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Commentary
BLANKENSTEIN books HECTOR.
A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Fiorentina 'keeper.
10¹BALE given a yellow card for a cynical challenge.
10¹MODRIC booked by BLANKENSTEIN for a poor tackle.
13¹A drive from HIGUAÍN seemed a certain goal but the Fiorentina 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
14¹GOAL!! An inswinging corner was headed clear only for BALE to crack the ball home. (1-0 Valencia)
18¹SÁNCHEZ booked by the ref.
19¹GOAL!! A deep cross by PASQUAL was met by BEASLEY who galloped in to score. (1-1)
20¹BLANKENSTEIN yellow cards TÉVEZ for a high tackle.
31¹GOAL!! A neat one-two left HIGUAÍN clear and he made no mistake by chipping the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Valencia)
32¹The referee yellow cards ALABA for violent conduct against BEASLEY.
37¹SUBOTIC booked.
43¹PASQUAL rifled a simple chance past the near post.
10²DAVID LUIZ beat four Fiorentina players and thundered a great chance over the bar.
16²HIGUAÍN rushed an easy chance.
20²A brilliant strike from BEASLEY was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
23²The Fiorentina 'keeper saved a glorious shot from DAVID LUIZ.
24²A weak strike from JOHNSON trickled agonisingly wide.
25²A pin-point pass fell to ZÁRATE and his deadly effort floated narrowly wide.
29²A strike from JOHNSON held little difficulty for the Valencia 'keeper.
35²The ref gave HECTOR a second yellow card for a high challenge on BOATENG.
36²GOAL!! SUBOTIC tried to play the ball out of the Valencia penalty area but was tackled by JOHNSON who touched the ball to BEASLEY for an easy goal. (2-2)

 
Valencia
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWLWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Samir HANDANOVIC1Federico MARCHETTI
Jérôme BOATENG2Juan CUADRADO
JORDI ALBA Ramos3Manuel PASQUAL(c)
Luka MODRIC4Marco MARCHIONNI
(c)PEPE5Andrea RANOCCHIA
Neven SUBOTIC6David NAVARRO
Alexis SÁNCHEZ7Matteo BRIGHI
Gareth BALE8DaMarcus BEASLEY
(p)Gonzalo HIGUAÍN9Eddie JOHNSON(p)
(f)David ALABA10Jonas HECTOR(f)
Carlos TÉVEZ11Mauro ZÁRATE
Manager
Jan VERTONGHEN  12  Luca ANTONINI
DIEGO Alves  13  Gino COUTINHO
DAVID LUIZ Moreira14  Stefano LUCCHINI
Óscar DE MARCOS  15  Gilles BINYA
Jack WILSHERE  16  Andrew DAVIES
 
Fiorentina
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LWOO
Overall league form: LLWWWOLO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Valencia 2 Fiorentina 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 48,896, Stadium: Mestalla, Referee: John Blankenstein 7½)

Bale 14¹, Higuaín 31¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Beasley 19¹, Beasley 36²
Jordi AlbaóDavid Luiz 2² 
 Hector 35²
Bale 10¹, Modric 10¹, Sánchez 18¹, Tévez 20¹, Alaba 32¹, Subotic 37¹Hector 3¹
79
206
812
126
108
2214
93
42%58%
Man of the match: Gareth Bale