Statistics and curiosities of Valencia-Barça

The thirteenth day of League confronts to Valencia and Barcelona in Mestalla (21:00 hours, Channel 1). The local group chains two weeks without winning, whereas the team of Luis Enrique looks for the third consecutive triumph in the championship

After golear to the Seville (5-1) in League and the Apoel (0-4) in Champions, the Barcelona block restarts the pulse to the domestic competition in a stage where does seven seasons that does not lose, but in which Valencia is invicto this campaign. The Barcelona arrives perhaps in the best moment of the season, after the small crisis of game and results that generated the painful defeat in the Bernabéu five weeks ago. The last stop of the league by the commitments of selections has gone him enough well to review automatisms and go back to the essence of what has been his football in the last years and, now yes, seems that this Barça goes back to have things of the old Barça. To continuation review the main statistical and curiosities of the party:

• 31 victories of the Barça. Valencia and the FC Barcelona have confronted in 79 parties of League contested in terrain valencianista. The balance is favourable to the Barcelona team with 31 victories, 19 ties and 29 defeats, adding 126 goals in favour and 128 against. The last defeat of the Barça in Valencia took place in the season 2006-07. That day the Valencian team imposed (2-1).
• The widest victory of the Barça in Valencia. The greater goleada produced in the season 1993/94 with a conclusive (0-4) in favour of the Barcelona team. The most been bulky defeat suffered by the team culé was in the season 1961/62 with an unappealable (6-2).
• Without Iniesta. For this party the Barça presents the drops of: Vermaelen (lesionado) and Montoya, Iniesta, Douglas and Sergi Roberto, by technical decision.
• Leo Messi is that it goes out . In the two last parties has recovered his more voracious version and has signed two "hat tricks", that have served him to shatter two records more: the one of Telmo Zarra in the League and the one of Raúl González in the Champions.
• Valencia carries two days without winning. Valencia needs to go back to give a joy to his fans after the defeat in the derbi in front of the Raise and the tie home against the Athletic Club. For this trusts to do cost the firmness in his stadium, where only has yielded points in front of the Basque group.
• The FC Barcelona has played 12 parties this season in the League BBVA. The team of Luis Enrique has added 9 victories, 1 tie and 2 defeats, with 30 goals in favour and 6 goals against. Far of the Camp Nou, this season in League, has added 4 victories, 1 tie and 1 defeat, with 11 goals in favour and 4 goals against.
• Goleadores Of the Barcelona in the League (8 players/12 parties): Neymar (10), Messi (10), Rakitic (3), Sandro (2), Jordi Alba (1), Xavi (1), Munir (1) and Pedro (1).