General Facts

Barcelona reached the Copa semifinals in nine of the last 10 seasons.

Each time Barcelona reached the Spanish Cup final after beating Valencia in the semifinals, Barça ended up winning the title (four times).

Barcelona are the last team to win back to back Spanish Cup editions (1997 and 1998). They can keep their title and do it again this season.

Valencia won two Spanish Cup titles in the last 20 years. Only Barcelona won more (five).

Barcelona are the team that won most games in Spanish Cup history, Valencia won fourth most games.

Barcelona won all their Spanish Cup and Champions League games played at the Camp Nou under Luis Enrique: 17 games.

Luis Enrique’s Barça won 14 of their 15 games against Valencian teams (plus a draw at Mestalla).

It's been 27 games since Barcelona last lost an away game against a Valencian team.

Barcelona won 11 of their last 12 games in all competitions.

Barcelona scored at least two goals in each of their last 17 home games.

Barcelona conceded exactly one goal in each of the last five Spanish Cup games at the Camp Nou.

Valencia won only two of their last 10 home games.

Previous Encounters

Barcelona are one win away from their 100th win against Valencia, and four goals away from the 400th goal against them.

Barcelona played 36 Spanish Cup games against Valencia: 19 wins, eight draws, nine losses. Scored 77 goals and conceded 55.

Barcelona faced Valencia in the Spanish Cup semifinals six times before, Barcelona advanced in four, including the last time in 2011/2012.

Barcelona played 101 home games against Valencia: 60 wins, 26 draws, 15 losses. Scored 226 goals and conceded 118.

Barcelona played 102 away games against Valencia: 36 wins, 26 draws, 40 losses. Scored 157 goals and conceded 180.

Barcelona didn’t lose any of their last nine games against Valencia at the Mestalla.

Barcelona scored in each of the previous 14 encounters against Valencia.

Barcelona failed to score in only one of the previous 23 encounters, Valencia failed to score in 10.

6-0 is the biggest result ever registered between the two sides. It occurred twice (both in La Liga and both in favor of Barcelona): 1958/59 and 2007/08.

The 1949 final of Copa Eva Duarte was the match with the most goals between the two teams: 7-4 for Valencia after extra-time (4-4 at regular time).

Players

The Barça player who faced Valencia the most is Xavi (32), followed by César (29) and Segarra (28).

Barcelona players with the most wins against Valencia are Xavi (16 wins), Cesár, Segarra and Olivella (15 wins each).

Barcelona players with most losses against Valencia: César, Migueli and Guardiola (10 losses each).

César (18) is the player that scored the most goals for Barcelona vs Valencia, followed by Messi (16) and Kubala (12).

From the current Barça squad, the players with most goals against Valencia are Messi (16), Iniesta (2) and Suárez (2).

From the current Barça squad, the player with most assists against Valencia is Messi (9).

Messi was directly involved in nine of Barcelona's last 11 La Liga goals at the Mestalla: scored six and assisted three.

Messi played three Copa games against Valencia but never scored.

Messi scored six goals in his last four home games against Valencia.

Barcelona’s 300th Liga goal against Valencia was scored by Luis Suárez last season.

Players who played for both teams: Andoni Zubizarreta, David Villa, Areta II, Gaizka Mendieta, Jeremy Mathieu, Jordi Alba, José Manuel Pesudo, Juan Pizzi, Luís Milla, Mauricio Pellegrino, Óscar García, Patrick Kluivert, Robert Fernández, Romário da Souza, Seydou Keyta, Severiano Goiburu.

Managers

Coached both teams: Jack Greenwell, Domingo Balmanya, Lluís Miró and Luís Aragonés.

Luis Enrique faced Valencia five times as a manager (all in La Liga): Three wins, one draw and one defeat.

Gary Neville, Valencia’s newly appointed manager, faced Barcelona as a player in two games, both with Manchester United in 1998/99 Champions League, and both ended with a 3-3 draw.

Referee

Iglesias Villanueva officiated a Barça game 11 times: 10 Barça wins and one draw.

Iglesias Villanueva officiated a Valencia game 10 times: six wins, one draw, three losses.