Barcelona vs Valencia
LaLiga 2018-19
Venue: Camp Nou
Kick-off time: 5:30pm GMT, today
Barcelona return to LaLiga action this afternoon against Valencia, fresh from demolishing Sevilla to advance to the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
Barca headed into Wednesday's Copa clash needing to overturn Sevilla's 2-0 first-leg win, and duly thrashed them 6-1 at Camp Nou to advance to the last four of the competition.
Ernesto Valverde's attentions now turn back to LaLiga, with Barca five points clear at the top of the table heading into the weekend's action.
Barcelona team news and predicted line-up
Sergio Busquets is suspended, which could mean a start for Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Samuel Umtiti is back in training following a knee injury, but is unlikely to be fit enough to start.
Rafinha is out for the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in November.
Jean-Clair Todibo was not included in Barca's 19-man squad to face Valencia, while back-up goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen is absent after tearing a calf muscle in training which is set to sideline him for around six weeks.
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Arthur, Rakitic, Boateng; Coutinho, Suarez, Messi
Barca squad: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Rakitic, Coutinho, Arthur, Suarez, Messi, Malcom, Lenglet, Samper, Murillo, Jordi Alba, Boateng, Sergi Roberto, Alena, Vidal, Vermaelen, Inaki Pena
Score prediction: Barcelona 2-0 Valencia
Barca may be feeling the effects of their dramatic Copa victory over Sevilla in midweek, but their sheer firepower should make a victory likely.
Valencia have only conceded 18 goals this season (three fewer than Barcelona) but have scored just 22 - only Valladolid, Leganes, Villarreal and Huesca have scored fewer.
Expect a tight game to be decided by Lionel Messi - the Barca talisman has scored in his last eight games.
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Match odds
- Barcelona to win: 1/4
- Draw: 5/1
- Valencia : 10/1
First goalscorer odds
- Lionel Messi: 2/1
- Luis Suarez: 12/5
- Philippe Coutinho: 16/5
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TV channel and live stream online coverage
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Head to head record and history (h2h)
Valecia have beaten Barca just once in their last nine LaLiga meetings, within Barca winning five of those.
Barca have also scored more league goals (314) against Valencia than against any other club.
