Valencia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Barcelona.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Valencia and Barcelona.
Valencia form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 10 La Liga games here at Estadio de Mestalla for Valencia. The data says 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. The Valencia fans aren't used to losing here at Estadio de Mestalla and will expect new points from this game. Valencia has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Happy days for Valencia in their previous game, a Copa Del Rey match away at UD Logroñés that ended with a 1-0 victory. A La Liga defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Mallorca.
The Valencia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Valencia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Mestalla in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Barcelona form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (50) in La Liga, playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. Visiting Barcelona has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Two travels in a row for Barcelona, whose manager E. Setién Solar could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against UD Ibiza. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Granada.
Barcelona has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Barcelona have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Barcelona - Valencia 5-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Valencia victory, 3 draws and 6 Barcelona wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Messi 14 goals |  L. Suárez Díaz 11 goals |   M. Gómez González 7 goals |
Valencia missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Valencia | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 50 |
| 29 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 80% |
| 45% | 30% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| 25% | 10% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 20% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 75% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 15% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 195 | 105 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 106 | 249 |
| 71 | 39 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 48 | 123 |
| 42% | 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | 41% |
- Barcelona has the most scored goals (50)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Barcelona has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Valencia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Valencia have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 25 | 43 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Getafe | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Valencia | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | Granada | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Levante | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Osasuna | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alavés | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 16 | Eibar | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 16 |
| 19 | Leganes | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 14 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -21 | 14 |