Valencia 0-5 Barcelona: Yamal brace & Raphinha goal seal another big win as Fermin shines

Barcelona's perfect start to their LaLiga title defence continued at Estadio de Mestalla on Sunday as Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal starred in a 5-0 rout of Valencia. 

Match Report

Fermin grabbed a goal and two assists for Barcelona, with Yamal, Raphinha and Pedri, who were named as Barcelona's captains 24 hours earlier, also on target. 

Anthony Gordon's fine start to life with Barcelona saw him register yet another assist, with the Blaugrana remaining the only side to win all four of their league games this term. 

Barcelona took just six minutes to open the scoring when Yamal was found by Fermin's fine pass behind the Valencia defence before lofting the ball over Stole Dimitrievski.

Yamal thought he had doubled his and the visitors' tally two minutes later when he crashed the ball in at the near post after being teed up by Fermin once again, but the goal was ruled out for an offside against the Barcelona number 10. 

However, Barcelona did get their second in the 22nd minute through Fermin, who picked out the bottom-left corner following Gordon's cutback to the edge of the box.

Barcelona's dominance continued, and only a brilliant save from Dimitrievski stopped Fermin from grabbing his brace, with the Spaniard's effort tipped onto the base of the post. 

Raphinha pulled Barcelona further clear five minutes after the restart, tucking home from close range after Yamal and Fermin combined to great effect down the right-hand side. 

The champions saw Rodri crash a header against the crossbar before Gordon's shot was saved by Dimitrievski, and they added further gloss to the scoreline with two late goals.

Pedri rifled into the bottom-left corner in the 79th minute before Yamal brought up his brace four minutes from time. After collecting Dani Olmo's pass, he ruthlessly finished past Dimitrievski after beating the offside trap. 

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Many were unsure how Barcelona would replace the goals from last season after allowing Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres to leave the club, while also not taking up the option to make Marcus Rashford's loan permanent, but their attack was firing on all cylinders here. 

After scoring just 13 times in an injury-hit 2025-26 campaign, Raphinha already has six goals this season. The Brazilian is the second player, after Lionel Messi in 2012-13 and 2013-14, to score six goals in his team's first four matches in a LaLiga season in the 21st century. 

Raphinha's second-half strike also took him to 50 goals in LaLiga, and he has now netted eight goals in his last five appearances in the competition, but Fermin and Yamal also had their say in Barcelona's convincing win. 

Fermin has now been involved in 10 goals in four LaLiga games against Valencia (six goals, four assists), more than he has against any other opponent in the competition, while Yamal finished with team-high totals for shots (eight), touches in the opposition box (19), chances created (five) and touches (105).

And Flick's side were dominant from start to finish. They ended with an expected goals (xG) total of 4.05 from their 25 attempts, 10 of which were on target, while also restricting Valencia to just three attempts, which generated an xG value of 0.67. 

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

0' The semi-automated offside replay is displayed on the broadcast

6' GOAL! Yamal penetrates the right side of the box and tucks it away! Valencia 0-1 Barcelona

9' Lamine's goal RULED OUT. It remains 1-0

22' GOAL! Fermín López doubles the leadValencia 0-2 Barcelona

24' Match Event for Valencia vs Barcelona

28' Eric García is inadvertently struck by Rodri, and Koundé replaces him

32' Danjuma is clean through on goal, only for Joan García to make the save

37' Yamal's shot wide out

39' Fermín's shot takes a deflection and subsequently rattles the crossbar

48' Danjuma penetrates the box and attempts a shot from an acute angle

48' Gordon's shot wide out

50' GOAL! Raphinha's goal to make it 3-0! Valencia 0-3 Barcelona

51' A neat combination between Yamal and Gordon in a confined area leads to a shot on goal

55' Rodri's headed effort comes back off the woodwork

57' Match Event for Valencia vs Barcelona

65' Raphinha attempts a sliding effort but fails to connect with the ball

79' GOAL! Pedri with a beautiful, calm finish past the keeper! Valencia 0-4 Barcelona (Pedri)

81' Gabriel Jesus ON for his Barça DEBUT, Pedri OFF

84' GOAL! Lamine Yamal completes the MANITA! Valencia 0-5 Barcelona (Lamine Yamal)

85' Match Event for Valencia vs Barcelona

Line-ups

Valencia XI: Stole Dimitrievski, P. Maffeo, Diakhaby, Pepelu, Arnaut Danjuma, Aliou Dieng, Filip Ugrinic, Jesús Vázquez, Arnau Martínez, Javier Guerra, David Otorbi

Subs: Gaya, Dani Raba, Hugo Duro, Elliott, César Tárrega, Iker Córdoba, Kayne van Oevelen, Ryunosuke Sato, Jaume Durá, Aimar Blázquez, Rodrigo Gamón Martín, Aaron Mayol

Barcelona XI: Rodri, Raphinha, Eric Garcia, Gordon, Pedri, Joan García, Fermín López, Yamal, Gerard Martín, Cubarsi, Xavi Espart

Subs: Szczesny, Cancelo, Christensen, D. Livaković, Jesus, Olmo, Kounde, Adeyemi, Balde, Gavi, Bernal, Hamza Abdelkarim