{"id":18633,"date":"2025-01-25T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/fc-barcelona-valencia-key-victory-to-get-back-into-laliga_310359_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:59:59","slug":"fc-barcelona-valencia-key-victory-to-get-back-into-laliga_310359_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/fc-barcelona-valencia-key-victory-to-get-back-into-laliga_310359_102.html","title":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona-Valencia: A key victory to get back into LaLiga"},"content":{"rendered":"
After just over a month, the ball will roll again at the Estadi Ol\u00edmpic Llu\u00eds Companys<\/strong> in a match of LaLiga EA Sports 2024\/25<\/strong>. An FC Barcelona<\/strong> emboldened after a historic victory against Benfica<\/strong> in the Champions League will host Valencia<\/strong> at Montju\u00efc<\/strong>, with the urgency to transfer their brutal performance in the continental competition to the local level to achieve a win that allows them to stay in the title race.<\/p> The team led by Hansi Flick<\/strong> will face a rival in poor form. The Valencia team occupies the nineteenth place in the standings and has managed only one victory in the last 8 league matches. Moreover, they have not won in blaugrana territory for over 8 years<\/strong>, so the stage is set for the Catalans to redeem themselves and secure three crucial points to narrow the gap with Real Madrid<\/strong> and Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong>.<\/p> The FC Barcelona<\/strong> has started 2025 like a true ‘storm’, thrashing Barbastro<\/strong> (0-4) and Betis<\/strong> (5-1) in the Copa del Rey and becoming the champion of the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a in a crushing manner after defeating Athletic Club<\/strong> (0-2) and Real Madrid<\/strong> (2-5), in addition to achieving a legendary comeback against Benfica<\/strong> in the Champions (4-5).<\/p> However, in LaLiga<\/strong>, the blaugranas have maintained the trend with which they ended the first half of the season, where neither luck nor refereeing decisions favored the team. In the first match of this new year in the league, the Catalans suffered a controversial and undeserved draw against Legan\u00e9s<\/strong> (1-1), where a clear penalty not called on Jules Kound\u00e9<\/strong> ended up affecting the score.<\/p> With this stumble at the Coliseum, Bar\u00e7a<\/strong> has added its fourth match without winning in LaLiga<\/strong>. The Catalans have accumulated 6 points out of 24 possible<\/strong> in the last eight matches (1 win, 3 draws, and 4 losses), and they have not known victory at home since November 3, when they defeated Espanyol<\/strong> in the Catalan derby (3-1).<\/p> Since then, three consecutive defeats against Las Palmas<\/strong>, Legan\u00e9s<\/strong>, and Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong> have matched the worst home losing streak for the blaugranas in LaLiga since the 1965\/66 season. For this reason, next Sunday\u2019s match against Carlos Corber\u00e1n<\/strong>‘s team presents the ideal opportunity to return to the winning path in the league competition and get back into the title race.<\/p> To seek the three points, Hansi Flick<\/strong> could introduce some changes compared to the lineup presented against Benfica<\/strong> last Tuesday, as it was the same used against Betis<\/strong> in the Copa del Rey. Frenkie de Jong<\/strong> and Eric Garc\u00eda<\/strong> could enter the starting lineup, while I\u00f1aki Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> will almost certainly return to the starting position after seeing Szczesny<\/strong> occupy his place between the posts at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz.<\/p> However, the German coach will still have to deal with the significant absence of Dani Olmo<\/strong>, who is still working on recovering from his overload in the soleus of his right leg, which prevented him from being present in the Champions match. Also injured and unavailable will be Marc-Andr\u00e9 Ter Stegen<\/strong>, Marc Bernal<\/strong>, and I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, whose return is expected in February.<\/p> The Valencia team will visit one of the venues that has been most challenging for them in recent years. In the City of Barcelona, Bar\u00e7a<\/strong> has imposed itself with authority over the che team, registering six victories and two draws<\/strong> in the last 8 encounters between both teams in blaugrana territory.<\/p> To find the last victory of Valencia<\/strong> in Barcelona, we must go back to April 17, 2016<\/strong>, when an own goal by Rakitic<\/strong> and a goal by Santi Mina<\/strong> gave them the three points (1-2). Messi<\/strong> reduced the deficit, but the team led by Luis Enrique<\/strong> was unable to even equalize the match.<\/p> Since then, 8 years and 9 months ago, the dominance of the Catalans over Valencia<\/strong> at home has been overwhelming. In addition to being unbeaten in 8 duels, the blaugranas have scored 22 goals, averaging 2.75 per match, and have conceded 12, a ratio of 1.5 per encounter.<\/p> Thus, the scenario is perfect to fully engage in the fight for the league title. The Catalans are third with 39 points, tied with Athletic Club<\/strong>, 5 units behind the second-placed Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong>, and 7 behind the leader, Real Madrid<\/strong>. Therefore, at Montju\u00efc<\/strong> and against one of their favorite victims, the wind is blowing in favor of a Bar\u00e7a<\/strong> that aims to secure three key points in their championship aspirations.<\/p> Bar\u00e7a seeks a key victory against Valencia at Montju\u00efc. The Catalans have gone 4 consecutive matches without winning in LaLiga, making Sunday\u2019s clash a ‘matter of life or death’ After just over a month, the ball will roll again at the Estadi Ol\u00edmpic Llu\u00eds Companys in a match of LaLiga EA Sports 2024\/25. An FC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":358,"featured_media":18636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fc-barcelona"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBar\u00e7a needs a victory at Montju\u00efc<\/h3>
Will Hansi Flick activate the rotations?<\/h3>
Bar\u00e7a faces one of its favorite victims<\/h3>
Ficha t\u00e9cnica del partido<\/h3>