Pre-Match Thread: Barcelona vs Valencia [La Liga]

#Match Information:

 

**Match**: [](#barcelona) Barcelona vs Valencia [](#valencia)

**Competition**: La Liga

**Date**: Monday, 29th of April 2024

**Time**: 21:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT – [Convert to local time](https://www.time.is/1714417200)

**Venue**: [Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Estadi_Ol%C3%ADmpic_Llu%C3%ADs_Companys_-_Barcelona%2C_Spain_-_Jan_2007.jpg/1920px-Estadi_Ol%C3%ADmpic_Llu%C3%ADs_Companys_-_Barcelona%2C_Spain_-_Jan_2007.jpg) – 54367 capacity

**Referee**: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

 

#Lineups and Squads:

 

[](#barcelona) **Barcelona** – Official squad to be confirmed

**GK**: Ter Stegen, Iñaki Peña

**DEF**: João Cancelo, ~~Álex Baldé~~, Araújo, Íñigo Martínez, Christensen, Alonso, Koundé

**MID**: ~~Gavi~~, Pedri, Oriol Romeu, Sergi Roberto, ~~Frenkie~~, Gündoğan

**ATT**: Ferran Torres, Lewandowski, Raphinha, João Félix, Vitor Roque

**Unavailable**: Álex Baldé, Gavi, Frenkie (injured)

**Not called**:

 

[](#valencia) **Valencia** – Official squad to be confirmed

**GK**: Jaume Doménech, Cristian Rivero, Giorgi Mamardashvili

**DEF**: Cristhian Andrey Mosquera Ibarguen, ~~Mouctar Diakhaby~~, Thierry Correia, ~~Gayá~~, Cenk Özkacar, Dimitri Foulquier, Vazquez Alcalde, Yarek Gasiorowski Hernandis

**MID**: Hugo Guillamón, Javier Guerra Moreno, André Almeida, Pepelu, Selim Amallah, Perez Martinez, Pablo Gozálbez, Hugo González

**ATT**: Sergi Canos, Hugo Duro, Peter Gonzalez Carmona, Diego López, Roman Yaremchuk, Alberto Mari Sánchez

**Unavailable**: Mouctar Diakhaby, Gayá (injured)

**Not called**:

 

#Form guide:

 

**Barcelona**

– **Form**: **[L]** L W W W

– **Goals scored**: 8

– **Goals conceded**: 9

– **Last match**: Real Madrid 3:2 FC Barcelona – La Liga

**Valencia**

– **Form**: **[L]** W W D L

– **Goals scored**: 3

– **Goals conceded**: 3

– **Last match**: Valencia 1:2 Real Betis – La Liga

 

#Head-to-head:

 

– **Last meeting**: Valencia 1:1 FC Barcelona

– **Date**: Saturday, 16th of December 2023, 21:00 CET

– **Competition**: La Liga

– **Threads**: [Pre-match thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18j26am/prematch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/) | [Match thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18jz7pw/match_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_laliga/) | [Post-match thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/)

– **Highlights**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBvvsCaCd4w

 

#Comments (Post-match thread):

 

Author: **ParsaAtashani** | Score: **289** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9eqf/)**

> Xavi is doing himself no favor by playing Lewy 90 minutes EVERY goddamn game

Author: **diabloXvintage** | Score: **235** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo99jp/)**

> Xg of 3.06 and still drew the game, god it’s so frustrating

Author: **[deleted]** | Score: **235** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9pay/)**

> 🚨🚨🎙️| Xavi: “Lewandowski and Raphinha are great finishers, i believe they will finish Barcelona one day”

Author: **Crossflowerss_5304** | Score: **146** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9czf/)**

> These wasted chances man… can’t take it anymore.

Author: **LanceOfKnights** | Score: **134** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9i2i/)**

> Dead last Almeria next week at the Montjuïc . As we are in the mood to distribute points in Liga.

> https://preview.redd.it/wmewzohbcq6c1.jpeg?width=1934&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee32a646d30374f1b05481c604e63708e59cf71f

Author: **decho** | Score: **106** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo96ta/)**

> We had no less than 10 or 11 chances and only scored one fucking goal.

Author: **TomcatOnFIRE** | Score: **82** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo98je/)**

> Looked better today but still can’t finish to save our lives

Author: **LunarRaven7** | Score: **68** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9fzq/)**

> Honestly we need actual attackers in the winter. If we can swap or sell any of our attackers we should accept.

Author: **LostUchiha1** | Score: **62** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo99ru/)**

> Just Imagine if we could finish…..

Author: **Coolidge302** | Score: **62** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdobniy/)**

> Tactically, I dont understand the vision but we created chances I guess.

> Lewandowski is cooked unfortunately.

> Raphinha was our best attacker(not a high bar)

> De Jong(who was so good creatively today) and Pedri are the only guaranteed starters on this team. Araujo too

> Kounde should not start ahead of Christensen bar any extraordinary circumstances.

> Balde, I love you, I love ur game but watching you try to cross is painful. Watch some Marcos Alonso highlights, then you advance to the Jordi Alba highlights.

> Mr hairgel please give us Guiu, Fermin and Casado more. Lewa is cooked and we can’t start risking Pedri again. The guy is running for his life, a natural mobile DM even if it is an academy product coming on for about 15 mins will help ease of the workload on our creative midfielders.

> Felix gets away with another bad performance because he scored a tap in. He is not notably better than any of our attackers I swear the lack of work put in defensively from him is what kills me more.

> I am tired and depressed from watching this team but I will be here on Wednesday again. I have no other option. Visca Barça.

Author: **alecz123** | Score: **61** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdobo51/)**

> It’s incredible how Messi used to bang in goals week in week out for years.

Author: **debcomajin** | Score: **60** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo96lb/)**

> Literally nothing to be happy about right now. This team is dead, no one cares. No motivation. Just fuck off

Author: **thebrownestmamba** | Score: **55** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9huc/)**

> On the players tonight. Still shit at finishing and naive at defending. It’s a shame because we are creating a lot of occasions, the goal was maybe some of the best football we’ve played so far this season, but we’re still not sharp enough and it’s frustrating. Pedri and de Jong put in a shift tonight so well done. Gundo and Lewy are still not delivering what is expected of them.

> Finally, I will thank Raphinha for his efforts and his assist here and there, but his end product in goals, decision making is simply poor and he is more upsetting than helpful. He had it in his boots tonight and fucked it up.

Author: **drain_garbage** | Score: **50** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9lfu/)**

> The problem is actually just the front three. Our midfield creates loads of chances every game but those three frauds are just allergic to scoring.

> Also Balde is physically incapable of making a single good cross.

Author: **[deleted]** | Score: **47** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9n0t/)**

> For the first time ever, a poor performance/result doesn’t hurt me. It has happened so much that I have become numb to it apparently.

Author: **Allstate85** | Score: **47** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9i69/)**

> Don’t know how people can watch and blame anything but the finishing. Its been shot all year

Author: **fcbxjdb** | Score: **31** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9blv/)**

> closer to 5th place than 2nd 🙂

Author: **rawdoggerpro** | Score: **28** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdobfpv/)**

> Whatever happened to Xavi’s “philosophy” where players compete to earn their spot in the playing 11? Are you telling me Lewa scores bangers every training sessions to come and fumble on the matchday?

Author: **PrizeMarzipan401** | Score: **28** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9hua/)**

> Just change Lewandowski man

Author: **icestory** | Score: **24** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo953x/)**

> Official: Frenkie de Jong has been named as the MOTM.

Author: **steelbro12** | Score: **24** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9gcg/)**

> Some of you are still blaming Xavi for our forwards being utter shit in front of goal 🤣🤣🤣

Author: **abbytarar** | Score: **21** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo98w1/)**

> This team won’t be good for as long as Lewy, Raphina and Felix are starters

Author: **Masoud7711** | Score: **21** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9b2b/)**

> This is probably one of the worst Barcelonas I have ever seen. Crippled finishing, lack of urgency in defending and running like headless chickens.

Author: **Jerry_41** | Score: **20** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdo9b4a/)**

> This team isn’t fun to watch

Author: **j3ffr3y_** | Score: **19** pts | **[Source](https://reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/18k1sxf/postmatch_thread_valencia_vs_barcelona_la_liga/kdocfhh/)**

> I know our attackers are shit right now but xavi’s reluctance to try something different isnt helping either. Its like he is choosing to die on this hill. I wanna see something with 4 midfielders or 5 at the back. I know this aint fifa to be trying different formations all the time but jesus christ something has to work cause whats there rn aint it.

 

#Quotes:

 

🚨 Xavi Hernández: "We have the challenge of finishing second. We want to qualify for the Super Cup and to do so we must beat Valencia."

— barcacentre (@barcacentre) April 28, 2024

 

#Latest News:

 

[[Article] – The lowdown on Valencia CF](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/3982020/the-lowdown-on-valencia-cf) – **fcbarcelona.com**

[[Article] – Attention turns to Valencia](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/3982039/attention-turns-to-valencia) – **fcbarcelona.com**

[[Article] – When and where to watch FC Barcelona v Valencia](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/3976880/when-and-where-to-watch-fc-barcelona-v-valencia) – **fcbarcelona.com**

 

#TV/Online:

 

**[Livesoccertv](https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/4678597/barcelona-vs-valencia/)** | **[Liveonsat](https://liveonsat.com/europe-spain-laliga.php)** | **[FCBarcelona.com](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/3976880/when-and-where-to-watch-fc-barcelona-v-valencia)**

 

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