Valencia vs Barcelona
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – Estadio Mestalla
Date: 7th October 2018
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
Barcelona start a tough run of fixtures when they visit Valencia in this game, and they will be looking to build on their midweek win at Wembley to get them through this fixture.
Valencia set the bar high for themselves last season when they finished inside the top four.
Their qualification to the Champions League provided them with some funds to strengthen their squad, but those players seem to have found it hard to settle in so far.
They earned a 0-0 draw against an unmotivated Manchester United side in midweek to continue their resurgence however this game may bring what they have been building in recent weeks crashing down.
Valencia secured their first win of the season last weekend.
Prior to that they drew 5 of 6 games, and they seem to have problems offensively as they have scored just 5 goals in 7 league games so far.
Valencia are unbeaten in their last 5 league games however with just one win coming from those 5 matches, their fans will expect more after last season’s success.
After going 3 games without a win, Barcelona stormed to a 4-2 victory in their Champions League game against Tottenham at Wembley on Wednesday.
However, they are back in La Liga for this fixture and it hasn’t been a good few weeks for them there.
They have lost one and drawn two of their last three league games, and are miraculously still top of the league table because Real Madrid have their own demons troubling them at the moment.
Barcelona were on the verge of another loss in their last league game against Athletic Bilbao before an 85 minute goal from El Munir salvaged a 1-1 draw for them.
Surprisingly, 2 of their last 3 winless games have been played at home.
They play Sevilla, Inter Milan, and Real Madrid after the international break, so they have to get a good result from this game.
They have won 2 and lost 1 of their 3 away games in the league so far.
Bookmakers believe Barcelona will come away from the Mestalla with all 3 points as they are currently trading odds-on with bookmakers.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Valencia
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
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W | Real Sociedad | 0-1 | Valencia | 29 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
D | Valencia | 1-1 | Celta Vigo | 26 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
D | Villarreal | 0-0 | Valencia | 23 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
L | Valencia | 0-2 | Juventus | 19 Sep, 2018 | UEFA Champions League | ||
D | Valencia | 0-0 | Real Betis | 15 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
Barcelona
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D | Barcelona | 1-1 | Athletic Bilbao | 29 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
L | Leganes | 2-1 | Barcelona | 26 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
D | Barcelona | 2-2 | Girona | 23 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
W | Barcelona | 4-0 | PSV Eindhoven | 18 Sep, 2018 | UEFA Champions League | ||
W | Real Sociedad | 1-2 | Barcelona | 15 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
H2H
LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barcelona | 2-1 | Valencia | 14 Apr, 2018 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Valencia | 0-2 | Barcelona | 8 Feb, 2018 | Spanish Copa del Rey | ||
Barcelona | 1-0 | Valencia | 1 Feb, 2018 | Spanish Copa del Rey | ||
Valencia | 1-1 | Barcelona | 26 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División | ||
Barcelona | 4-2 | Valencia | 19 Mar, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
May 24, 2024 | ||
Girona | 20:00 | Granada |
May 25, 2024 | ||
Osasuna | 13:00 | Villarreal |
Real Sociedad | 15:15 | Atlético de Madrid |
Almeria | 17:30 | Cadiz |
Rayo Vallecano | 17:30 | Athletic Bilbao |
Real Madrid | 20:00 | Real Betis |
May 26, 2024 | ||
Getafe | 13:00 | Mallorca |
Celta Vigo | 15:15 | Valencia |
Las Palmas | 15:15 | Alaves |
Sevilla | 20:00 | Barcelona |
Spanish Primera Table
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 37 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 26 | +61 | 94 |
2 | Barcelona | 37 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 82 |
3 | Girona | 37 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 78 |
4 | Atlético de Madrid | 37 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 73 |
5 | Athletic Bilbao | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 65 |
6 | Real Sociedad | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 60 |
7 | Real Betis | 37 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 56 |
8 | Villarreal | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 64 | +0 | 52 |
9 | Valencia | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 43 | -5 | 48 |
10 | Alaves | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 45 | -10 | 45 |
11 | Osasuna | 37 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 55 | -11 | 44 |
12 | Getafe | 37 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 52 | -11 | 43 |
13 | Sevilla | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 52 | -5 | 41 |
14 | Celta Vigo | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 55 | -11 | 40 |
15 | Las Palmas | 37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 46 | -14 | 39 |
16 | Rayo Vallecano | 37 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 47 | -18 | 38 |
17 | Mallorca | 37 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 31 | 43 | -12 | 37 |
18 | Cadiz | 37 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 49 | -24 | 33 |
19 | Granada | 37 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 72 | -34 | 21 |
20 | Almeria | 37 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 74 | -37 | 18 |
Spanish Primera Results
May 19, 2024 | ||
Villarreal | 4 - 4 | Real Madrid |
Athletic Bilbao | 2 - 0 | Sevilla |
Valencia | 1 - 3 | Girona |
Granada | 1 - 2 | Celta Vigo |
Mallorca | 2 - 2 | Almeria |
Cadiz | 0 - 0 | Las Palmas |
Real Betis | 0 - 2 | Real Sociedad |
Barcelona | 3 - 0 | Rayo Vallecano |
Atlético de Madrid | 1 - 4 | Osasuna |
May 18, 2024 | ||
Alaves | 1 - 0 | Getafe |
May 16, 2024 | ||
Real Sociedad | 1 - 0 | Valencia |
Almeria | 0 - 2 | Barcelona |
Las Palmas | 2 - 2 | Real Betis |
May 15, 2024 | ||
Getafe | 0 - 3 | Atlético de Madrid |
Celta Vigo | 2 - 1 | Athletic Bilbao |
Rayo Vallecano | 2 - 1 | Granada |
Sevilla | 0 - 1 | Cadiz |
May 14, 2024 | ||
Girona | 0 - 1 | Villarreal |
Real Madrid | 5 - 0 | Alaves |
Osasuna | 1 - 1 | Mallorca |