David Flower
Dailysports's expert
Real Valladolid
Valencia
The starting match of the 17th round of the Spanish championship will take place on Friday at the Mendisorrosa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where local Valladolid will take on Valencia. I offer a bet on the number of goals in this match with good chances of success.
Match preview
Alvaro Rubio failed to make a successful debut as head coach of Valladolid. In the framework of the last round, his team lost away to Las Palmas with a score of 1-2. This defeat was the third consecutive defeat in La Liga, extending the club's winless streak to six matches (1 draw with 5 defeats).
The situation in the standings remains extremely difficult: Valladolid is in last place, showing the worst defence in the championship with 34 goals conceded. The coaching staff faces a difficult task - to improve the team's results and bring it back into the fight to retain its place in the elite of Spanish football. In 8 home matches Valladolid has made only one victory with 4 defeats.
In turn, Ruben Barahi's team is also going through a difficult period in La Liga, having suffered two consecutive defeats. First, the team lost away to Mallorca (1:2), and then lost at home walls Rayo Vallecano with a minimum score of 0:1.
Ahead of the game with Valladolid, the situation is aggravated by the statistics of the last eight matches: only one win with three draws and four defeats. As a result, the ‘bats’ occupy the penultimate, 19th place in the table, five points behind the saving 17th. In seven away matches this season, Valencia have not won once, losing in seven meetings.
Probable Line-ups
- Valladolid: Hayne, Sanchez, Torres, Chasco Ruiz, Perez, Jemert, Touhami, Martin, Moro, Sylla, Amalla.
- Valencia: Mamardashvili - Casioro, Tarrega, Garciorovski, Correa - Almeida, Guillaumont, Pepelu, Tejon - Duro, Rioja.
Match Facts and Head-to-head encounters
- Last season, the teams exchanged home wins with a minimum scoreline
- In the last five matches Valencia made 4 victories over Valladolid, losing only one match.
- The bet on ‘Total over 2.5’ has been played in three out of five matches.
Prediction
Bookmakers give a slight advantage to the visitors, estimating the victory of Valencia with odds at 2.45. We believe that in this match we should not expect a lot of goals and our bet is ‘Total less than 2.5’ with odds of 1.65.
