A win for the hosts is predicted from this game if the league table is to be trusted. The FC Barcelona followers are positive that the mismatch between 1st and Valencia's 18th spot in the table will be revealed on the pitch.
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (8) in La Liga
- Valencia is in the worst form (1-0-5)
The hosts FC Barcelona saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa Del Rey. That game was an away game at Real Madrid, so at least Barcelona are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
FC Barcelona form and stats
FC Barcelona have been very solid at home in the La Liga so far, with 29 points collected from 11 matches (9-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. There’s a good atmosphere here at Spotify Camp Nou after three straight home wins.
FC Barcelona are returning here after guesting Real Madrid in a Copa Del Rey fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Koundé, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Koundé won 3 of 5 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Barcelona lost 0-1 at Almeria's place.It should be noted that a glance at the 21 most recent league games shows that 17 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Goals decide football matches and FC Barcelona are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. FC Barcelona have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Valencia form and stats
Valencia have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-3-7 (11 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Valencia in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Real Sociedad.
The fans enjoyed Valencia's previous game versus Real Sociedad (placed 3rd), a 1-0 win played at home. Eureka; their first victory in the league after eight rounds not winning. Mamardashvili was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.7. The agile goalkeeper Mamardashvili topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Getafe wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Valencia have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FC Barcelona have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent duels against this opponent. Can they do it again?Valencia - FC Barcelona 0-1 was the outcome when these two squads last met, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 15 goals |  P. López 6 goals |  O. Dembélé 5 goals |
FC Barcelona missing players
Valencia missing players
| FC Barcelona | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 19 | 9 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 45 | 24 | 15 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 73% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 61% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 48% |
| 22% | 18% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 48% |
| 74% | 91% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 35% |
| 6.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15.2 | 17.7 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12 | 13.1 |
| 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 28% |
| 8.8 | 6.8 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 14.8 | 11.6 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
- FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valencia have scored away.
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (8) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (10) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (17) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most points (29) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (24) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+37) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Barcelona is in the best form (5-0-1) in La Liga
- Valencia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Valencia have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in La Liga
- Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valencia is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 37 | 59 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Girona | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Espanyol | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Almeria | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 25 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 25 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 24 |
| 18 | Valencia | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 19 | Getafe | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 20 | Elche | 23 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -31 | 9 |
