Valencia vs Barcelona — Tips & Analysis

Barcelona -1.5: Barcelona are flying and Valencia are in no state to stop them. Barcelona have won all three league games and scored twelve goals doing it, with a 5-0 and a 5-2 in there. Across their last 14 games they have won 11, and 7 of those wins came by 2 or more goals. On the road they average 2 goals a game. Valencia sit 18th with one point from three games and a single goal scored. Injuries have wiped out most of their attack, with the striker Umar Sadiq and the winger Luis Rioja among eight players out. Corberan will pack the defence and try to survive rather than trade punches. That plan can hold for an hour, but it rarely lasts ninety minutes against this Barcelona side. A 0-2 away win looks the likely finish, the opener before the hour and a second goal late. That is what we need, because Barcelona have to win by 2 or more. There is a catch. Valencia beat Barcelona 3-1 at this ground in May, so the deep block has worked here before, and Barcelona are without Frenkie de Jong. A scrappy one goal win leaves us short. We are still with the much better team here.