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Barcelona vs Valencia Prediction & Betting tips
Elsewhere, La Liga’s lead in La Liga is eleven, and even at this early stage of the season, the Catalan championship seems to be hard to beat, especially as rivals Real Madrid play a very weak season. The Royal are now also completely sensational failed in the quarter-finals of the Cup against CD Leganes, so the way to the second national title of Barca and the associated change of guard in Spanish football seems free. All that is missing is a success in the semi-final against Valencia CF and then the final against Leganes or Sevilla. The team of Ernesto Valverde wants to lay the foundation stone for this final match on Thursday evening in the first leg. At home at Camp Nou Messi and Co. are almost unbeatable and have with 15 wins in 16 competitive games almost perfect record. Quite possibly that the hosts want to play out a small cushion for the second leg and decide the match with several goals difference for themselves. Betting on a handicap success is almost obvious and we decided on a tip on the handicap (-1.5 goals), which means that Barca has to win by at least two goals. At 20:30 pm the kick-off will take place on Thursday evening.
Barcelona :
Barca is running around this season. Fueled by the great successes of arch-rival Real Madrid over the past two years, the Catalans under Ernesto Valverde have once again risen to another playful level and rush from success to success. In particular, the much better defense work in contrast to recent years is striking. German goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Stegen also plays a large part in this. Of course Lionel Messi stands out from the crowd on offense, but also Luis Suarez and recently also the newcomer Liverpool Coutinho are players with absolute world-class format.
So it’s not surprising that Barca suffered a defeat in a competitive match this season. However, the 1-0 victory in the quarter-final against city rivals Espanyol was compensated for by a 2-0 win at home, leaving the La Liga leaders in the Copa del Rey in the semi-finals. There, the team must now submit first in the native Camp Nou. With the almost impeccable record in their own stadium nothing should go wrong and the fans may look forward to another gala performance of their stars.
Valencia:
All in all, Valencia should be very happy with the way the season has gone so far. The bats are in the league on a good third place and thus even ahead of the noble club Real Madrid. The direct qualification for the Champions League is the big goal and the club seems to be on the right track. The icing on the cake this season would be winning the title in the cup. So far, Valencia prevailed against Real Zaragoza and UD Las Palmas without any problem, in order to tremble in the quarterfinals. After a 2: 1 and 1: 2 also after 210 minutes no winner could be determined against Deportivo Alaves, which is why the lottery had to decide on victory and defeat from the penalty spot.
The Alaves players showed nerves and awarded three times, which allowed the bats to move into the semifinals. The self-confidence of the guests before the appearance in the Camp Nou is not particularly large. In addition to the defeat in the Cup second leg Valencia was also defeated last surprisingly in the league against UD Las Palmas. In addition, they got to feel the Cup frustration of Real Madrid at the weekend and cashed at home a 1: 4 defeat. With three lost games in the back, they must now try to stop the negative trend against the over-powerful appearing FC Barcelona.
Barcelona vs Valencia head to head matches
26.11.17 LL Valencia Barcelona 1 : 1
19.03.17 LL Barcelona Valencia 4 : 2
22.10.16 LL Valencia Barcelona 2 : 3
17.04.16 LL Barcelona Valencia 1 : 2
10.02.16 CDR Valencia Barcelona 1 : 1