Barcelona vs Valladolid Prediction & Betting Tips - LaLiga

Prediction published on 26/08/2022, 23:51  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 27/08/2022 at 01:19 in LaLiga Predictions

Barcelona warmed up for their home game against Real Valladolid with a 3-3 draw with Manchester City in a midweek friendly. They will be up against newly promoted Valladolid, seeking to build on their comfortable win over Real Sociedad, which placed them fifth in the La Liga standings on four points. Real Valladolid, meanwhile, are 17th with a point. Barcelona thumped Sociedad 4-1 in their last game, a big rise from the 0-0 opening draw against Rayo Vallecano. Robert Lewandowski opened his La Liga account with two goals, and Ousmane Dembele and Ansu Fati completed the job after Alexander Isak’s earlier equalizer for Sociedad. Four times in their last five matches, Barcelona have scored two or more goals, and they have three clean sheets in those five matches. They are unbeaten in 10 games and will go into this game on a confident footing, having won six of the 10 games.

Real Valladolid are still in search of their opening league win and with the tough run they have in these opening weeks of the season, it is not a surprise they’re struggling. The visitors are coming from a 1-1 draw with Sevilla, a game they let the lead slip with just four minutes remaining, after Mohamed Tuhami’s 80th minute opener. Karim Rekik pegged them back in the 86th minute and the game took a bad turn as both sides had a player sent off in the 88th minute. Jawad el Yamiq saw a straight red and will miss this game. Still Valladolid will want to look at the result as positive, coming from their opening 3-0 loss at home to Villarreal. These two opening results mean Valladolid have no win in 14 La Liga games and this run is inclusive of a 1-0 loss to Barcelona. One win in 15 away La Liga matches isn’t also the best run to take to Camp Nou and a lot of improvement will do, especially in the context of having lost six straight times to Barcelona. Valladolid have scored once in six meetings with Barca.