Barça will have the fortune of facing a Valencia without 3 starters

Valencia arrives to the party of the day 17 in front of the FC Barcelona in a moment very complicated of the season. The ones of Rubén Stirs do not win in LaLiga from the past 5 November (1-0 home against the Granada) and come to add three defeats in the last four parties, between them the very hard 5-1 in Santiago Bernabéu and the defeats by the minimum in the two last days in front of Girona (2-1) and Getafe (1-0).

With only a point of the last 12 (a 0-0 in Mestalla against the Celtic), the group 'ché' also will have three drops importantísimas in his duel in front of a Barça that also arrives in crisis after the defeats in front of Girona (2-4) and Amberes (3-2). To the already known drops by sanction of Gabriel Paulista and Javi War adds José Luís Gayà. The captain valencianista remained out of the announcement by a physical problem, with which Stirs will have to improvise his alignment this Saturday.

"It has tried it until the last day, but is not well of the all and is a risk that can participate. Gayà Is important because it is deep, gives gone out by out, gives assistances and generates occasions of danger, but have total confidence and tranquility that the player that go in by him will do it well", explained the technician of Valencia in the previous press conference. This is the third consecutive day in which the one of Pedreguer remains out of the announcement by injury.

The Barça of Xavi has accompanied him the fortune in Mestalla

For the ones of Xavi Hernández, Mestalla has been a favourable field from the arrival of the egarense to the bench culé. The past season, the Barça finish adding the three points in a dramatic party that defined Robert Lewandowski with a so much in the 90+3'. In the beginning of the second part, the VAR had cancelled him a so much of Samuel Lino to the venues.

In the 2021/22, the group aulgrana imposed with authority (1-4) with so many of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ('hat-trick') and Frenkie of Jong, a party that the ones of Xavi resolved with three goals in the first half hour of game. By League, the Barça does not fall in Valency from the season 2019/20 (2-0 in January of 2020, with Quique Setién in the bench culé.).