Read our prediction for Valencia vs Barcelona below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Valencia vs Barcelona Prediction & Betting tips
Saturday evening from 20:00, the Mestalla stadium will host the derby of the 17th round of LaLiga, Valencia will receive a visit from FC Barcelona. Barcelona has five consecutive victories in the last five confrontations with Valencia, the most recent being the two narrow victories last season when Barcelona won both confrontations with 1-0. The last victory of Valencia against Barcelona was on January 25, 2020, when Maximiliano Gomez, the current player from Cadiz, managed to score twice in the 48th and 77th minutes, and in the first half he also missed a shot from 11m.
Valencia:
Valencia is in 11th place in the ranking with 19 accumulated points and comes after an unfortunate series of four consecutive stages in which it was defeated three times and ended in a draw only once. In the 12th round was Valencia’s last victory, when they won 1-0 at home against Granada. In the previous round, Valencia was defeated 1-0 by Getafe, in a match with many nerves in which three red cards were awarded and the winning goal was scored late in the 87th minute. In the next match, Valencia will face trip to Rayo Vallecano in the last official match of this year for the bats.
Barcelona:
On the other side, Barcelona comes after qualifying for the UEFA Champions League round of 16, but was defeated in the last group match with a score of 3-2 by Antwerp, giving teams from Belgium the chance to tick off the first victory in history in this competition. Moreover, Barcelona was also defeated in the last championship match, when it lost spectacularly 4-2 at home against the revelation of this season, Girona, the team that is the leader of Spain after 16 contested rounds. With these two consecutive defeats in the account, things are a bit hectic in Catalonia. Barcelona’s next game will be at home against Almeria.
Valencia vs Barcelona head to head matches
05.03.23 LL Barcelona vs Valencia 1:0
29.10.22 LL Valencia vs Barcelona 0:1
20.02.22 LL Valencia vs Barcelona 1:4
17.10.21 LL Barcelona vs Valencia 3:1
02.05.21 LL Valencia vs Barcelona 2:3
* Our advice is: BTS / YES
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.82
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