Celta Vigo vs Girona FC Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Celta Vigo

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Celta Vigo will be hoping for a better result following a 2-1 La Liga losing effort in their last game against Athletic Bilbao.

In that game, Celta Vigo had 52% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Celta Vigo was Jorgen Strand Larsen (50'). Athletic Bilbao had 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Iñaki Williams (5') and Álex Berenguer (54') scored for Athletic Bilbao.

Celta Vigo have been quite ineffective in attack in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 against opponents during their last six fixtures. In those meetings, Celta Vigo have also seen the tally of goals against them total 10.

Going into this contest, Celta Vigo haven't lost in the league to Girona FC in their previous 2 matches.

Girona FC

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Villarreal in La Liga action, Girona FC and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Girona FC managed 45% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Girona FC was David López (24'). On the other side, Villarreal got 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Yeremy Pino (9') and Gerard Moreno (94') scored for Villarreal.

The stats don’t lie, and Girona FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals in all. Defensively, Girona FC have clearly had some problems. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this match, however.

Their previous form shows that Girona FC:

• have not beaten Celta Vigo in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes dating back to 28/01/2012 tells us that Celta Vigo have won 3 of them and Girona FC 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Os Celestes and 8 belonging to Blanquivermells. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league match between the two was La Liga match day 3 on 26/08/2022 when it finished Girona FC 0-1 Celta Vigo.

In that match, Girona FC had 54% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

Celta Vigo had 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Iago Aspas (49') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Carlos Del Cerro Grande.

ℹ️ Team News: Celta Vigo

The Celta Vigo manager Carlos Carvalhal has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

It seems likely that Os Celestes will possibly line up in a 4-3-3 system for this game, handing starts to Ivan Villar, Hugo Mallo, Unai Nunez, Joseph Aidoo, Javi Galan, Gabriel Veiga, Renato Tapia, Oscar Rodriguez, Carles Perez, J. Strand Larsen and Miguel Rodriguez.

ℹ️ Team News: Girona FC

Girona FC manager Míchel Sánchez Muñoz has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Taty Castellanos (Ankle Injury) and Ibrahima Kébé (Knee Problems) are not able to play.

From our viewpoint, Blanquivermells appear most likely to elect for a 4-1-4-1 formation with a starting lineup of Paulo Gazzaniga, Arnau Martinez, Santiago Bueno, Bernardo, Miguel Gutierrez, Oriol Romeu, Yan Couto, Viktor Tsigankov, Ivan Martin, Valery Fernandez and Cristhian Stuani.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Girona FC may find it difficult to put one past this Celta Vigo team who we reckon will be able to grind out a win.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning margin for Celta Vigo at the end of the 90 minutes.

We’ll see what happens.

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Renata Leite, 00:48 19/05/2023