Barcelona had a stunning Laliga campaign last time, but lost the top position to Real Madrid with a difference of 10 points. However, the team had a decent pre-season outings and has won three of their past four matches despite facing teams like Real Madrid and Manchester City.
They will be facing Valencia in their opening fixture. Going on, Valencia finished 9th in the standings last season. In the warm-ups, they had an unimpressive form conceding five winless games in their seven matches.
Moving on, Barcelona has been the dominant force in the recent history of this match-up. They are on an eight-match unbeaten streak against Valencia.
At this venue, Barcelona won three of the last four clashes and are on a four-match unbeaten run. Also, the Barca offense scored 9 goals in their last four clashes at this stadium.
Valencia vs Barcelona Prediction
Valencia is having a disappointing form at home as they won just once in the past nine matches and have lost four in that period. They have failed to score in five of the last seven home outings too.
Such a display will affect their chances as they face an in-form Barcelona this Saturday. Moreover, Barcelona has won their last three road trips in a row and has netted 6 goals in that period.
Since Barcelona have an upper hand in the tradition, we expect a comfortable win for them on Saturday against this Valencia side. Four of the last five away matches of Barcelona had goals over 2.5 ft. Moreover, Barca had the third-best attacking side in the last season. Also, they have been scoring goals at an impressive rate of late. Thus, we expect an over 2.5 goals display in this match.
Furthermore, the recent away match-ups of Barcelona forces us to back the both teams to score option as they have been consistent in leaking goals. They have allowed goals in four of the last five away matches.
