Week 27 features a match on Sat Mar 5th, where Valencia plays host to Granada in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Valencia recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Mallorca. Gabriel Paulista struck first for Valencia in the 4th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Mallorca was frustrated by Valencia’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Valencia ended the match with the shutout victory. Valencia is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Granada is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Cádiz. Granada had 6 on net, and Cádiz had 12, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Granada looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On the 21st of August, Granada hosted Valencia in their last match together. Granada and Valencia battled to a 1-1 draw. Luis Javier Suárez struck first for Granada in the 16th minute on a feed from Carlos Bacca, but Carlos Soler got the equalizer for Valencia in the 88th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Valencia. Valencia is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Hugo Duro and Gonçalo Guedes each only have 1 goal in their last five
Denis Cheryshev, Gayá, Maximiliano Gómez, Gabriel Paulista, Jasper Cillessen, Thierry Correia and Toni Lato are unavailable to play for Valencia, while Maxime Gonalons, Neyder Lozano and Santiago Arias are unavailable to play for Robert Moreno’s team.