Thursday’s 1:0 away win in El Clasico in the first leg of the Copa del Rey was the perfect cure for Barcelona after being knocked out of the Europa League at the hands of Manchester United and a shock 0:1 defeat to Almer?a in the past weekend, which Javi Hernandez described as “the worst game of the season”. However, they still lead the table with seven points and their race for their first league title since 2018/19 could be difficult due to another mistake. The chances against Valencia are quite high, especially given the series of 11 home matches without defeat in the current championship. For 23 rounds the Blue Garnet have 19 wins and two draws, which corresponds to 59 points, which is seven more than the nearest pursuer. Christensen, Pedri, Lewandowski, Gavi and Dembele, who has a muscle injury, will not be able to play today.
Valencia started this round in the relegation zone but improved their chances of survival with a 1:0 win over Real Sociedad last weekend. In addition, this success broke a terrible series of six defeats. The mission of new coach Ruben Baraja to save the team from relegation for the second time in the history of the club may add motivation to the players today, while the head-to-head statistics are unlikely to please fans of the Valencians. There are chances, but the head coach only hopes for home matches, because the Bats have not won seven matches in a row. Moreover, according to statistics, the “orange” can not finish their matches to the end, conceding the decisive goal after the 80th minute. For 23 rounds the team has six victories and five peaceful outcomes, which corresponds to 23 points and 18th position. Not able to play Cavani, Marcos Andre, Guy, Gabriel Paulista and Domenech, who has a knee injury. More today football predictions from the experts can be obtained from the link provided.
