Valencia vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th August 2024

LaLiga title favourites Valencia begin their title challenge on Saturday in an opening day encounter with Barcelona at Estadio Mestalla.

Since both Valencia and Barcelona are looking to start their season on a good note, we are in for a tough fight over their first points of the season this coming Saturday.

Valencia have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 13 goals, or 1.3 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.

Barcelona are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the LaLiga, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.2 times on average per match, for a total of 22 goals. They also let in ten goals, leaving an average of one per match. They fought their way to six clean sheets.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 4-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Saturday.

Valencia vs Barcelona Prediction

Valencia Form

In their last three matches, Valencia lost 1-0 against Real Sociedad, 1-3 against Girona and drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo. Valencia only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Estadio Mestalla in the LaLiga. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored three and conceded six goals.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Almeria got left behind in a 0-2 win, before Rayo Vallecano got hammered in a 3-0 victory. Sevilla was the most recent victim in a 1-2 win for Barcelona. Barcelona recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the LaLiga, in which they banged in 12 goals, whilst conceding eight. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Valencia don't look like a team currently possessing a form that is capable of shutting out Barcelona, and the away win is our the bet on Saturday.

Valencia vs Barcelona Squads

Valencia Squad

Baraja will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Barcelona from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/0), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Stole Dimitrievski (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/0), Cesar Tarrega (0/0), Cristhian Mosquera (0/0), Dimitri Foulquier (0/0), Jesus Vazquez (0/0), Jose Gaya (0/0), Mouctar Diakhaby (0/0), Thierry Correia (0/0), Yarek Gasiorowski (0/0), Andre Almeida (0/0), Hugo Guillamon (0/0), Javier Guerra (0/0), Pepelu (0/0), Alberto Mari (0/0), Daniel Gomez (0/0), Diego Lopez (0/0), Fran Perez (0/0), Hugo Duro (0/0), Hugo Gonzalez (0/0), Rafa Mir (0/0), Samuel Castillejo (0/0), Sergi Canos (0/0).

Barcelona Squad

Here is the full team squad of Barcelona. The 59 year-old Hans-Dieter Flick will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Inaki Pena (0/0), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/0), Alex Balde (0/0), Alex Valle (0/0), Andreas Christensen (0/0), Clement Lenglet (0/0), Eric Garcia (0/0), Hector Fort (0/0), Inigo Martinez (0/0), Jules Kounde (0/0), Julian Araujo (0/0), Mikayil Faye (0/0), Pau Cubarsi (0/0), Ronald Araujo (0/0), Fermin Lopez (0/0), Frenkie de Jong (0/0), Gavi (0/0), Ilkay Gundogan (0/0), Marc Casado (0/0), Pablo Torre (0/0), Pedri (0/0), Ansu Fati (0/0), Dani Olmo (0/0), Ferran Torres (0/0), Lamine Yamal (0/0), Pau Victor (0/0), Raphinha (0/0), Robert Lewandowski (0/0), Vitor Roque (0/0).

Valencia vs Barcelona Team News

Barcelona face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Saturday against Valencia.

Ferran Torres, Alex Balde and Gavi all face a spell on the sidelines for Barcelona due to various injuries.

Valencia vs Barcelona Lineups

Valencia vs Barcelona H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Valencia played against Barcelona. It finished 4-2 in a great match between the pair. Barcelona will be excited about a meeting with Valencia, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Barcelona go into the match with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 7/10.

Valencia vs Barcelona Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Valencia and Barcelona. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 1/1 with bookies.

Valencia vs Barcelona Betting Tips

Look no further than Pepelu, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Valencia in the LaLiga, while Robert Lewandowski managed six goals in the last half dozen matches for Barcelona in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Valencia claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing four. Barcelona won six of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost two of the games in this run. Valencia kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Barcelona have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Valencia managed an average of 1.3 goals, with Barcelona averaging 2.4 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Valencia, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Barcelona. They performed an average of 2.1 goals in these.