{"id":9279,"date":"2021-10-17T11:16:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T10:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:53:29","slug":"barcelona-vs-valencia-match-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/barcelona-vs-valencia-match-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona vs Valencia Match Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona and Valencia will square up against each other in this game with both clubs starting the season in identical form.<\/p>\n

The Catalans know they have to do better and this match is yet another one for Ronald Koeman to save his job.<\/p>\n

Valencia is 8th while Barca is 9th in the league and a win will take either club above the other by three points and Barca will want to be the team.<\/p>\n

However, they lost consecutive games in the league and the Champions League before the international break.<\/p>\n

Valencia is winless in their last four matches, and they lost two of those games.<\/p>\n

Los Che also lost the last time they hosted Barcelona at home, but they have lost just one of their last four visits to the Camp Nou.<\/p>\n

They have proven to be hard for Barca to beat in recent seasons and could cause more problems for them in this game.<\/p>\n

Barca has three wins from their last five home matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barcelona and Valencia will square up against each other in this game with both clubs starting the season in identical form. The Catalans know they have to do better and this match is yet another one for Ronald Koeman to save his job. Valencia is 8th while Barca is 9th in the league and a win will take either club above the other by three points and Barca will want to be the team. However, they lost consecutive games in the league and the Champions League before the international break. Valencia is winless in their last four matches, and they lost two of those games. Los Che also lost the last time they hosted Barcelona at home, but they have lost just one of their last four visits to the Camp Nou. They have proven to be hard for Barca to beat in recent seasons and could cause more problems for them in this game. Barca has three wins from their last five home matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,161,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-la-liga","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\nBarcelona vs Valencia Match Preview - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/barcelona-vs-valencia-match-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barcelona vs Valencia Match Preview - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barcelona and Valencia will square up against each other in this game with both clubs starting the season in identical form. 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