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Feb 4, 2025
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.
In the last La Liga match, Valencia returned to winning ways, defeating Celta Vigo 2-1 after the disastrous KO with Barcelona by 7-1. In the last 6 matches (which also include the Copa del Rey) the balance is excellent because it says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (that against Barça) while the La Liga standings are terrible despite the two recent wins that served to leave the last place to go to the second to last.
The safety line, now, has become achievable and is 4 points away but, returning to the Copa del Rey, Valencia has an excellent curriculum, recent and not: in the last 19 games, the "positive" results are 17.
The victory of Barcelona against Alaves, scored by Lewandowski (goal number 29 of the season for him), is very precious, despite having been achieved with minimal effort (1-0) because, combined with the defeat of Real Madrid, it has shortened the distance from the top in La Liga to 4 points and has increased the goodness of the latest streak of results that speaks of 7 wins and 2 draws in the last 9 official games.
In the last 2 matches of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona has always won by a landslide, scoring 9 goals in total and, always in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona is undefeated in the last 9 away games!
Valencia’s two victories in their last two home games will push Carlos Corberan’s boys to play a courageous game at home against Barcelona, also to try to avenge the sensational 7-1 defeat of a few days ago. However, Barcelona is in a winning period, it always has a lot of resources in its attack and has an important seasonal objective in the Copa del Rey. Therefore, let’s imagine a lively, sparkling match that, according to the BetMines algorithm, is likely to see both teams score.
Valencia (4-4-2): Mamardashvili; Foulquier, Tarrega, Mosquera, Gayà; Diego Lopez, Javi Guerra, Pepelu, Luis Rioja; Sadiq, Hugo Duro. Coach: Corberan.
Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Koundé, Araujo, Cubarsi, Baldé; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Lopez, Raphinha; Lewandowski. Coach: Flick.
This section provides average statistics and percentages on the main markets for the last 10 matches of both teams
Valencia
FC Barcelona
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