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VALENCIA
TEAM NOTES
Coach: Quique Sanchez Flores (1st year) Liga Primera
Record: 12-3-7
Rank: 2nd, 43 points
Last Result: 1-0 win at Deportivo, February 4
Streak: Won 1 Next Game: vs. Barcelona, February 12 David Villa's goal midway through the first half was enough for Valencia to take home all three points from Deportivo in La Coruna. Valencia extended their unbeaten run in La Liga to 11 matches and exacted a little revenge on Deportivo for Copa del Rey defeat just three days earlier. Villa has 14 goals this season and has moved to within four goals of Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o for the Liga Primera lead. The two top strikers in La Liga will square off as Valencia host the league leaders Barcelona this weekend at the Mestalla stadium. A victory for Valencia will be important should Valencia want to make a run at Barcelona for the Liga Primera title. The Mestalla stadium will not face a suspension following last month's incident in the Copa del Rey where a linesman was hit by an object. Midfielder Edu has returned to training for the first time since tearing up his knee ligaments last summer. Valencia have posted clean sheets in six of their last seven Liga Primera matches.
SCOREBOARD
11:00 a.m. ET
Valencia  
Real Sociedad  
 

SPANISH PRIMERA STANDINGS
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Barcelona 23 16 3 4 53 20 52
Valencia 23 13 3 7 34 19 46
Real Madrid 23 14 6 3 44 23 45
Osasuna 23 13 6 4 29 24 43
Celta Vigo 23 12 8 3 25 24 39
Sevilla 23 11 7 5 31 21 38
Deportivo Coruna 23 10 7 6 31 25 36
Villarreal 23 9 6 8 28 22 35
Atletico Madrid 23 8 7 8 27 23 32
Real Zaragoza 23 7 5 11 32 31 32
GETAFE 23 8 9 6 32 29 30
Racing Santander 23 6 8 9 21 26 27
Real Sociedad 23 7 12 4 32 44 25
Espanyol 23 6 11 6 20 35 24
CD ALAVES 23 5 11 7 24 36 22
Real Betis 23 5 11 7 20 32 22
CADIZ 23 5 11 7 17 30 22
Malaga 23 5 13 5 28 37 20
Athletic Bilbao 23 4 12 7 25 34 19
Mallorca 23 4 12 7 22 40 19

c-league champion, r-relegated to lower division
VALENCIA SCHEDULE
Date Time Teams Stories
Sun. January 16th 11:00 a.m. ET Valencia 0, Osasuna 0  
Sun. January 23rd 11:00 a.m. ET Villarreal 3, Valencia 1  
Sun. January 30th 03:00 p.m. ET Athletic Bilbao 2, Valencia 2  
 

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