Mar 5th features a match where Valencia will travel to Barcelona to battle Barcelona in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Barcelona is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Almería. El Toure struck first for Almería in the 24th minute on a feed from Luis Javier Suárez, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Barcelona couldn’t manage to score, and Almería took the shutout win. Barcelona is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10, while valencia sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Real Sociedad. Zubeldía struck first for Valencia on an own goal in the 40th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Real Sociedad was frustrated by Valencia’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Valencia ended the match with the shutout victory. Valencia looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estadio De Mestalla, Barcelona won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 46000 spectators. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Barcelona in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Valencia was frustrated by Barcelona’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Barcelona ended the match with the shutout victory.
Samu Castillejo and Zubeldía are the top scorers for Valencia in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Barcelona’s top weapon lately has been Robert Lewandowski, who has two goals in the last five matches
Xavier Hernández Creus’s squad will be without Sergio Busquets, Ousmane Dembélé and Lopez, while Rubén Baraja Vegas’s squad will be without Gayá, Edinson Cavani, Thierry Correia, Jaume Doménech and Nico González.