The Barcelona, to give the hit in the League in front of Valencia

Published:24/11/2017 - 08:25h

Updated:26/11/2017 - 21:54h

It arrived one of the most expected duels of the League that will confront to a FC Barcelona leader in front of a Valency that goes second to four points. The Barcelona pretend asestar an important hit that could leave them with an advantage of seven

The FC Barcelona will contest this Sunday in Mestalla a party that can be key for the development of what remains of season. The Barcelona team arrives like indisputable leader of LaLiga to four points of Valencia that it is second qualifier and that will not put at all easy the things to the men of Ernesto Valverde.

A Barcelona victory could be a definite hit to the competition since it would leave to the valencianistas to a distance of seven points. In this case, the Real Madrid would remain to ten of disadvantage, what would leave descolgados to two of the rival maxima of the Barça to aspire to the title. However, a victory of Valencia would tighten the high zone leaving in an alone point the margin that the Barcelona would have to protect his leadership.

The FC Barcelona travels to Mestalla with a lot of drops by physical problems. However, the most significant is the one of Gerard Hammered for seeing the fifth yellow cardboard in front of the Leganés that, added to the one of Javier Mascherano by injury, do that Thomas Vermaelen, practically unpublished during the present season, and Samuel Umtiti are the only central available for Valverde.

The dangers of Valencia

Valencia arrives to the duel like a very consistent group that has not lost neither an alone party in LaLiga Santander. Effective in attack and solid defensivamente, have attained to be the only team that hold the endiablada series of results of the FC Barcelona in the 12 days that have contested in the domestic competition.

Valencia, to date, has harvested nine victories and three ties. To level goleador, the team 'che' has marked 32 so many, only one less than the Barcelona. Players like Guedes, Zaza or Rodrigo have showed that they are a real threat for the ones of Ernesto Valverde, that will have to them to him fix with an unpublished defence and two head offices that never before had played together, as they are it Umtiti and Vermaelen.

On the other hand, Marcelino García Toral, technical valencianista, will be the another big absent in the appointment. It was expelled in the last party of League in Cornellà-The Prat against the Espanyol by a rifirrafe with Quique Flores, by what will not be able to give direct orders from his bench in Mestalla.