Betting tips for Barcelona VS Valladolid 16.02.2019

Barcelona and Valladolid will face each other on the 24th round of the Spanish championship at Camp Nou. The team "Culé" have not won three games and want to complicate life for Valladolid, a team that fights for permanence.

The Spanish championship is entering a decisive phase, the first leg of the second knockout round of the Champions League is approaching and Barcelona's management has decided to give confidence to coach Ernesto Valverde by extending the coach's call until 2020. (2-2) - since November that Barça did not lose points to play at home - and Athletic Bilbao (0-0). The great winner of the two previous matches was Real Madrid, rival of the "Blaugrana" who knew how to take advantage of the Catalans' slides, is now six points behind from first place and will still be able to face Barcelona at the Bernabeu on Monday return.

Valladolid will be their last opponent on the road to Barcelona before the first leg of the first knockout round of the Champions League against Lyon in France. The need to add three points, return to the victories and prevent Real Madrid continue to approach will lead Ernesto Valverde to bet on the eleven strongest he has at his disposal. If the course of events is favorable to Barça, then the management of the effort of the most used units may take place.

The main draw in the Barcelona team is Arthur, the Brazilian midfielder who will not be available in the coming weeks. Samuel Umtiti has returned to training after injury but should not be an option here. Rafinha and Cillessen are also out for injury.

O Valladolid is not having an easy task in a year of returning to the elite of Spanish football, although it is outside the relegation zone at the entrance for this day 23. The team trained by Sergio González only won one of the last ten meetings that played for Camp Nou following four consecutive clashes with direct opponents, followed by Celta Vigo (2-1), drew 1-1 at Villarreal and lost to Levante (2-0). Huesca (4-0). In terms of results, Valladolid crosses that which is its worst phase of the season after a positive start that included to include a series of four consecutive victories and seven games without knowing the taste of the defeat between the months of September and another.

14 of the 26 points achieved by this team to date have been won in away games, but the two recent trips to the Levante (2-0) and Huesca (4-0) strongholds sounded the alarm, especially the rout suffered at hands of the "red lantern" and holder of the worst attack of the competition.

Luismi and Pablo Hervías are injured and are not going to play, while Óscar Plano is out for punishment. Valladolid should appear in their usual 1x4x3x3 at Camp Nou, with no big surprises in eleven.