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This is the Queen's Cup semifinals. It's a meeting between teams that played the semis last season two. Barcelona beat Levante 3-0 and lost to Atletico Madrid in the final 2-3. Valencia lost to Atletico in the semis 1-2 in extra time. However, Valencia knocked out Barcelona from this competition two seasons ago and lost in the final to Sporting de Huelva 2-1. Barcelona recorded 75 points in the championship and conceded just 13 goals in 30 games. Valencia finished in third with 11 goals conceded. These teams met 7 times in the last 3 years. Barcelona won 3 times, Valencia 3 and they recorded a 1-1 draw in December of 2016. Interestingly, 15 goals were scored in those last 7 games. This may be the last game for Valencia's coach Toro. The draw against Barcelona away is a big reason for his side to be optimistic today. They know how to play big games as they proved this season with that draw and the two draws with champions Atletico Madrid (1-1, 0-0). Their problem are games against so called small teams. They had 8 draws in those this season which is definitely too many. That proves their lack of offensive power, as do games against Barcelona and Madrid. Barcelona lost an important defender who played all 28 games this season. Also, Alves got injured in a national team friendly and won't be here either. However, Barcelona have a lot of experience in this competition and we cannot miss out on this pick. Each of these teams concede a goal in every third game if we take a look at the stats. Their h2h games had an average of 2,14 goals in the last three seasons. They are now meeting in a very important game and everything suggests it will be an under.