by The Copa del Rey has reached the quarterfinals and Valencia will be confronted with Barcelona for the second time in 2025 in the hope that this match will be a bit different than the last time these two parties met. Valencia traveled away to Barcelona and lost 7-1 in January, but now they get the chance to host the men of Hansi Flick in their home stadium, where they have been defensively a lot. It may not matter how Barcelona’s attack occurred, but everything can happen in a knockout tournament.
Here are our storylines, how you can view the competition and more:
How to look and opportunities
- Date: Thursday, February 6 | Time: 3.30 pm et
- Location: Estadio de Mestalla – Valencia, Spain
- Live stream: ESPN+
- Chances: Valencia +700; Drawing +430; Barcelona -310
Storylines
Valencia: Fighting to prevent relegation in La Liga, it is impressive that Valencia has even achieved this phase of the Copa del Rey. Things have improved since hiring Carlos Corberan as their manager after Christmas, with the Spanish manager not won three of his seven games. The only crooked collision was the druling away to Barcelona, but they only fell at home to Real Madrid who show that this could be a closer game than expected.
Valencia predicted XI: Stole Dimitrievski, Jose Gaya, Crithian Mosquera, Cesar Tarrega, Dimitri Foulquier, Enzo Barrenechea, Javier Guerra, Diego Lopez, Andre Almeida, Luis Rioja, Hugo Duro, Hugo Duro, Hugo Duro, Hugo Duro,
Barcelona: Struggling to capture Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in competition game, are the cups where Barcelona has to win the most. Based on how their first meeting went, Flick can rotate a bit here, because Barcelona has two of the three between Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski in the attack, they are unstoppable.
Barcelona predicted XI: Inaki Pena, Alex Bald, Eric Garcia, Pau Cubarsi, Jules Kounde, Pedri, Fenkie de Jong, Fermin Lopez, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal
Prediction
Valencia will better comprehend this competition in their home stadium, but Barcelona will not be put into their search for a Copa del Rey title. Choose: Valencia 1, Barcelona 3
