Valencia vs Barcelona Prediction: Match Preview and Analysis - Copa del Rey
Eleven days after meeting in the league at the Estadio Olimpico in La Liga, Barcelona and Valencia will meet again this time at the Mestalla and in another competition: the Copa del Rey. Although both the city and the tournament will change, it will be impossible not to think about that 7-1 league defeat where Barcelona overwhelmed their opponents with four goals in the first twenty-five minutes, a 7-1 that says a lot about the great difficulties of Valencia this year that translate, in fact, into a second-to-last place in La Liga. The latest success of Corberan's team in the league, combined with the good run in the cup, however, ignite hope for the Blanquinegres who are trying, in the national cup, to carve out the joys that they are not having elsewhere. Barça, however, is in a good period, plays in a cup with which it has always had a good feeling (but which it hasn't won since 2021) and, having to chase in La Liga, knows that this of the Copa del Rey can, once again, be a concrete and prestigious objective, also because it would be added to that of the Super Cup already won. In recent years, moreover, for Barcelona, Valencia has been an easy obstacle, given that in the last ten precedents, the Catalans have won eight times.