Barcelona vs Valladolid Prediction & Betting Tips - LaLiga

Prediction published on 02/04/2021, 16:44  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 02/04/2021 at 16:46 in LaLiga Predictions

This weekend in La Liga, Sevilla will be taking on league leaders Atletico Madrid and one team that will be very keen on this game is Barcelona, who will be hoping Atletico slips up. Second placed Barcelona, who have managed 62 points so far, play host to 16th placed Real Valladolid, who have 27 points. Barcelona are four points behind Atletico in the title race and with their next game away to third placed Real Madrid, a win here and a loss for Atletico will count for a perfect weekend. Since that 4-1 loss at home to PSG in the Champions League, Barcelona have been a stronger side and head here unbeaten in eight matches. In La Liga, they have five straight wins, scoring 17 goals and conceding just two. They are coming from a 6-1 win over Real Sociedad in the last game, which extended their unbeaten run in La Liga to 18 matches, with 15 wins in there. In their last meeting with Valladolid, Barcelona ran out 3-0 winners, that being one of their high scoring matches in the league. Heading to this game, Barcelona have scored less than two goals in just three of the last 15 matches. At home, they are unbeaten in the last 11 matches in the league, winning eight of them but they’ve had defensive questions in their home matches. In Barca’s last eight home league matches, both sides have scored in seven.

Valladolid have drawn their last two matches but were unfortunate in their last game, as they conceded in the 90th minute to end it 1-1 with Sevilla. Here they face another top four side with a step up in difficulty expected for this game. Being just four points above the relegation zone, a win at Camp Nou will mean the world. However, they head to this game with only a win in the last 11 matches across all competitions. In La Liga, they have two wins in the last 15 matches; they’ve drawn eight and lost five in the process. They’ve failed to score in six of the 15 and scored more than one goal in three. In the 15 league matches Valladolid have managed just three clean sheets and they are winless in the last five away league games. In 14 away league matches this season, Valladolid have managed just two wins and posted 13 points from a possible 42, a 14% winning rate. They’ve lost each of their last five matches against Barcelona.