Valencia vs Barcelona 16.12.2023 Prediction: La Liga

Match Overview

Valencia host Barcelona in a match in the Spanish La Liga at the Estadio de Mestalla on Saturday. The visiting side will hope to end up with a win from this game, but it will not be that easy. The supporters of Valencia are known to be a volatile and hostile lot, and they will not allow the visiting side to play and express themselves freely. Barca have a task on their hands.

Key Highlights 

It must be remembered that Valencia are ranked 13th in goals scored per match (1.1 goals). They have also scored 3 goals in their last 5 matches. What will give the home team a lot of confidence is that their attacking player Sergi Canos has the most shots on target per match for them (1.1). Barcelona cannot afford to take the home team lightly at all.

Injury Report

Jose Gaya and Andre Almeida will not be available for selection for Valencia in this game whereas Marcos Alonso is the latest among Barcelona players to be ruled out. He joins Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and Gavi on the injured list.

Prediction

We expect BTTS (both teams to score) in this game. Barcelona, who are ranked 5th in goals scored per match (1.9 goals), haven't lost to Valencia in their last 6 meetings (5W, 1D). At the same time, what will help Barcelona is the fact that they are ranked 3rd away from home this season. This means that we will have a very good tussle between the two teams.