Valencia vs Barcelona: prediction for the La Liga fixture

Eight-time holder of Spanish Cup got off to a confident start in the new edition of that tournament, beating third- and four-tier opponents at first stages. A match against Cartagena was a more challenging one for The Bats, but The Oranges still managed to go through. 

In the quarter-final team recorded a victory over Cadiz and advanced into the semi-final, in the first leg of that stage club got a draw against Athletic (1:1). 

After 24 rounds of the current La Liga season Valencians have seven victories and nine draws, delivering 30 points and a 12th position. After a draw against Real Sociedad (0:0) Pep Bordalas' men suffered an away defeat to Alaves (1:2). Team has a great offensive record, scoring 36 goals in the season so far. 

Gaya, Correa and Cillessen won't feature in the upcoming match. 

For the first time in many years Barcelona failed to advance into the Champions League playoffs, but team managed to get into the playoffs of Europa League. In the first leg of that stage Catalan side drew to Napoli (1:1) at home. 

Team failed to achieve success in Copa del Rey, Xavi's men were unable to beat Athletic Bilbao. Team is trying to get back on top of La Liga and already managed to return to the Top-4. 

After a victory over Atletico (4:2) team split the points with Espanyol (2:2). De Jong managed to score an equalizer at the last seconds of the game and helped the team to avoid a defeat. 

Alves, Araujo, Balde, Depay, Lenglet, Roberto and Fati won't feature in the upcoming match.