Valencia makes it eight in a row to set up Barca clash
Barcelona will have to contend with a red-hot Valencia at Mestalla next week after LaLiga's second-placed side beat Espanyol 2-0.
Valencia will take record-breaking form into next weekend's top-of-the-table clash with Barcelona after racking up an eighth consecutive LaLiga win.
Having set a new club benchmark of seven successive league victories before the international break, Los Che continued their eye-catching run with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Espanyol.
Geoffrey Kondogbia and Santi Mina scored second-half goals to set up a mouth-watering test against table-topping Barca at Mestalla in seven days' time.
Valencia's haul of 30 points from its opening 12 games, while still four shy of Ernesto Valverde's side, is its best-ever start to a LaLiga campaign.
Marcelino's men will also have the advantage of a greater rest period leading into next Monday's (AEDT) encounter, with Barca due to visit Juventus in the Champions League on Thursday (AEDT).
