Valencia vs Girona - prediction, team news, lineups

Still having enactment to bash to unafraid their La Liga presumption for different campaign, Valencia volition invited Girona to Mestalla connected Saturday evening.

Los Che are presently 13th successful the La Liga table, conscionable 3 points supra the relegation zone, portion Girona are 11th, with the Catalan outfit 2 points supra their opponents successful this weekend's contest.

Match preview

Valencia person a grounds of 9 wins, 9 draws and 14 defeats from their 32 league matches this season, with 36 points being bully capable for 13th, but they are lone 3 points supra the relegation zone, truthful their presumption successful Spain's apical formation is acold from comfy astatine this signifier of proceedings.

Los Che volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 1-1 gully against Mallorca, but they person been beaten successful 2 of their past three, which has led to them conscionable looking implicit their shoulder.

Carlos Corberan's broadside finished 12th successful La Liga past season, and it would not beryllium a astonishment to spot a akin last spot this term, but a precocious conflict against the driblet cannot beryllium ruled out.

Valencia person picked up 23 points from their 15 location league matches this word and volition beryllium welcoming a Girona outfit with 16 points to amusement from their 16 games connected their travels.

Los Che person lone ever locked horns with Girona connected 13 erstwhile occasions, and they conscionable astir pb the wide head-to-head grounds six wins to five, with lone 2 of their games finishing level.

Girona are looking to bash a La Liga treble implicit Valencia, having recorded a 2-1 triumph erstwhile the 2 sides locked horns successful the reverse lucifer earlier this season.

Valencia won 2-0 successful the corresponding clash past term, though, and 11 of their 13 meetings person taken spot since January 2018, with some enjoying occurrence during that run.

Girona volition participate this contention disconnected the backmost of a 3-2 location decision to Real Betis, but they did gully 1-1 with Real Madrid successful their past crippled connected their travels connected April 10.

Michel's broadside are presently 11th successful the array connected 38 points from 32 matches, which has near them 5 points wide of the relegation portion and lone 4 points disconnected eighth-placed Real Sociedad.

The Catalan broadside person not really won distant from location successful the league since the mediate of January, but they are successful somewhat amended signifier than Valencia implicit the past six matches.

Valencia La Liga form:

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Girona La Liga form:

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Team News

Valencia person a important wounded database for this weekend's contest, with six players ruled retired of action.

Indeed, Mouctar Diakhaby, Dimitri Foulquier, Copete, Julen Agirrezabala, Thierry Correia and Eray Comert volition each beryllium missing for the location side.

Umar Sadiq was connected the scoresheet against Mallorca and is acceptable to clasp his spot successful the last 3rd of the field, portion determination is acceptable to beryllium a presumption successful the mediate for the talented Javi Guerra.

Girona volition not person overmuch sympathy with Valencia erstwhile it comes to injuries, arsenic the Catalan broadside besides person a depleted squad for the fixture astatine Mestalla.

Juan Carlos, Donny van de Beek, Portu, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Abel Ruiz and Vladyslav Vanat are the absentees for the distant team.

Claudio Echeverri, who is connected indebtedness from Manchester City, has lone scored erstwhile successful La Liga for Girona this season, but a deficiency of options successful the last 3rd of the tract could mean that the talented 20-year-old receives different presumption successful the starting XI here.

Valencia imaginable starting lineup:

Dimitrievski; Saravia, Nunez, Tarrega, Gaya; Rodriguez, Guerra; Rioja, Beltran, Ramazani; Sadiq

Girona imaginable starting lineup:

Gazzaniga; Martinez, Reis, Blind, Moreno; Witsel, Beltran; Tsygankov, Martin, Ounahi; Echeverri

We say: Valencia 1-1 Girona

This fixture has lone been drawn doubly passim history, but we are struggling to backmost either with immoderate existent assurance connected Saturday and person truthful had to settee connected a low-scoring draw.

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