A huge weekend match in Spain’s La Liga is Valencia vs Barcelona on Saturday night.
Valencia vs Barcelona
Saturday 17 October 2009,
Estadio Mestalla
Spanish La Liga Primera Football
Kick-Off: 22:00 CET (21:00 UK time)
Barcelona
Barcelona top the La Liga table and are a perfect six for six in the young season.
Truth be told, Barcelona have not even been so much as troubled by any team as they’ve enjoyed their first class seating en route to a perfect start.
Their most recent 1-0 win over Almeria was the smallest margin of victory they have experienced this season, and even then, they thoroughly dominated the match.
In fact, Almeria didn’t have a single shot on target in the match. If that wasn’t enough to fully express their dominance in the match, Almeria didn’t actually have a shot off target either. No shots, at all!
Pep Guardiola will know that his club’s first real test of the season awaits them as the Blaugrana travel to the Mestalla for this match.
Thus far it has been smooth sailing, but with the attacking ability of David Villa (if he his fit), David Silva and Ever Banega, Valencia will pose a threat Barcelona have not yet faced.
Valencia
David Villa could return from a torn thigh muscle to face Barcelona when Valencia host the champions on Saturday.
Villa, who withdrew from Spain’s final two World Cup qualifiers, would be a giant boost for Los Che as they are already without a few first team regulars.
Villa’s importance to Valencia…
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