Barcelona vs Valencia tips and predictions

A tap-in for Barcelona?

On 70 LaLiga points, third placed Barcelona host eigth placed Valencia. With 47 points the visitors are someway behind their rivals.

You can get a big price on Valencia because this home side will not be contemplating any notion of defeat.

The hosts come into the match having chalked up 15 wins from their last 20 home games.

Are the hosts in any form at the moment? Barcelona scored three or more goals in 9 of their recent 19 matches.

In possession the visitors have been nervous to pull the trigger. They've scored one or less goals in all of their last 6 matches. But while the stats imply their recent finishing might not have been clinical, they can't be ruled out. You shouldn't count on it though.

You'll have seen what happened in their previous meetings. Barcelona have won 5 of the last 6 fixtures between the two teams. Maybe the form book can go out the window, but the head-to-head stats point to another home win. In their last apperance Valencia were beaten 2-1 by Betis.

Barcelona are the clear favourites and it's possible they just don't give anything away. It isn't a strong view and it's not the most exciting of forecasts in today's fixture list but the No BTTS bet is the only option in that market that has any signs of value.