Barcelona vs Valencia Preview

Barcelona looked set to win the treble this season and everything seemed to be going according to plan until a terrible night in Rome saw them lose 3-0 and that knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday.

They now face the biggest test of their La Liga season with a resurgent Valencia side visiting the Camp Nou in this tie.

The Blaugranas have conceded at least one goal in their last four matches and they were very lucky to escape unbeaten in their game against Sevilla a couple of weeks back.

Barcelona have four wins from their last five meetings with Valencia.

Valencia are heading into this game with high confidence following a good run of form that has seen them win 8 of their last 9 games.

They have had to be lucky at times this season, but they have developed a winning mentality and that will be key for them in this clash.

They are also better than they were when both sides met in the Copa del Rey back in February.

Roma would have given them the blueprint of how to take Barca out with intensity and that could work for them here if they choose to follow Roma.

They have scored 1.9 goals per game this season, and have netted at least two goals in 6 of their last 9 games.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Barcelona

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Barcelona		3-1		Leganes	7 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Barcelona		4-1		AS Roma	4 Apr, 2018	UEFA Champions League
D	Sevilla FC		2-2		Barcelona	31 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Barcelona		2-0		Athletic Bilbao	18 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Barcelona		3-0		Chelsea	14 Mar, 2018	UEFA Champions League

Valencia

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Valencia		1-0		Espanyol	8 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Leganes		0-1		Valencia	1 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Valencia		3-1		Alavés	17 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Sevilla FC		0-2		Valencia	10 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Valencia		2-0		Real Betis	4 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
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
Valencia		2-3		Barcelona	22 Oct, 2016	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results