Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Espanyol

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Espanyol will be wanting a better result here following a 3-1 La Liga loss in their previous game against Real Madrid.

In that match, Espanyol had 29% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Espanyol was Joselu (8'). For their opponents, Real Madrid had 22 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Vinicius Júnior (22'), Éder Militão (39') and Marco Asensio (93') scored for Real Madrid.

Espanyol have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, but they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Espanyol have been punished defensively in 5 of them in addition to managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.

Heading into this fixture, Espanyol are unbeaten in the league by Celta Vigo in their previous 2 games.

Celta Vigo

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Celta Vigo will go into the encounter following a 3-0 La Liga win in the defeat of Rayo Vallecano in their last game.

In that match, Celta Vigo managed 43% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Celta Vigo was Iago Aspas (51', 85'). At the other end, Rayo Vallecano got 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Pathé Ciss (52' Own goal) was the scorer for Rayo Vallecano.

Carlos Carvalhal's Celta Vigo have converted a total of 11 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period adds up to 5.

Their previous form shows that Celta Vigo:

• have not won against Espanyol when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head clashes going back to 26/09/2019 shows us that Espanyol have won 2 of them & Celta Vigo 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined total of 15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 from Periquitos and 7 being from Os Celestes. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

🗞️ Team News: Espanyol

Keidi Bare (Ruptured ankle ligament) and Adrià Pedrosa (Groin Injury) won’t be able to feature for Espanyol manager Diego Martínez.

📰 Team News: Celta Vigo

Due to a completely healthy group to choose from, the Celta Vigo manager Carlos Carvalhal has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Celta Vigo and Espanyol won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. We’re therefore tipping a 0-0 scoreline when all is said and done.

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Peter Guest, 02:29 14/03/2023