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Villarreal

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Villarreal are hoping to win again following the 1-2 La Liga triumph versus Sevilla.

In that game, Villarreal managed 40% possession and 8 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Villarreal, the goals were scored by Arnaut Danjuma (2') and Ayoze Pérez (95'). Sevilla got 16 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Dodi Lukebakio (45') was the scorer for Sevilla.

Villarreal have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have managed to rack up 13 during that time and have conceded a total of 10.

Their past results show that Villarreal:

• are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Celta Vigo

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Celta Vigo will come into the meeting after a 3-1 La Liga win over Valencia in their last match.

In that match, Celta Vigo managed 49% possession and 7 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Celta Vigo, goals were scored by Óscar Mingueza (23'), Iago Aspas (28') and Fran Beltrán (60'). For their opponents, Valencia got 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Diego López (14') was the scorer for Valencia.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Celta Vigo, three or more goals have been hit. The average number of goals per game in that spell is 3, with the average number of goals for Celta Vigo coming out as 1.83. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, however.

Ahead of this clash, Celta Vigo have not won against Villarreal in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 20/11/2021 tells us that Villarreal have won 3 of them and Celta Vigo 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A combined total of 19 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them for El Submarino Amarillo and 8 belonging to Os Celestes. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The previous league match featuring these sides was La Liga match day 34 on 05/05/2024 when it finished Celta Vigo 3-2 Villarreal.

That time, Celta Vigo managed 54% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Iago Aspas (22'), Jorgen Strand Larsen (39') and Tasos Douvikas (82').

Villarreal got 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Alberto Moreno (12') and Gonçalo Guedes (65') scored.

The match was refereed by César Soto Grado.

📰 Team News: Villarreal

In our view, El Submarino Amarillo look set to go for a 4-4-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Diego Conde, Kiko, Raul Albiol, Eric Bailly, Sergi Cardona, Yeremi Pino, Daniel Parejo, Santi Comesana, Alejandro Baena, Gerard Moreno and Ayoze Perez.

🗞️ Team News: Celta Vigo

We believe Os Celestes could decide to utilise a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting the game with Ivan Villar, Javi Rodriguez, Jailson, Carlos Dominguez, Hugo Alvarez, Oscar Mingueza, Damian Rodriguez, Fran Beltran, Iago Aspas, Williot Swedberg and Anastasios Douvikas.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Celta Vigo have it in them to score against this Villarreal outfit, although it might not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Villarreal when all is said and done. Let’s see what happens here.

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

Renata Leite, 19:07 26/08/2024