Valencia vs Girona Prediction and Odds | La Liga August 14
Valencia vs Girona Betting Preview
Valencia and Girona will open up their respected La Liga seasons on Sunday as Valencia finished 9th in last year’s standings with Girona finishing 6th in La Liga 2 standings. WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan shares his thoughts on Sunday’s Valencia and Girona clash.
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| Sunday, August 14 | La Liga Betting Notes |
|---|---|
| Valencia: | -115 |
| Girona: | +345 |
| Draw: | +250 |
| Total: | 2.5 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings) |
| Game Time: | 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT |
Valencia vs Girona Analysis
Last season’s Segunda Division playoff winners Girona will be looking for a successful return to the Spanish top flight after two seasons spent down in the lower leagues.
Standing in their way this weekend are a Valencia side who’ll be disappointed with the way they finished off last season, picking up just one win across their last nine league games in all to close out the year.
Girona and Valencia have split their last two meetings at the Estadio de Mestalla, with Girona picking up the most recent victory back in November 2018.
Stuani Remains Dangerman For Girona
While no doubt at the backend of his career at this stage, Uruguayan striker Cristhian Stuani has nevertheless shown how dangerous he still is, bagging 23 league goals for Girona last season to rank as the league’s top scorer.
Not only was he last season’s league top scorer, Stuani also ranks as the club’s highest-ever top scorer as well, with an incredible 107 goals scored for Girona over his career, surpassing the previous record set by Arcadi Camps.
Valencia’s defense will no doubt need to find some way to deal with Girona’s influential captain in this one.
Valencia Need A Huge Uptick In Home Form This Season
Valencia had one of the worst home records in the league last year, picking up just six wins total there all season.
That record didn’t get any better as the season wore on either, as Valencia had the league’s 3rd worst record from January 1st on last season, amassing just two total wins at home over the final ten games of the season.
New manager and AC Milan club legend Gennaro Gattuso will no doubt target Valencia’s poor home form from last season, and use it as a huge focal point for this year.
Valencia vs Girona Prediction
The Girona +0.5 is going off at plus money right now at time of writing and we really like the value on that line for Sunday’s game.
Valencia’s home form, especially over the back half of last season, was incredibly poor and Gattuso may well struggle to turn that around early on here as he comes off a sizeable coaching layoff and frankly has yet to prove himself at the highest levels in club management either.
Girona will be set up to frustrate Valencia in this one and we’re more than happy to take a piece of them catching a half-goal headstart here on the road on Sunday and get a result in this game, especially at plus money.
Take Girona +0.5 on Sunday to cover on the road against Valencia over in Spanish LaLiga.
Prediction: Girona +0.5
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‘The sharpest sports mind in Ireland’ is how one prominent newspaper dubbed Kevin Dolan after he became the first foreigner ever to win the World Series of Handicapping tournament back in 2015. “The Irishman” made his start wagering on GAA, football, soccer and boxing, all to immense success. Since becoming a professional bettor, he has since lit up the sports betting scene in the U.S. and abroad, winning two handicapping awards and writing a best-selling book on sports handicapping named ‘The Complete Guide to Sports Betting’.
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