Fermin Creates Three Goals as Barcelona Crush Valencia 5-0 to Stay Perfect in La Liga

A 5-0 rout! Fermin directly created three goals, Barcelona scored 17 goals in four matches and stayed perfect, leaving little suspense in La Liga.

In the 6th minute, Fermin delivered a lofted pass from the right, and Yamal made a smart run into the right side of the penalty area before delicately lifting the ball over the goalkeeper with his left foot.

Valencia's home ground Mestalla had just filled up when the scoreboard changed to 0-1.

Two minutes later, Fermin tore open the defense again with a brilliant pass, and Yamal fired home from a tight angle to score twice in just eight minutes.

VAR intervened at this point, with the replay showing Yamal was narrowly offside, and the goal was ruled out.

The decision did not slow Barcelona's rhythm. They continued controlling possession and linking play. In the 22nd minute, Yamal drove forward from the right to disrupt the defense, Gavi laid the ball back, and Fermin followed up with a low shot into the far corner for 2-0.

At 22:15 Beijing time on September 6, defending champions Barcelona visited Valencia in the fourth round of the 2026-27 La Liga season.

It was a match carrying a sense of revenge, as Valencia had previously beaten Barcelona 3-1 in their last meeting.

Before the match, Valencia had one draw and two defeats from three league games, with one point and 17th place in the table. They had scored one goal and conceded four.

Barcelona entered with wins of 5-0 over Elche, 2-0 over Athletic Club, and a 5-2 comeback against Rayo Vallecano, collecting nine points from three victories while scoring 12 goals and conceding two.

In terms of squad value, Barcelona exceeded 1.26 billion euros, while Valencia's entire squad was worth less than 200 million euros, showing a clear gap on paper.

Flick lined up a 4-3-3 formation, with Joan Garcia in goal, Eric Garcia, Cubarsi, Gerard Martin and Espart as the defenders, Fermin, Rodri and Pedri in midfield, and Yamal, Raphinha and Gode up front.

In the 28th minute, an accident occurred as Rodri accidentally injured teammate Eric Garcia with the back of his head during a corner challenge. Eric Garcia could not continue due to a head injury and was replaced by Kounde.

In the 32nd minute, Danjuma had a one-on-one chance, but Joan Garcia came out and blocked the shot, one of Valencia's few threats in the first half.

In the 39th minute, Fermin used a roulette move at the top of the penalty area to beat a defender and fired low toward the far corner, but the shot hit the post.

At halftime, the score was 0-2, but the match was completely one-sided.

In the 50th minute of the second half, Barcelona won the ball in defense and launched a counterattack. Yamal played a through ball from the right, Fermin crossed from the byline, and Raphinha easily finished into an empty net for 3-0.

In the 55th minute, Rodri's header hit the crossbar and bounced away.

In the 57th minute, Gode was through on goal but was denied by goalkeeper Dimitrievski.

Those three missed chances represented Barcelona's closest moments to reaching double figures in this match.

In the 62nd minute, Flick made three substitutions at once, taking off Cubarsi, Rodri and Gode while bringing on Christensen, Adeyemi and Bernal to save energy for the midweek Champions League match.

In the 75th minute, Fermin was replaced by Olmo. His final statistics were: 75 minutes played, one goal, two assists, four shots with three on target, five successful dribbles attempted with three completed, one shot hitting the post, 67 touches, four key passes, 85% passing accuracy, and an 8.8 rating after the match.

La Liga officials named him the best player of the match.

Fermin's two records were highly significant: after Cesc Fabregas in the 2011-12 season, he became the first Spanish player to score four goals for Barcelona in the opening four La Liga rounds of a season; he was also the first player in the 2026-27 La Liga season to record a goal and an assist within the opening 25 minutes.

In the 79th minute, substitute Olmo and Pedri combined with a one-two move, and Pedri scored with a low shot near the penalty spot for 4-0, his first league goal of the season.

In the 81st minute, new signing Jesus replaced Pedri and made his Barcelona debut.

In the 84th minute, Olmo played a precise diagonal pass from the center, Yamal beat the offside trap and finished one-on-one to make it 5-0.

The referee initially ruled offside, but after review the goal was awarded. Yamal completed his brace, earning an 8.9 rating, the highest of the match.

The four goals were scored by four different players. Combined with assists from Fermin and Olmo, Barcelona's attacking contributions were spread across the front three, midfield and substitutes.

Yamal has scored six goals in four league matches, a feat only Messi had achieved for Barcelona in this century.

Raphinha has scored in four consecutive league matches. His six goals in the opening four rounds make him the second player after Messi this century to achieve this figure.

Olmo provided two assists after coming on as a substitute.

The full statistics showed the nature of the match: Valencia had 27% possession and Barcelona 73%, shots were 3-25, shots on target 2-10, big chances 1-6, corners 1-4, and passes 280-789.

Valencia had only three shots throughout the match. Danjuma's one-on-one chance saved by Joan Garcia was their only real opportunity close to goal.

In the post-match ratings, Valencia's highest-rated player was Danjuma with 7.2, while Barcelona's ratings were Yamal 8.9, Fermin 8.8, Pedri 8.2 and Olmo 7.9.

After the 5-0 victory, Barcelona moved to 12 points from four wins and remained first in La Liga, three points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid.

Across four league matches, Barcelona have scored 17 goals and conceded only two, including three matches with five goals scored and three clean sheets.

After losing this match, Valencia remained in the lower part of the standings.

When Fermin left the pitch in the 75th minute, the Mestalla scoreboard showed 0-3. Barcelona scored two more goals after his departure.

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