Valencia v Barcelona Preview and Prediction

Date/Time: Sunday 07^th September 2018 (Kick-off 7:45 PM)

On Sunday night, Valencia host Barcelona at the Mestalla in La Liga, as the champions look to maintain top spot.

Valencia have made a poor start to their campaign, while Barcelona are top despite suffering some recent setbacks in the Spanish top-flight.

The home side has endured a mixed start to their top-flight campaign, as Los Ches have one won, one lost and drawn five of their league games so far this season. Their league outings have been low scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in six of their seven games so far.

Valencia are unbeaten in five home games in La Liga. However, four of those five games have finished all square.

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Barcelona head into this clash on the back of a morale-boosting 4-2 win over Tottenham in the Champions League. The win ended a run of three games without a win for the Blaugrana in all competitions.

In La Liga, a shock defeat 2-1 defeat was sandwiched in-between home draws with Girona and Athletic Bilbao.

The reigning La Liga champions have enjoyed mixed fortunes on their travels of late in the Spanish top-flight. However, a record of three wins from their last seven league outings on their travels is not the greatest. The visitor’s recent away games have been high scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in six of their last seven outings in La Liga.

Prediction

Away win and/or under 2.5 goals