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Alaves

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Alaves, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-0 La Liga success against Atlético Madrid.

In that match, Alaves had 31% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Alaves, goals were scored by Carlos Benavídez (15') and Luis Rioja (92'). At the other end, Atletico Madrid had 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 6 of the last 6 fixtures where Alaves have been involved. Regarding the goal split from that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 6 and Alaves totted up 3. We will have to see if that trend can be continued on here.

Going into this encounter, Alaves are winless against Celta Vigo in their previous 6 league matches.

Celta Vigo

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Celta Vigo will come into the match following a 4-1 La Liga win with the downing of UD Las Palmas in their previous game.

In that match, Celta Vigo had 32% possession and 21 shots on goal with 13 on target. For Celta Vigo, the scorers were Iago Aspas (37', 76'), Williot Swedberg (39') and Tasos Douvikas (71'). Las Palmas had 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Juanma Herzog (11') was the scorer for UD Las Palmas.

Claudio Giráldez's Celta Vigo have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 8 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during that period adds up to 8.

Going into this contest, Celta Vigo haven't been beaten by Alaves when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 21/06/2020 reveals that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Alaves. They have not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Celta Vigo have been the better of the two, beating them in 83% of those ties.

A sum of 21 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 for Babazorros and 18 netted by Os Celestes. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The last league game featuring the two was La Liga match day 7 on 28/09/2023 when the final score was Celta Vigo 1-1 Alaves.

In that game, Celta Vigo managed 46% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

Alaves had 21 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. Rafa Marín (35' Own goal) and Samuel Omorodion (73') scored.

The referee was César Soto Grado.

📰 Team News: Alaves

The Alaves manager Luis García Plaza doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all before this match with a fully healthy group available to select from.

It looks as if Babazorros could line up in a 4-3-3 formation for this one, utilising Antonio Sivera, Andoni Gorosabel, Nahuel Tenaglia, Ruben Duarte, Javi Lopez, Carlos Benavidez, Antonio Blanco, Jon Guridi, Giuliano Simeone, Kike Garcia and Carlos Vicente.

📋 Team News: Celta Vigo

Owing to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Celta Vigo boss Claudio Giráldez doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game.

There’s a good chance that Os Celestes might play in a 3-4-3 system, settling for Vicente Guaita, Oscar Mingueza, Carlos Dominguez, Unai Nunez, Carles Perez, Jailson, Fran Beltran, Manuel Sanchez, Iago Aspas, Anastasios Douvikas and Hugo Alvarez.

✨ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Celta Vigo should have enough to find the back of the net against this Alaves team, but that probably won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Alaves at the end of the 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 16:05 27/04/2024