Valencia – Barcelona (LIVE STREAM)

Valencia and Barcelona play at Estadio de Mestalla in a duel of the 9th round of the Primera Division. The history of direct confrontation played at this stage favors the visiting team, which in the last 6 matches won 2 and drawn 4. However, in the final showdown at this stage, in a match for the Copa del Rey on 02.10.2016, was not beyond a draw by (1-1). The goals of the match were scored by Negredo (39 ‘) for Valencia and W. Kaptoum (84’) for Barcelona.
Analysis Valencia
The home team is currently in 14th place with 9 points earned after 3 wins and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, lost at home to Atletico Madrid (0-2). In the last match, won away to Sporting Gijon by (1-2). In the last 4 games at home the championship, Valencia recorded 1 win and 3 losses, winning 3 points from 12 possible. The defensive solidity has not been his strong point, since it suffered at least one goal in each of the last eight games, but their attack has scored regularly since scored goals in 6 of the last 8 games in this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home games, for 26 of the last 28 matches he played ended with Over 1.5 goals. 8 games in this competition, suffered the first goal four times and only managed one turn on the scoreboard.

Valencia returns to work at home the Spanish Championship after getting a great result in the last round, when it was home to Sporting Gijon and came out with a win by 1×2. Previously, the team had lost at home to Atletico Madrid by 0x2. The team started very badly in the competition, losing the first four games, but then recovered and got beat up outside. After eight rounds, the club accumulates five defeats and three victories, ranking fourteenth position in the table. For this game, the coach must keep the team in the 4-5-1, with Rodrigo acting front.
Barcelona Analysis
The visiting team is currently in 4th place with 16 points scored after 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Celta Vigo for (4-3). In the last match won at home to Deportivo La Coruna by (4-0). The team arrives in this game after a win at home to Manchester City (4-0). In the league, Barcelona won 9 points from 12 possible, after 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 games he played as a guest. His attack is marked with great regularity, as always scored at least one goal in the last eight games in this competition. This is a team that does not usually have difficulty in opening the score: scored the first goal in 6 of the last 8 games for the Primera Division, these 6 reached the interval lead in all and managed to keep the advantage until the end of 90 ‘in 5.

Barcelona the field for his ninth match for Primera Liga trying to engage two consecutive wins, something only just occurred at the beginning of the competition, when he won the first and second round. The team is not having that gut-wrenching performance you expect from a club like Barcelona, ​​but still is among the top finishers. In the last round, the team received Deportivo Coruna at home and applied a rout of 4×0. After eight rounds, the club accumulated five wins, one draw and two losses, thus occupying the fourth position in the table. For this match, the coach should keep the team in the 4-3-3 or 3-4-3, notably striker Suarez, who has scored six times in the competition.