8 games without defeat
Barça have not lost at home to Valencia since 2016
The Blaugrana team will receive the visit of the Ches this Sunday at 9:00 p.m., who occupy the last place in the LaLiga table
FC Barcelona are having a moment of grace in 2025. With the exception of the setback against Getafe, they have won all the games they have played at the start of the year. After the epic victory on the last minute at the Estádio da Luz against Benfica (4-5), it is time to transfer the good feelings to LaLiga. The team managed by Hansi Flick has not won a domestic championship game since December 3. Specifically, the last time the Catalans won in this competition at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys was a month earlier, on November 3.
There are already many points lost and finishing the tournament as top seed seems increasingly difficult. If they want to achieve this, Barça must react as soon as possible. What better time to do so than before the visit of Valencia, nineteenth in the table. In addition, the Valencian team has not won at home since April 17, 2016, when an own goal by Rakitic and a goal by Santi Mina gave them the three points. Messi reduced the gap, but the team led by Luis Enrique Martínez was not even able to equalize the match.
8 games, 6 wins and 2 draws
Since that day, 8 years and 9 months ago, FC Barcelona has a clear dominance over Valencia at home. Eight games have been played, in which the team owned by Peter Lim has only managed to score on two occasions, through draws. The rest of the matches in La Liga have been victories. The Blaugranas have managed to send the ball into the back of the net 22 times in those games, which generates an average of 2.75 per match. For their part, the visitors have done so on 12 occasions, a ratio of 1.5 per match.
FC Barcelona are third with 39 points, tied with Athletic, in the La Liga standings. They are 5 points behind Atlético, who are in second place, and 7 behind Real Madrid, who are top of the table. In order to compete for the title, it is essential that the Blaugranas start to do their part to close that gap. Likewise, luck must be on their side, so that their rivals drop points along the way. It is an open race.
