Valencia - Barcelona

Valencia and Barcelona play at the Estadio de Mestalla in a duel of the 8th round of the Primera Division. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has 3 wins and 3 draws in the last 6 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stadium was in 02-02-2018, in a game for the Copa del Rey that ended the victory of Barcelona by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by Philippe Coutinho (49 ') and I. Rakitić (82') for Barcelona.

Analysis of Valencia
After 1 win, 5 draws and 1 loss, the home team is in 14th place, having won 8 points. In the last match, he beat Real Sociedad away by (0-1), after having drawn 1-1 at home in a game against Celta de Vigo (1-1). The team arrives at this meeting after a draw with Manchester United by (0-0). Valencia won 4, drew 4 and lost 2 of their last 10 home games for all competitions.

Valencia come to this round after a goalless away draw against Manchester United in duel valid for the Champions League. The highest quality of this cast lies in their ability to drive their offensive attacks through quick transitions. It is worth noting that from the defensive point of view, the difficulties increase when the opposing team attacks through the sides. The Spanish Rodrigo is the player responsible for the main plays of danger, and his highest quality is the finalization. For this match the coach will not be able to count on Santi Mina and Ferrán Torres, both injured.

Analysis of Barcelona
The visiting team is currently in 1st place with 14 points, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Leganes by (2-1). In the last match, tied at home to Athletic Bilbao by (1-1). The team arrives in this match after a win away to Tottenham by (2-4). In the last 10 matches played in all competitions, Barcelona won 7 and lost 3. The team conceded goals in 5 of the last 7 games, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but its attack has marked with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 7 games in this competition. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 5 times but managed to turn the score in 3. In the last 20 away games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: he suffered 9 of his 25 goals between the minutes (46'-60 ') .

Barcelona come to this motivated game after a 2-4 away win against Tottenham in a Champions League duel. Highlight for Coutinho, Rakitic and Messi who scored the winning goals. The visitor is one of the most feared teams in the world, and in the front presents players of extreme quality, namely Coutinho, Suárez and Messi. It is likely that in the middle field, Arthur, Busquets, and Rakitic are selected by the coach. It is also worth mentioning that one of the gaps of this super-team are aerial duels. For this match, probably the coach will not be able to count on Sergi Roberto and Umtiti, both injured.