February 20th features a match where Barcelona will travel to Valencia to battle Valencia in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Valencia recorded a 1-2 loss against Deportivo Alavés. Mamadou Ndiaye struck first for Deportivo Alavés in the 14th minute, but Gonçalo Guedes got the equalizer for Valencia in the 62nd minute. Valencia is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while barcelona sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Espanyol. Lopez struck first for Barcelona in the 2nd minute, then Darder tied it up for Espanyol in the 40th minute on a feed from Raúl de Tomás . Barcelona should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 17th of October, Barcelona hosted Valencia in their last match together. Barcelona was victorious by a score of 3 to 1 in front of just over 47000 spectators. Gayá scored the first goal for Valencia in the 5th minute, then in the 13th minute, Memphis Depay sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ansu Fati Finally they completed the comback in the 41st minute on a penalty goal by Memphis Depay to cap off a wild match.
Barcelona is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Luuk de Jong and Pedro Gonzalez Lopez each having 2 goals in their last 5. Valencia’s top weapon lately has been Hugo Duro, who has three goals in the last 5 matches
José Bordalás Jiménez’s squad will be without Maximiliano Gómez, Gabriel Paulista and Jasper Cillessen, while Xavier Hernández Creus’s squad will be without Sergi Roberto, Ansu Fati, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Umtiti, Dani Alves and Alejandro Balde Martinez.