Barcelona vs Valencia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th April 2024

Barcelona enjoy home advantage, when visitors Valencia swing by this coming Monday for a clash in the La Liga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Barcelona are chasing the first place in the La Liga after collecting 70 points from their initial 32 encounters. Valencia trail them on 47 points after 32 rounds, sitting as number 8 in the table.

Barcelona as well as Valencia suffered disappointing defeats in their most previous match. This could lead to a cautious encounter as neither side naturally fancies losing once again already.

Barcelona are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the La Liga, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored two goals on average per match, or 20 goals in total, while allowing eight goals against, for an average of 0.8 per outing. They managed six clean sheets along the way.

Valencia are currently not the most scoring team in the La Liga, as they only found the back of the net eight times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.8 goals a game in which they conceded eight times, an average of 0.8 per game. They managed five clean sheets in these.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Barcelona played Valencia. The pair split the points in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Barcelona vs Valencia Prediction

Barcelona Form

Barcelona managed one win in the last three matches, which was a 0-1 victory against Cadiz. They went on to lose 1-4 against Paris Saint-Germain, before getting dumped in a 3-2 defeat against Real Madrid. Barcelona won four of their last six La Liga matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded eight and scored 13 goals.

Valencia Form

Valencia won twice in their last three matches as Granada were defeated by 0-1, before they beat Osasuna 0-1. Real Betis proved too strong, though, and a 1-2 defeat followed. Valencia managed a decent return of three wins in their last six La Liga away matches, in which they scored six while also conceding six times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Barcelona need to show they are capable of rising to the occasion after the recent setbacks, losing their previous two matches. We favour them to get a real boost of out playing in front of their home crowd and to claim a win.

Barcelona won eight matches, scored 32 goals and conceded 20 in their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. This earned them 27 points. Valencia took four wins from their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They collected 15 points, scored 16 goals and conceded 23. Barcelona have a record of 21 wins, seven draws and four defeats in the La Liga this season. Valencia have a record of 13 wins, eight draws and 11 defeats in the La Liga.

Barcelona vs Valencia Squads

Barcelona Squad

Xavi Hernandez will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Valencia from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Inaki Pena (0/10), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/22), Alex Balde (0/18), Andreas Christensen (1/24), Hector Fort (0/5), Inigo Martinez (0/15), Joao Cancelo (2/26), Jules Kounde (1/29), Marcos Alonso (0/5), Pau Cubarsi (0/13), Ronald Araujo (1/22), Sergi Roberto (3/9), Fermin Lopez (4/25), Ferran Torres (7/24), Frenkie de Jong (2/20), Gavi (1/12), Ilkay Gundogan (5/31), Oriol Romeu (0/24), Pedri (2/18), Joao Felix (7/25), Lamine Yamal (4/31), Marc Guiu (1/3), Raphinha (5/24), Robert Lewandowski (13/29), Vitor Roque (2/11).

Valencia Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Valencia players that the manager Ruben Baraja will choose from for the upcoming game:

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/32), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/18), Cristhian Mosquera (0/30), Dimitri Foulquier (0/28), Hugo Guillamon (1/23), Jesus Vazquez (1/18), Jose Gaya (1/22), Marco Camus (0/0), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/14), Thierry Correia (0/25), Yarek Gasiorowski (0/9), Andre Almeida (2/12), Fran Perez (1/32), Hugo Gonzalez (0/7), Javier Guerra (4/30), Pepelu (5/32), Peter Gonzalez (0/9), Selim Amallah (0/18), Alberto Mari (0/11), David Otorbi Ejededawe (0/0), Diego Lopez (3/30), Hugo Duro (12/32), Pablo Gozalbez (0/5), Roman Yaremchuk (3/21), Sergi Canos (1/21).

Barcelona vs Valencia Team News

Barcelona are looking at up to six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against Valencia this coming Monday.

Ferran Torres, Joao Felix, Sergi Roberto, Alex Balde, Marcos Alonso and Gavi are missing from the squad, Barcelona will field against Valenciaon Monday.

Valencia are juggling with three absent players on this coming Monday when travelling to Barcelona.

Diego Lopez, Thierry Correia and Andre Almeida all face a spell on the sidelines for Valencia due to various injuries.

Barcelona vs Valencia Lineups

Barcelona vs Valencia H2H

Barcelona and Valencia had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 7/2. Barcelona seem to have a great read on Valencia, winning six times of the previous ten matches in the La Liga. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2/5.

Barcelona vs Valencia Results

Of the last ten encounters between Barcelona Valencia over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 2/3 with bookies.

Barcelona vs Valencia Betting Tips

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Joao Felix has actually netted seven goals during this La Liga season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Valencia should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Joao Felix to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Barcelona won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing two as well. Valencia won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew zero and lost four in this run. Barcelona kept visitors at a neutral venue from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Valencia have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened six times. Barcelona managed an average of 2.2 goals, while Valencia averaged 1.3 goals a game. Barcelona saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Valencia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.