UD Almería vs Valencia Live Stream, Predictions

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UD Almería

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UD Almería will be hoping for a better result after a 2-1 La Liga loss in their previous game against Villarreal.

In that game, UD Almería managed 37% possession and 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for UD Almería was Sergio Akieme (44'). Villarreal got 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Gerard Moreno (45') and Alexander Sørloth (94') scored for Villarreal.

It has been seldom in recent times that UD Almería haven’t conceded. The reality is that UD Almería have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 14 goals on the way. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily follow through here, however.

Looking at the pre-match facts, UD Almería:

• have not been beaten in the league by Valencia in their last 2 games.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Valencia

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Valencia will go into the encounter after a 3-0 La Liga win with the downing of Atlético Madrid in their last outing.

In that game, Valencia managed 37% possession and 11 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Valencia, the scorers were Hugo Duro (5', 34') and Javi Guerra (54'). On the other side, Atletico Madrid got 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

Rubén Baraja's Valencia have fired home 8 times in the course of their previous six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period equals 5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 30/10/2013, there has been little to separate the clubs with UD Almería winning 2 of those games, Valencia 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 overall which averages out at 4 goals per meeting.

The last league fixture between these sides was La Liga match day 28 on 09/04/2023 when the final score was UD Almería 2-1 Valencia.

On that occasion, UD Almería had 40% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Gonzalo Melero (49') and Srđan Babić (58').

For their opponents, Valencia got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Samu Castillejo (61') scored.

The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez.

📰 Team News: UD Almería

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the UD Almería manager Vicente Moreno to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Léo Baptistão (Ankle Surgery) misses out.

📋 Team News: Valencia

Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Valencia gaffer Rubén Baraja to be concerned with. Alberto Marí (Groin Surgery) won’t be playing here.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Valencia and UD Almería could both find goals hard to come by here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. We’re therefore tipping a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:58 19/09/2023