MADRID, Spain -- Barcelona stumbled to a 3-2 home loss against Valencia on Saturday, giving Atletico Madrid a chance to move into sole possession of first place in the Spanish league. The Spanish champions decision not to sign a defender during the January transfer window may have backfired after Valencia took advantage of a lethargic, uninspired effort by its hosts at the Camp Nou, where former Spain coach Luis Aragones -- who previously coached the Catalan side -- was honoured after his death on Saturday. Barcelona led through Alexis Sanchezs eighth-minute goal but Dani Parejo equalized for Valencia before the break. Pablo Piatti headed Valencia ahead after the restart before Lionel Messis penalty -- and first league goal since September -- levelled the game again. But Barcelonas defence let Sofiane Feghouli burst free into the area to set up Paco Alcacers 59th-minute winner. Barcelona played with 10 men from the 78th after Jodi Alba was shown a second yellow card. The defeat means Atletico can lead the league alone for the first time this season if it does not lose at home to Real Sociedad on Sunday, when Real Madrid can also overtake its greatest rival with a victory at fourth-place Athletic Bilbao. Also on Saturday, Levante and Rayo Vallecano played to a scoreless draw, as did Getafe and Valladolid, while Malaga rallied to beat Sevilla 3-2 in an entertaining encounter. At the top of the standings, Atletico and Barcelona share 54 points, while Madrid has 53. Valencia provisionally moved into eighth. Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino was preoccupied by Barcelonas drop in play after just half an hour. "Im always worried after every one of our losses," Martino said. "Despite us having played well for a while against Valencia, Im very worried, much like the players are." Messi set up the opener after slashing a pass across the box beyond the far post where Alexis connected oddly to float it over goalkeeper Diego Alves. Valencia took control from the 44th when Parejo exploited a turnover inside the Barcelona half to lead a breakout with Feghouli, who returned a pass inside the area for Parejo to score easily. "Their goal hurt us and, in the second half, the team failed to respond," said defender Javier Mascherano, who refused to blame the off-field distractions that have enveloped Barcelona. "Today it wasnt the distractions that beat us, but Valencia. The margin of error (to be champion) is zero." Valencia went ahead in the 48th when the 1.63-meter (5-foot-3) Piatti held off Dani Alves to jump high and head a looping ball over goalkeeper Victor Valdes. Valencia was unlucky as Pedro Rodriguezs shot came off Ricardo Costa to set up the spot kick, even though it appeared Costa had no chance of getting out of the way as the ball grazed his shoulder. Messi slotted home his ninth league goal in the 54th, and first since Sept. 28 against Almeria. Barcelonas defence was dormant five minutes later as Feghouli moved past three players to the goal line before cutting back to meet Alcacer, who blasted past Valdes for the winner. Messi had a golden opportunity to draw Barcelona even in the second minute of stoppage time, but he shot wide after precisely combining with Dani Alves and substitute Andres Iniesta to get free into the box. Valencia, which was Spains most active team in the January transfer, snapped a five-game winless run to deal Barcelona its first home league defeat in nearly two years. Malaga captain and winger Duda proved the hero at Rosaleda Stadium as he took advantage of Alberto Morenos silly clearance attempt to gather inside the area and lift the winning goal past goalkeeper Beto in the 82nd. Dudas penalty put the hosts ahead after half an hour before Sevilla scored a pair of unanswered goals through Carlos Baccas 10th of the season and Federico Fazios header in the 66th. 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In some cases, teams will simply need to keep doing what theyve been doing throughout the regular season; in others, they might need better goaltending, or fewer shots against, or more shots for -- just something -- to provide better results in a seven-game series. So, the calculations below are rather simple, at least when compared to the spreadsheets used for the Power Rankings, and the expected goals for each team in the series are determined by taking each teams shots for and against over the course of the season, including the first two rounds of the playoffs, and splitting the difference. Vancouver has averaged 31.9 shots on goal per game and San Jose has allowed 29.3 shots on goal per game; the average of those two numbers is 30.6 shots, so thats the number that is then multiplied by (1 - the opposing goaltenders save percentage in the regular season and playoffs) to determine an expected goals per game. Finally, the number is multiplied by seven to indicate an expected goal total for a seven-game series. Theres no guarantee that scoring more goals in a series will result in winning four games first but, in the land of probability, the team that scores more is more likely to win the series. Its no guarantee, however. In the first round, Chicago lost the series despite scoring more than Vancouver, while Los Angeles and Montreal both scored the same amount as the series winners, San Jose and Boston, respectively. Obviously, how the goals are distributed over the games in the series makes a difference. Nevertheless, here are the expectations for the conference finals: Team SF SA Goalie SV% Expected GF Vancouver 31.9 30.0 Roberto Luongo 0.926 17.78 San Jose 34.8 29.3 Antti Niemi 0.917 16.78 Verdict: The numbers suggest an advantage for Vancouver, based largely on superior play from Roberto Luongo, its not like San Joses Antti Niemi ought to feel overwhelmed. Hes already beaten Luongo in a playoff series and was very good in the Detroit series after an uneven performance in the first round. The Sharks have a varied attack, with ten players averaging at least two shots on goal per game in this years playoffs, but their leading goal-scorers are sommewhat surprising -- the next generation of Logan Couture, Devin Setoguchi, Joe Pavelski and Ryane Clowe are all ahead of Dany Heatley and Patrick Marleau.dddddddddddd If Vancouver is going to live up to the expectations that these numbers suggest, they will obviously need more from the Sedins, who have been largely ineffective since Game Four of the Chicago series. Not only that, but the Canucks have to get more from their supporting cast. That means Christopher Higgins, Mason Raymond and Mikael Samuelsson (if healthy) need to produce offensively. So far, in this years playoffs, that trio has 12 points in 37 playoff games and theyre playing too much to produce so little. Team SF SA Goaltender SV% Expected GF Boston 33.0 32.9 Tim Thomas 0.938 17.50 Tampa Bay 31.2 29.5 Dwayne Roloson 0.920 13.91 Verdict: Bostons advantage naturally comes in goal, where Tim Thomas has enjoyed a spectacular season, but Dwayne Roloson leads the playoffs with a .941 save percentage, so maybe there isnt such a disparity between the two veteran netminders. Additionally, Bostons leader in shots on goal in the playoffs has been Patrice Bergeron, and his status is questionable. The Bruins have four players -- Nathan Horton, David Krejci, Brad Marchand and Chris Kelly -- that have scored more than two goals in this years playoffs. Tampa Bay had such a strong shot differential in the regular season, but it hasnt played out through the first two rounds of the playoffs, as they have allowed 8.8 shots per game more (35.5) than they get (26.7) on opposing goaltenders. Only four Lightning players have more than two shots on goal per game and the leader, the only one with more than three shots on goal per game, is Sean Bergenheim, who has a team-leading seven goals on 36 shots. The usual suspects -- Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos -- are the other Lightning forwards with more than two shots on goal per game. If the Lightning are going to knock off the Bruins, theyll need continued strong play from Roloson, and it sure wouldnt hurt to either have Bergenheim continue his roll, or have complementary players like Simon Gagne (if healthy), Ryan Malone, Teddy Purcell and Steve Downie find the back of the net more frequently. Downie and Purcell, notably, have been very productive, combining for 23 points, but just three goals. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@ctv.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy Sports on Facebook. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '