· Barcelona have won six successive league meetings
with Valencia at the Camp Nou; their best ever run of home victories against
los Che.
· Juan Antonio Pizzi will be the fourth Valencia
manager to face Barcelona over the last two seasons; only Ernesto Valverde has
got a point so far (1-1 at the Mestalla).
· Barcelona have won their last 10 home matches
against middle-third teams
· Valencia have not earned a point at the Nou
Camp since 2006 (1-1), when Quique Sanchez Flores was manager.
· If they win this game, Barcelona will have
recorded their second best ever run of home league wins (26, best run is 39 in
1960).
· Barcelona have scored first in their last six
home matches
· Valencia have only lost one of their four
league games under Juan Antonio Pizzi so far (W1 D2).
· Lionel Messi, who has still not found the net
in the league since returning from injury, will face the only side he has
scored a hat-trick against this term.
· Valencia have had loss/loss results in their
last seven defeats against Big Two teams
· Over the last three seasons, only against
Osasuna (nine) has Lionel Messi scored more goals than he has against Valencia
(eight).
· Victor Valdes has the best save percentage of
any La Liga goalkeeper this season (84.5%).
· Barcelona have been leading at half-time in
their last four home matches
· Barcelona have scored more first-half goals
(31) than Valencia have overall (28) in La Liga this term.
· The Catalan side have conceded a league-high
46% of their goals from corners this season.
· Xavi Hernandez averages a league-high 91.35
passes per game this season; Oriol Romeu (65.5) leads this chart for Valencia
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