Valencia vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th December 2023
Valencia go up against Barcelona at Estadio Mestalla this coming Saturday in a thrilling La Liga match.
Valencia are placed 11th with 19 points after 16 matches. Barcelona occupy a position as fourth in the league on 34 points.
Valencia as well as Barcelona suffered disappointing defeats in their most previous match. This could lead to a cautious encounter as neither side naturally fancies losing once again already.
Valencia scored eight goals, conceded 15 and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Barcelona are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 12 goals, and while Barcelona claimed four clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.2 goals per match.
Barcelona got the better of Valencia in their most recent meetings, as they first won 1-0, then 1-0.
Valencia vs Barcelona Prediction
Valencia Form
A single point is all Valencia can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 0-0 draw with Celta Vigo, before getting trounced 2-1 against Girona while Getafe won 1-0. Valencia won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga, while also drawing one. They suffered two defeats, while they scored seven and conceded three goals.
Barcelona Form
In their last three matches, Barcelona won 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid, lost 2-4 against Girona and lost 3-2 against Royal Antwerp. Barcelona won half their previous six away matches in the La Liga, as well as seeing three draws and suffering zero defeats. They scored 12 goals whilst conceding nine.
Value hunters might think Valencia is worth a shot, but in our view Barcelona are rightly favoured for the win. They contain enough quality to come home with a win from Estadio Mestalla.
Valencia fought their way to one win and four points from their last five games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in ten goals. Valencia have a record of five wins, four draws and seven defeats in the La Liga this season. Barcelona so far pulled off ten wins, four draws and two defeats in the La Liga.
Valencia vs Barcelona Stats
- In 18 of the last 19 Valencia home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Valencia matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Valencia have scored in 12 of the last 14 home matches
- In the last 4 Valencia home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Valencia matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Barcelona have scored in 33 of the last 35 matches
- In 11 of the last 13 Barcelona matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Barcelona have scored in 14 of the last 16 away matches
- Barcelona have not lost 9 of the last 10 away matches
- In 4 of the last 5 matches Barcelona played, both teams scored
Valencia vs Barcelona Squads
Valencia Squad
Ruben Baraja will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Barcelona from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):
Cristian Rivero (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/16), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/8), Cristhian Mosquera (0/14), Dimitri Foulquier (0/12), Gabriel Paulista (0/13), Hugo Guillamon (0/9), Jesus Vazquez (0/4), Jose Gaya (1/12), Marco Camus (0/0), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/10), Thierry Correia (0/15), Alberto Mari (0/0), Andre Almeida (0/8), Fran Perez (1/16), Hugo Gonzalez (0/5), Javier Guerra (3/16), Pepelu (2/16), Selim Amallah (0/10), Diego Lopez (2/16), Hugo Duro (7/16), Pablo Gozalbez (0/5), Roman Yaremchuk (0/10), Sergi Canos (0/9).
Barcelona Squad
This is the full squad of players that the Barcelona head coach Hernandez will select from for his starting XI:
Inaki Pena (0/3), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/13), Alex Balde (0/14), Andreas Christensen (0/13), Inigo Martinez (0/8), Joao Cancelo (2/13), Jules Kounde (1/13), Marcos Alonso (0/4), Ronald Araujo (1/10), Sergi Roberto (1/4), Fermin Lopez (1/11), Ferran Torres (3/15), Frenkie de Jong (1/9), Gavi (1/12), Ilkay Gundogan (2/16), Oriol Romeu (0/13), Pedri (1/7), Joao Felix (2/13), Lamine Yamal (1/16), Raphinha (2/12), Robert Lewandowski (8/14).
Valencia vs Barcelona Team News
Valencia could have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Barcelona this coming Saturday. Valencia have to alter their line-up, as both Javier Guerra and Gabriel Paulista get a day in the shade.
Jose Gaya, Andre Almeida, Dimitri Foulquier and Gabriel Paulista take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Valencia, when they face Barcelona on Saturday.
Barcelona are looking at five players missing out on their match this coming Saturday at Estadio Mestalla.
Frenkie de Jong, Inigo Martinez, Marcos Alonso, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen all face a spell on the sidelines for Barcelona due to various injuries.
Valencia vs Barcelona Lineups
Valencia vs Barcelona H2H
The last time these two teams squared up, Barcelona ran out 1-0 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at Estadio Mestalla. All in all, Barcelona have a fine reading on Valencia in previous seasons with a 6-3-1 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 2/3.
Valencia vs Barcelona Results
Both teams to score came out seven times in the past ten matches between Valencia and Barcelona. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 4/5 with the bookies.
Valencia vs Barcelona Betting Tips
Hugo Duro look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six La Liga matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Robert Lewandowski adds to his three La Liga goals come this coming Saturday.
Estadio Mestalla saw Valencia winning six, drawing one and losing three of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Barcelona won four of their 10 most recent away games, drew four and lost two. Valencia claimed a less than impressive two wins in 10 league matches, with Barcelona winning five of theirs.
There were more than three goals scored six times in the past ten encounters between Valencia and Barcelona, with the former averaging 1.3 goals a game. Barcelona scored 2.2 goals per game, while both teams to score paid out seven times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Valencia, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Barcelona, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves.
