Valencia vs Barcelona: Barcelona look to keep control of their top 4 hopes when they face Valencia at the Estadio Mestalla in the La Liga on Sunday.
Match Details:
Teams: Valencia vs Barcelona
Venue: Estadio Mestalla
Date: Sunday 20th February, 2022
Time: 08:45 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.voot.com/
Preview
Espanyol head into this one after a 2-1 away loss to Alaves in their previous clash on the weekend.
Ndiaye’s early strike was cancelled out by Guedes but Joselu scored from the spot 14 minutes from time to inflict an 8th loss of the season on Espanyol.
This was Espanyol’s 2nd defeat in the last 5 matches, leaving them in 12th place with 30 points from 24 matches.
On the other hand, Barcelona played out a 1-1 home draw vs Napoli in their Europa League clash in mid-week.
Torres cancelled out Zielinski’s first half effort to leave the tie poised ahead of the 2nd leg.
This was Barcelona’s second draw in quick succession having dropped points against Espanyol in the La Liga as well.
Barcelona is in 4th place with 39 points and look to keep control of their top 4 status with three points as the 4th spot has 4 competitors currently.
Both sides met in October earlier this season where Barcelona won 3-1 at home. Fati, Depay and Coutinho scored for the Catalan side in that one.
Form Guide
Valencia: LDDWL
Barcelona: DDWWL
Last Matches of both teams:
Alaves 2-1 Valencia
Barcelona 1-1 Napoli
Barcelona have now failed to win three of their four home games in Europe this season:
❌ 0-3 vs Bayern
✅ 1-0 vs Dynamo Kyiv
🤝 0-0 vs Benfica
🤝 1-1 vs NapoliNot the start they would have wanted in the #UEL pic.twitter.com/OPndY7V1m0
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 17, 2022
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Valencia vs Barcelona in India?
The live stream is available on the Voot Select App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on MTV India channel.
Team News
Paulista and Cillessen are out for the hosts due to hamstring and calf injuries respectively. Balde, Fati, Lenglet, Depay, Araujo, Umtiti and Roberto remain the absentees for Barcelona.
Valencia possible 11:
Mamardashvili, Foulquier, Diakhaby, Alderete, Gaya, Soler, Moriba, Guillamon, Gil, Duro and Guedes
Barcelona possible 11:
Ter Stegan, Alba, Garcia, Mingueza, Dest, de Jong, Busquets, Pedri, Traoré, Torres and Gavira
Prediction: Valencia 0-2 Barcelona
Barcelona is in much better form since the arrival of Xavi coupled with the new signings hitting the ground running immediately.
They are performing well currently and should win this clash against Valencia.
Players to watch out for: Gil, Guedes, Traoré and Torres.