
  • 10Soler
  • 18Wass
  • 7Gonçalo GuedesSubstituted forCheryshevat 75'minutes
  • 9GómezBooked at 82minsSubstituted forVallejo Galvánat 86'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Doménech
  • 4Musah
  • 8Racic
  • 11Hélder Costa
  • 17Cheryshev
  • 21Vallejo Galván
  • 22de Sousa Mendonça
  • 23Remeseiro Salgueiro
  • 28Mamardashvili
  • 32Vázquez
  • 37Mosquera
Referee:
Jesús Gil Manzano
Attendance:
47,317

Match Stats

Home TeamBarcelonaAway TeamValencia
Possession
Home60%
Away40%
Shots
Home12
Away9
Shots on Target
Home5
Away3
Corners
Home9
Away3
Fouls
Home16
Away13

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Barcelona 3, Valencia 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Valencia 1.

  3. Post update

    Attempt missed. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.

  4. Post update

    Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Gabriel Paulista.

  5. Post update

    Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Nicolás González Iglesias.

  6. Post update

    Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Memphis Depay.

  7. Substitution

    Substitution, Barcelona. Sergio Agüero replaces Sergiño Dest.

  8. Substitution

    Substitution, Valencia. Hélder Costa replaces Hugo Guillamón.

  9. Substitution

    Substitution, Valencia. Manu Vallejo replaces Maximiliano Gómez.

  10. Goal!

    Goal! Barcelona 3, Valencia 1. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergiño Dest.

  11. Post update

    Attempt missed. Maximiliano Gómez (Valencia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.

  12. Post update

    Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).

  13. Post update

    Marcos André (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  14. Booking

    Maximiliano Gómez (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  15. Post update

    Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  16. Post update

    Foul by Maximiliano Gómez (Valencia).

  17. Post update

    Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Mouctar Diakhaby.

  18. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordi Alba.

  19. Post update

    Foul by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona).

  20. Post update

    Gabriel Paulista (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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Scores, Results & Fixtures

Sunday 17th October 2021

As It Stood

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Real Sociedad9621127520
2Real Madrid852122101217
3Sevilla8521113817
4Atl Madrid8521116517
5Osasuna95221312117
6Rayo Vallecano9513159616
7Barcelona8431148615
8Ath Bilbao834174313
9Valencia93331311212
10Real Betis8332119212
11Villarreal825195411
12Mallorca9324713-611
13Espanyol823368-29
14Elche9234610-49
15Cádiz8143711-47
16Celta Vigo9216712-57
17Granada8134612-66
18Levante9054613-75
19Alavés7106212-103
20Getafe9027313-102
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