Barcelona vs Valladolid prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-08-30 15:00.
[p]Dani Olmo scored on his Barcelona debut as they continued their winning start to the La Liga campaign with a 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano on Tuesday, ensuring they remain the only side with a 100% record this season after three matches. Perhaps surprisingly for a club of their stature, this is the first time since 2018/19 that Barça have started the league season with three wins in a row, but things arenât all positive, as an injury to Marc Bernal has the âdressing room feeling a little downâ according to boss Hansi Flick.[/p]
[p]A fourth successive win would be the perfect way to lift the mood, and with 15 victories from the last 17 league H2Hs (L2) against their next opponent Real Valladolid, it seems a distinct possibility. The Catalans havenât lost a home league H2H since November 1997, and the home fans will hope that remains intact before the teams break for international football.[/p]
[p]A Valladolid win here, as their huge outsider status suggests, would be a complete shock, although theyâve had a fairly decent start to this campaign (W1, D1, L1). They were held to a goalless draw by LeganĂ©s on Wednesday in what was a second consecutive scoring blank, and having also failed to score in six of their last eight H2Hs, their scoring drought looks set to continue despite the fact they actually won the last H2H 3-1![/p]
[p]This isnât a new issue either for Valladolid, who have failed to score in three consecutive La Liga away outings. That included a 3-0 loss to Real Madrid on their first trip of this league campaign, although the score doesnât reflect their efforts to keep Madrid quiet for more than a half, while two goals after the 85th minute perhaps made the scoreline look worse than it ought to have been.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Pedri scored the second goal of the game in Barcelonaâs win over Rayo, something which he also did in their last home H2H, while his three personal H2Hs have all seen Barça win âto nilâ. Looking to stop him will be Karl Hein in the Valladolid goal, who already has two clean sheets in this league campaign and has made nine saves in three games.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Barcelona scored exactly two goals in eight of their last ten league matches.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar Bhamidi[/i][/p]