Valencia vs Barcelona LaLiga Match Forecast, Head to Head and Odds

• Valencia welcome Barcelona to the Mestalla Stadium on Sunday 6th of September, kick-off 15:15 BST. 
• Valencia have not won a match yet this season and sit 16th in LaLiga.
• Barcelona, who are the current LaLiga champions, have started the season strong, winning all three of their matches.
• The LaLiga champions have also scored an impressive 12 goals in their first three games.
• Valencia, on the other hand, have found goals hard to come by, scoring only 1 in three games. 

H2H Stats

Looking back over this fixture, Barcelona has a much better record, winning 26 times over 42 meetings. There have been 11 draws, and Valencia have won 5 times. Another interesting record is that Barcelona have scored twice as many goals as Valencia, 101 to 45. In their last encounter, which took place on May 23rd, Valencia took the three points with a 3-1 win. But in the reverse fixture last season, Barcelona put 6 past Valencia, winning 6-0. 

Our Prediction and Odds

There has been a high-scoring rate in this fixture over the years, with 62% of the games resulting in over 2.5 goals. Before Valencia won in May last season, Barcelona hit 18 goals past them in their previous four meetings. This is not a difficult one to predict: Barcelona to win by a 2-goal margin, with odds of 3/1.