Barcelona vs Valencia – After losing to UD Almera 1-0 in their most recent La Liga match, Barca won’t want a repeat of that performance here.
Barcelona had 72% of the game’s possession and made 13 efforts on goal, only one of which was successful. Almera made 6 efforts at goal, and 4 of them were successful. El Bilal Touré scored a goal for UD Almera (at 24′).
Barca has scored nine goals in their last six games, averaging 1.5 goals per game under Xavi Hernández. Looking at their previous performances, Barca hasn’t lost to Valencia in the league in their last 5 games. In their last 11 home league games, they are unbeaten. They have remained so strong here.
Valencia will enter this match having just defeated Real Sociedad by a score of 1-0 in La Liga. Valencia had 37% of the ball during that game and made 8 shots on goal, scoring on three of them.
Real Sociedad, on the other hand, had 11 attempts on goal, with 3 of them being successful. Real Sociedad got an own goal through Igor Zubelda (40′).
Valencia’s recent 6 games revealed that they have failed to score, scoring a disappointing total of just 2 goals. In those games, Los Che has also witnessed an opposition team’s total goals scored reach 7. Since no two games are ever the same, we’ll just have to wait and see if the pattern holds in this contest.
Valencia hasn’t defeated Barcelona when playing them away from home in the previous six league games, according to their prior performance. They are awful and have lost all seven of their league games when playing away from home.
Barcelona vs Valencia – Betting Analysis
A look at their previous head-to-head matches dating back to January 25, 2020, reveals that Barcelona has won 4 of them and Valencia 1, with 1 outcome being a draw.
Over the span of those games, the two teams scored 21 goals in total, with 13 from Barça and 8 from Los Che. That equals 3.5 goals per game on average.
The most recent league encounter between these clubs took place on La Liga Match Day 12 on October 29, 2022, and Valencia defeated Barcelona 0-1 in the outcome.
Valencia had 33% of the possession that day and 2 of its 3 attempts were on goal. Barcelona, on the other hand, had 13 efforts at goal with 2 of them being successful. (93′) Robert Lewandowski scored. Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea served as the judge for the contest.
For Barcelona manager Xavi Hernández, Adrià Pedrosa (groin injury) and Keidi Bare (ruptured ankle ligament) won’t be participating. Raphinha and Gavi are the players who are unavailable for this game due to suspension.
There is only one fitness concern for Valencia manager Rubén Baraja out of a group that is mainly available. No Edinson Cavani will be participating because of a muscle injury. Due to his suspension, Jaume Doménech will be unable to participate in this contest.
What are the best odds for this match?
In terms of the bookies’ odds in the full-time result market, staking on Barcelona is best priced at 1.46, backing the draw is 4.54 and taking a punt on the winning team to be Valencia will get you 6.75. They are the best of the market prices available at present.
Barcelona vs Valencia – Head -to- Head
Our Prediction: Over 1.5 Goals
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