Barcelona eye three points at home against Valencia in La Liga

Barcelona are set to play Valencia on Saturday in La Liga as the season moves ahead. Barca go into this game as the favorites.

Kick-off : 4:15 PM (Local)

Venue : Camp Nou, Barcelona

Barcelona had a tough last few days as elimination at the hands of Roma in the Champions League and it’s manner would have been hard to digest. They have been talked worldwide.

But they have to get their focus back as it’s La Liga time as it’s the weekend. They have done well this season domestically and are winning the league.

Barca are currently 11 points clear atop against the nearest Atletico Madrid. Arch rivals Real Madrid are 15 points behind them.

On the other hand, Valencia are also doing well domestically and are third in La Liga after 31 games with 65 points. Valencia have won last five of their games and are in good form. But Barcelona away will be a different test altogether.

So far Barca and Valencia have played each other on 57 occasions. Out of that Barcelona have won on 30 occasions while Valencia have won on 12 occasions, 15 other games have been a draw.

Team news and possible line-ups

Toni Lato and Gabriel Paulista are available for Valencia and should play against Barcelona. While Francis Coquelin and Javi Jimenez will be unavailable as due to injury.

As for Barcelona, Ivan Rakitic and Sergi Samper will not be available for the weekend game as due to injury. Whilst Lucas Digne is doubtful.

Valencia XI : Neto, Vezo, Garay, Gabriel, Gaya, Soler, Parejo, Kondogbia, Guedes, Zaza, Rodrigo.

Barcelona XI : Ter Stegen, Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba, Coutinho, Paulinho, Busquets, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez.

Prediction

I think this game will be a draw. It might end 2-2. The goalscorers could be Messi and Suarez for Barca and Guedes and Zaza for Valencia.