MADRID, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Valencia coach Carlos Corberan has a long injury list to add to his early season problems ahead of Sunday's La Liga match at home to FC Barcelona.
Valencia goes into the game with just one point from its opening three games, which came from a 0-0 draw at home to Celta Vigo on the opening day.
Since then, Corberan's side has lost 1-0 at home to Betis and was beaten 3-1 away to Deportivo la Coruna last weekend, adding to the pressure in a Mestalla Stadium which lost patience with club owner Peter Lim a long time ago.
A further defeat would leave Valencia in the relegation zone, but Corberan's side will be missing several key players to take on Barcelona.
Guido Rodriguez, Jose Copete, Sadiq Umar, Justin de Haas, Diego Lopez and Sergi Canos are all certain to miss Sunday's key game, while Dimitri Foulquier, Luis Rioja and Kayne van Oevelen are all doubts.
The only good news for Corberan is that deadline day arrival, Harvey Elliott will be able to start after completing his loan move from Liverpool, although Elliott has struggled with a lack of competitive football over the past months.
Barcelona has started this season with three consecutive wins in which it has scored 12 goals. ■
