📊 Form Guide

Celta Vigo

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Celta Vigo will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 3-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Alaves.

In that game, Celta Vigo managed 63% possession and 4 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. On the other side, Alaves had 16 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Giuliano Simeone (48'), Jon Guridi (54') and Carlos Benavídez (86') scored for Alaves.

Three or more goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Celta Vigo have taken part. Opposing sides scored 11 of them in this period whereas Celta Vigo amassed a tally of 7. That being said, time will tell whether the trend might be maintained here in this match.

Their previous form shows that Celta Vigo:

• haven't beaten Villarreal in their previous 5 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Villarreal

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Villarreal will come into the match following a 3-0 La Liga win in the defeat of Rayo Vallecano in their previous match.

In that game, Villarreal managed 45% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Villarreal, the goals were scored by Alexander Sørloth (18', 74') and Yerson Mosquera (69'). Rayo Vallecano had 18 shots at goal with 4 on target.

In their last six clashes, Villarreal have bagged the sum of 11 goals. Villarreal have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 5 goals go against them.

A look at their previous results shows us that Villarreal:

• have left without a victory over Celta Vigo when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• remain undefeated by Celta Vigo when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• are undefeated in their last 6 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 09/05/2021 shows that Celta Vigo have won 1 of these & Villarreal 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A combined sum of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from Os Celestes and 11 being from El Submarino Amarillo. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league game featuring the two was La Liga match day 18 on 20/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Villarreal 3-2 Celta Vigo.

That day, Villarreal had 48% possession and 12 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The goalscorers were Alfonso Pedraza (13'), Aïssa Mandi (40') and Dani Parejo (48').

Celta Vigo got 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Tasos Douvikas (52') and Jorgen Strand Larsen (57') scored.

The referee was César Soto Grado.

📋 Team News: Celta Vigo

The Celta Vigo boss Claudio Giráldez will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all before this match owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from.

It seems likely that Os Celestes may well use the 3-4-3 system this time with Vicente Guaita, Oscar Mingueza, Carlos Dominguez, Unai Nunez, Carles Perez, Jailson, Fran Beltran, Hugo Alvarez, Iago Aspas, J. Strand Larsen and Jonathan Bamba.

🗞️ Team News: Villarreal

Villarreal boss Marcelino García Toral has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Yéremy Pino (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Denis Suárez (Tendon rupture) will not be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that El Submarino Amarillo will likely make use of a 4-4-2 system, choosing Filip Joergensen, Kiko, Raul Albiol, Yerson Mosquera, Alberto Moreno, Ilias Akhomach, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Alejandro Baena, Goncalo Guedes and Alexander Soerloth.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Villarreal will likely be able to put a goal past this Celta Vigo lineup, but it might not be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Celta Vigo at the end of this one. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 14:01 05/05/2024