Real Valladolid vs Valencia Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Real Valladolid have badly struggled this season as they sit rock-bottom in La Liga ahead of facing fellow strugglers Valencia tucked in the bottom three and the relegation places.
Kick-off date/time: Friday 13th December, 2024: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so Real Valladolid vs Valencia may be televised on one of their affiliated channels
How to watch online: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN+
Real Valladolid Preview: Rock-bottom Valladolid
Real Valladolid begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting rock-bottom in La Liga and last week took the decision to sack Uruguayan coach Paulo Pezzolano after gaining promotion with him last season despite supporters often giving him heavy criticism throughout the campaign.
Valladolid have, at the time of writing, still got Alvaro Rubio in caretaker charge of the Pucelanos. They come into this one on the back of a 2-1 loss to Las Palmas last weekend with Sandro Ramirez scoring a brace either side of a Marcos Andre equaliser before half-time.
Valencia Preview: Valencian difficulties
Following the devastating flooding last month, Valencia have been hit by tragedy this season with the club battling against relegation from La Liga once again amid protests against controversial owner Peter Lim.
The Valencians did get a win against Real Betis upon their first game back to action after a couple of postponements but they have now suffered back-to-back losses with their most recent outing being a 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano at Mestalla via a Pathe Ciss winner.
Real Valladolid Team News: Comert suspension
Former Valencia centre-back Eray Comert is missing through suspension for this weekend with Morocco international midfielder Selim Amallah out injured. Former Newcastle United man as well as Raul Moro are also injury doubts for this weekend.
Predicted XI (4-1-4-1): Hein; Lucas Perez, Ozkacar, Javi Sanchez, Rosa; Juric; Ivan Sanchez, Mario Martin, Kike Perez, Sylla; Marcos Andre
Unavailable: Comert (Suspended), Amallah (Injured)
Questionable: Kenedy (Injured), Raul Moro (Injured)
Valencia Team News: Defensive injuries
Club captain Jose Luis Gaya is a doubt for this weekend’s trip to Estadio Jose Zorrilla with several other injury concerns for the Valencians such as Maximiliano Caufriez, Dimitri Foulquier, Thierry Correia and Mouctar Diakhaby.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Mamardashvili; Carlos Tarrega, Cristhian Mosquera, Gasiorowski; Diego Lopez, Barrenechea, Javi Guerra, Sergi Canos; Luis Rioja, Hugo Duro, Pepelu
Unavailable: Diakhaby (Injured), Correia (Injured), Caufriez (Injured), Foulquier (Injured)
Questionable: Jose Luis Gaya (Injured)
Real Valladolid vs Valencia Prediction
The fact that Valladolid remain manager-less, despite their best efforts, perhaps speaks volumes about the situation that they are in as they are drifting towards relegation. They have struggled for consistency in selection as well as their performances. Valencia will believe they have enough to get themselves out of trouble but they will have to ensure they win games like this, and they should do, to eventually drag themselves clear.
Real Valladolid vs Valencia Tip: Valencia to win
