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La Liga 2015-2016: Valencia vs Getafe, Preview, Prediction & Predicted Lineup

| Dec 17, 2015 10:56 PM EST

Valencia CF players.

Reeling club Valencia CF (5-4-6, 21 points) is set to face lowly team Getafe CF (4-8-3, 15 points) at the Estadio de Mestalla on Saturday, December 19 for a 2015-2016 La Liga season matchup.

Valencia has dropped to eighth place in the overall standings as the team had been winless in its last four games.

Their most recent outing ended in a 1-1 draw with Eibar at the Estadio Municipal de Ipura last Sunday, as per SkySports.

Eibar forward Sergi Enrich scored the opening goal right at the stroke of halftime as Los Armeros took a 1-0 lead at the break.

It was a struggle to score for Gary Neville's boys even in the second half. Thankfully, an own goal by Armagiñak defender David Junca knotted the count with five minutes remaining till full time to salvage the point.

Meanwhile, Getafe also settled for a 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez in their last game on December 11th, as reported by Goal

The match was goalless in the whole first half until Azulones winger Pablo Sarabia netted one in the first minute of the second with a close-range header.

Sociedad forward Imanol Agirretxe leveled the score at the 67th minute to force Fran Escribá's boys into a tie.

It was the fifth winless effort in six games for El Geta as they settle at the 14th spot in the league table.

The prediction is a close 2-1 win for Valencia.

Valencia starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Jaume; Barragan, Mustafi, Abdennour, Vezo; Gomes, Fuego, Danilo; Cancelo, Alcacer, De Paul

Getafe starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Guaita; Suarez, Cala, Alexis, Lago; Sarabia, Rodriguez, Meira, Lafita; Vazquez, Scepovic

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