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Valencia vs Eibar Prediction & Betting tips
The starting shot of the Spanish football Saturday sounds from the Mestalla where Valencia will play against Eibar. Last season the Basque visitors managed to steal three points from Valencia after a winning goal in the last second of the match. What can we expect this weekend?
Valencia:
Owner Peter Lim’s club can look back on an excellent calendar year. Valencia managed to win the Spanish Cup, secured fourth place in the rankings and assured themselves of wintering in the Champions League. In addition, Los Che managed to pick up after a heady start to the new season, although the club choked on before the start of the winter break in Valladolid: 1-1. It was the sixth time in nine away games that Valencia suffered a loss of points, in-house the team is still unbeaten this season in La Liga.
With 28 points, the formation of Albert Celades currently occupies the eighth place of the ranking. The eighth position sounds pretty skinny for a Valencia-sized club, but the differences are very small at the top right now. Furthermore, this weekend Jasper Cillessen will most likely again have the chance to show itself under the bar. The 30-year-old goalkeeper has suffered a calf injury in recent weeks, but seems to have recovered sufficiently for the Basque encounter. In his absence, reserve goalkeeper Jaume Domenech managed to make an impression and so the Dutchman will have to fight hard to maintain his basic position.
Eibar:
Just like the opponent of Saturday afternoon, Eibar also has little to complain about the past calendar year. A number of nice victories were booked and last season’s 3-0 home win over Real Madrid was impressive. This season the team of José Luis Mendilibar is again very strong and especially in their own Ipurua, the Basques look good, although the club went through a difficult period in the past two months.
In the last game before the winter break, Los Armeros was able to put an end to a series of five games without a win, so the team travels with confidence to Valencia. Moreover, the mutual results of recent years clearly speak in favor of the Basques, not one of the last six matches with the club from the orange city was lost. A hefty loss this weekend is the lack of club top scorer Fabian Orellana, the experienced Chilean is one of the most important men in the formation of trainer Mendilibar.
Valencia vs Eibar head to head matches
28.04.19 LL Valencia Eibar 0 : 1
15.12.18 LL Eibar Valencia 1 : 1
29.04.18 LL Valencia Eibar 0 : 0
16.12.17 LL Eibar Valencia 2 : 1
04.02.17 LL Valencia Eibar 0 : 4