FC Barcelona and Valencia are going to face off on Sunday the 5th of March at 4:15 pm in the 24th week of the La Liga. The match is going to be staged in Barcelona at the Spotify Camp Nou. The appointed referee is Javier Alberola Rojas.
FC Barcelona is in the 1st place in the league with 59 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Almería in its last match in the La Liga. So far, it has won 19 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Valencia is in the 19th place in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Real Sociedad in its last match in the La Liga. Thus far, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (22 times or 95.65%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (22 times) and 3-2-4-1 (once).
Xavier Hernández Creus is expected to play against Valencia with the following players: Marc-André ter Stegen, Alejandro Balde Martínez, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Jules Koundé, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Sergi Roberto, Raphinha, Ferrán Torres and Ansu Fati.
If the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of FC Barcelona would be 26.36.
Pedri, Ousmane Dembélé and Robert Lewandowski will definitely miss the match.
Xavier Hernández Creus will not be able to have the presence of P. Paez Gaviria who is suspended.
Valencia
Valencia has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 73.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (17 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 5-4-1 (once).
Rubén Baraja Vegas is expected to play against FC Barcelona with the following players: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Vazquez Alcalde, Cenk Özkacar, Thierry Correia, Eray Cömert, Dimitri Foulquier, Hugo Guillamón, André Almeida, Ilaix Kourouma, Samuel Lino and Hugo Duro.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Valencia would be 23.55.
Jaume Doménech, Gayá, Gabriel Paulista, Nico González, Marcos de Sousa and Edinson Cavani will definitely miss the match.
