Barcelona will be looking to return the winning ways in the La Liga when they head to Mestalla to take on Valencia in Spain’s top flight. Match day is scheduled for 20th February 2022 at 18:15 EAT.
Valencia sits twelfth in the La Liga table with 30 points from 24 matches. It has been rare for this team to keep a clean sheet this season. Jose Bordalas’s side have picked up just two points from their last six matches and has failed to score in 5 of their last six matches giving up 8 goals
Valencia will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-1 La Liga losing effort in their last game against Alaves. In that game, Valencia managed 59% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Valencia was Gonçalo Guedes (62′). On the other side, Alaves had 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. Mamadou Loum (14′) and Joselu (76′) scored for Alaves.
On the other hand, Barcelona sits forth in the La Liga table with 39 points from 23 matches. In the last five fixtures, the Catalan side won in three and two shared spoils. In their previous 6 outings, Barcelona has bagged a tally of 12 goals.
Xavi’s team is hoping for better results after a 1-1 draw in the Europa League match with SSC Napoli. In that match, Barcelona managed 67% possession and 21 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Barcelona was Ferrán Torres (59′). At the other end, SSC Napoli got 4 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Piotr Zieliński (29′) was the scorer for SSC Napoli.
Valencia vs Barcelona Head to head
66 direct encounters have been recorded between these two teams since 1993. Out of the 66 meeting Barcelona has won 34 times, Valencia 14 times and stalemates have been recorded 18 times.
- Barcelona 3-1 Valencia 02/05/21
- Valencia 2-3 Barcelona 02/05/21
- Barcelona 2-2 Valencia 19/12/20
- Valencia 2-0 Barcelona 25/01/20
- Barcelona 5-2 Valencia 14/09/19
Home
- Alaves 2-1 Valencia
- Bilbao 1-1 Valencia
- Valencia 0-0 Real Sociedad
- Valencia 2-1 Cadiz
- Atletico 3-2 Valencia
Away
- Barcelona 1-1 Napoli
- Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona
- Barcelona 4-2 Atletico
- Alaves 0-1 Barcelona
- Bilbao 3-2 Barcelona
Valencia team news
José Bordalás will not have the services of Jasper Cillessen due to injury.
Barcelona team news
Xavi Hernández will miss the services of Álex Balde , Memphis , Ronald Araújo ,Clément Lenglet , Ansu Fati ,Sergi Roberto and Samuel Umtiti due to injuries and Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves and Moussa Wagué due to suspension.
Prediction and Odds
Xavi’s men are one of the only three teams in the league to have remained unbeaten in the past five games while Valencia are one of the only four squads in the whole competition to have remained winless in the same period.
- Barcelona win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
