Valencia CF (18th, 1pt) vs FC Barcelona (1st, 9pts)
Competitors/Spherical: 2026-27 La Liga, Matchday 4
Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Roony Bardghji, Frenkie de Jong (out), Lamine Yamal (doubt)
Valencia Outs & Doubts: Umar Sadiq, Sergi Canós, Diego López, Justin De Haas, Guido Rodríguez (out), José Copete, Luis Rioja, Kayne van Oevelen, Dimitri Foulquier (doubt)
Date/Time: Sunday, September 6, 2026, 4.15pm CET (Barcelona), 3.15pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 7.45pm IST (India)
Venue: Mestalla, Valencia, Spain
Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos
VAR: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
The way to watch on TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Premier Sports activities 2 (UK), StarTimes (Nigeria), Movistar (Spain), others
The way to watch online: ESPN+ (USA), Premier Sports activities Participant (UK), FanCode (India), Movistar+ (Spain), others
Following an enormous win over Rayo Vallecano on Monday, Barcelona return to motion seeking to lengthen their excellent begin to the season because the Catalans journey to the long-lasting Mestalla Stadium to face historic rivals Valencia on Sunday afternoon.
Barça come into this one with an opportunity to make an early assertion within the title race: the Mourinho Invincibles misplaced their first sport of the season away to Actual Betis, so the Blaugrana can take sole possession of first place with a three-point lead in the event that they win this one.
The Catalans had been very snug of their clashes with Valencia within the Hansi Flick Period, profitable the primary 4 conferences by a whopping mixed rating of 20-2. However Los Che lastly put an finish to the embarrassment within the ultimate day of final season, beating Barça 3-1 at Mestalla and ending a horrible run of heavy defeats.
Barça had a workforce stuffed with backups and kids as a number of key names have been already being saved for the World Cup, and the Catalans had nothing to play for having been topped league champions virtually a month earlier. This one will rely for each groups this time, and Barça might be seeking to reestablish their dominance over Valencia.
The hosts for Sunday’s match are navigating a significant harm disaster that’s forcing coach Carlos Corberán to play a really defensive type, and the outcomes aren’t good: Valencia have only one level and one aim scored from their first three video games, and have critically struggled to generate any significant offense.
Valencia are anticipated to play a again 5, defend in a deep block and use the pace of their forwards on the counter, and can attempt to sluggish the sport down as a lot as attainable to try to trigger an upset. Barça’s assault is flying however will meet a cussed and bodily protection, and the Blaugrana must be very medical to complete their possibilities and safe a win.
Barcelona (4-3-3): Joan; Eric, Cubarsí, Martín, Espart; Fermín, Rodri, Pedri; Adeyemi, Raphinha, Gordon
Valencia (5-3-2): Dimitrievski; Maffeo, Arnau, Diakhaby, Tárrega, Vázquez; Ugrinic, Pepelu, Guerra; Duro, Danjuma
Barça dominated Valencia in scary trend up till their final assembly, and the Blaugrana might be hungry to place that defeat in final season’s finale behind them and present Valencia they’re nonetheless the superior aspect on this longtime rivalry: 3-1 to the guests.
