Valencia vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd May 2026

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

Barcelona have taken the lead in the LaLiga after collecting 94 points from their initial 37 encounters. Valencia trail them by 46 points after 37 rounds, leaving them as number 9 in the table.

Although Valencia are behind Barcelona in the table by double digits, beating the league leaders in the LaLiga would be huge for the hosts.

Valencia are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 13 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.3 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two 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 seven goals, leaving an average of 0.7 per match. They fought their way to four clean sheets.

Barcelona got the better of Valencia in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 6-0 and 7-1, respectively.

Valencia vs Barcelona Prediction

Valencia Form

Valencia look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Athletic Club by 0-1, before drawing 1-1 with Rayo Vallecano. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Real Sociedad 3-4. Valencia won three of their previous six matches at Estadio Mestalla in the LaLiga. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring nine goals to nine against.

Valencia had their sights set on a top half finish this season, and as we are nearing the end, their target remains within sight.

Barcelona Form

Two victories are what Barcelona have to show from their past three matches, as they first beat Real Madrid 2-0. This was followed by a 1-0 defeat against Deportivo Alaves, before winning again 3-1 against Real Betis. Barcelona recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the LaLiga, in which they banged in eight goals, whilst conceding five. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Ambitions were high for Barcelona, who had their eyes on the title this season, and they are very closing to realizing the ambitions.

With the results that Barcelona have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Valencia at Estadio Mestalla.

Valencia fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last 11 games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in 30 goals. Barcelona won 14 games, picked up 43 points, scored 43 and conceded 15 goals in their last 17 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. Valencia are looking at a record of 12 wins, ten draws and 15 defeats in the LaLiga this season. Barcelona are looking at 31 wins, one draw and five defeats in the LaLiga.

Valencia vs Barcelona Squads

Valencia Squad

The 43-year-old coach of the home team, Carlos Corberan, will select the lineup against Barcelona from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Julen Agirrezabala (0/18), Stole Dimitrievski (0/19), Aaron Mayol (0/0), Cesar Tarrega (0/31), Dimitri Foulquier (0/0), Eray Coemert (2/17), Jesus Vazquez (0/23), Jose Gaya (1/32), Mouctar Diakhaby (0/0), Renzo Saravia (0/5), Thierry Correia (0/23), Unai Nunez (0/12), Andre Almeida (0/21), Baptiste Santamaria (1/19), Filip Ugrinic (0/26), Guido Rodriguez (3/15), Javier Guerra (3/35), Lucas Nunez (0/0), Pepelu (2/30), Alberto Mari (0/0), Arnaut Danjuma (3/30), Daniel Raba (0/13), Diego Lopez (4/33), Hugo Duro (10/35), Largie Ramazani (6/26), Lucas Beltran (1/27), Luis Rioja (2/36), Umar Sadiq (4/24).

Barcelona Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Barcelona players that the manager Hans-Dieter Flick will choose from for the upcoming game:

Ander Astralaga (0/0), Eder Aller (0/0), Joan Garcia (0/30), Wojciech Szczesny (0/7), Alejandro Balde (0/27), Andreas Christensen (0/12), Eric Garcia (1/33), Gerard Martin (0/31), Joao Cancelo (2/15), Jofre Torrents (0/0), Jules Kounde (1/30), Pau Cubarsi (1/31), Ronald Araujo (3/23), Fermin Lopez (6/30), Frenkie de Jong (1/24), Gavi (0/10), Marc Bernal (2/21), Marc Casado (0/23), Pedri (2/29), Roony Bardghji (1/21), Tommy Marques (0/0), Xavi Espart (0/3), Dani Olmo (7/32), Ferran Torres (16/32), Lamine Yamal (16/28), Marcus Rashford (8/31), Raphinha (13/22), Robert Lewandowski (13/30), Toni Fernandez (0/1).

Valencia vs Barcelona Team News

At the time of writing, Barcelona just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Saturday. Ronald Araujo and Raphinha sit this one out for Barcelona, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Valencia.

Valencia vs Barcelona Lineups

Valencia vs Barcelona H2H

Barcelona won 6-0 and 7-1 in the two most recent meetings with Valencia, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. Barcelona look to extend their dominance on their upcoming hosts, who have found it tough to deal with the former. The visitors beat Valencia nine times in last ten Encounters. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 17/20.

Valencia vs Barcelona Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Valencia and Barcelona. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/9 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Valencia vs Barcelona Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Lamine Yamal who bagged 16 for his club so far and bringing that kind of form to the table is crucial for the success of Barcelona.

Valencia claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing four. Barcelona won six of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost three of the games in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Estadio Mestalla since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Valencia. The same occurred in six of the last 10 league games away from home for Barcelona.

Over 3.5 goals came out six times in the past ten encounters between Valencia and Barcelona, with the former on an average of 0.9 goals a game. Barcelona scored 3.2 goals per game and both teams scored seven times in this run. Valencia saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Barcelona, who managed to score 1.8 times in those matches.