La Liga game preview: Celta de Vigo against Real Madrid

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abanca-Balaídos

Real Madrid can not ask for any favours from their host Celta de Vigo in this La Liga match. Here's the complete guide!

Insights:
  • Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (59) in La Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Celta de Vigo have to build on here at Abanca-Balaídos in the La Liga.

Celta de Vigo are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Aspas).

Celta drew their last game, also a home match. Real Betis (placed 5th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Defender Mallo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Mallo hit four key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Villarreal (0-1).

The Celta de Vigo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. More than 50 % of these goals (10 in all) came after at least 60 minutes had been played. Celta de Vigo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 10-2-2 from 14 games. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Real Madrid are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Madrid failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Barcelona (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-4. Midfielder Casemiro was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.12. Casemiro hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 60 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Mallorca.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Real Madrid manager Ancelotti as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chelsea.

Real Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 14 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Real Madrid - Celta 5-2 was the end result in these contenders' previous head to head game, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Celta de Vigo victories, two draws and eight Real Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Benzema with 8 goals scored against Celta in these 10 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
22 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
14 goals
Celta de VigoI. Aspas Juncal
I. Aspas Juncal
13 goals

Celta de Vigo missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Celta de Vigo Real Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 5 14 29
9 5 0 Won W 3 10 20
9 4 2 Drew D 1 2 6
11 6 3 Lost L 1 2 3
33 20 4 Scored S 6 27 59
32 19 8 Conceded C 4 12 25
83% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 86%
62% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 69%
34% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 62%
17% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 31%
10% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 24%
38% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 57% 52%
38% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 41%
41% 27% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 14% 21%
 
4.1 4.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.4 5.9
4.1 3.7 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.9 3.7
2.5 2.3 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 12.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16.4 16.3 17.4
3.6 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.6 6.1 6.4
32% 36% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 31% 32%
 
11.1 9.9 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 11.4 10.6
3.9 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.4 3.5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Madrid have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most points (32) away in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (59) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+15) away in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+34) in La Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 29 20 6 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 32 13 14 10 2 2 27 12 34 66
2 Sevilla 29 15 12 2 40 19 14 10 4 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 57
3 Barcelona 28 15 9 4 56 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 27 54
4 Atlético Madrid 29 16 6 7 53 36 14 9 3 2 25 13 15 7 3 5 28 23 17 54
5 Real Betis 29 15 5 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 14 7 3 4 23 17 15 50
6 Real Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 0 48
7 Villarreal 29 12 9 8 48 27 15 9 4 2 35 14 14 3 5 6 13 13 21 45
8 Athletic Club 29 10 11 8 33 28 14 7 3 4 23 15 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 41
9 Valencia 29 10 10 9 42 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 40
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 29 36 15 4 6 5 14 20 14 6 2 6 15 16 -7 38
11 Celta de Vigo 29 9 9 11 33 32 15 5 4 6 20 19 14 4 5 5 13 13 1 36
12 Espanyol 29 9 9 11 35 41 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -6 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 5 14 29 34 15 8 3 4 21 11 13 1 2 10 8 23 -5 32
14 Elche 29 8 8 13 30 40 14 5 5 4 16 15 15 3 3 9 14 25 -10 32
15 Getafe 29 6 11 12 27 33 14 6 4 4 19 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -6 29
16 Granada 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 4 6 17 22 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 28
17 Cadiz 29 5 12 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 27
18 Mallorca 29 6 8 15 26 49 15 4 6 5 13 17 14 2 2 10 13 32 -23 26
19 Deportivo Alavés 29 5 7 17 23 48 15 4 4 7 12 18 14 1 3 10 11 30 -25 22
20 Levante 29 3 10 16 31 58 14 2 7 5 17 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -27 19

Celta de Vigo:
Real Madrid:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 29 20 6 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 32 13 14 10 2 2 27 12 34 66
2 Sevilla 29 15 12 2 40 19 14 10 4 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 57
3 Barcelona 28 15 9 4 56 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 27 54
4 Atlético Madrid 29 16 6 7 53 36 14 9 3 2 25 13 15 7 3 5 28 23 17 54
5 Real Betis 29 15 5 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 14 7 3 4 23 17 15 50
6 Real Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 0 48
7 Villarreal 29 12 9 8 48 27 15 9 4 2 35 14 14 3 5 6 13 13 21 45
8 Athletic Club 29 10 11 8 33 28 14 7 3 4 23 15 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 41
9 Valencia 29 10 10 9 42 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 40
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 29 36 15 4 6 5 14 20 14 6 2 6 15 16 -7 38
11 Celta de Vigo 29 9 9 11 33 32 15 5 4 6 20 19 14 4 5 5 13 13 1 36
12 Espanyol 29 9 9 11 35 41 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -6 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 5 14 29 34 15 8 3 4 21 11 13 1 2 10 8 23 -5 32
14 Elche 29 8 8 13 30 40 14 5 5 4 16 15 15 3 3 9 14 25 -10 32
15 Getafe 29 6 11 12 27 33 14 6 4 4 19 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -6 29
16 Granada 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 4 6 17 22 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 28
17 Cadiz 29 5 12 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 27
18 Mallorca 29 6 8 15 26 49 15 4 6 5 13 17 14 2 2 10 13 32 -23 26
19 Deportivo Alavés 29 5 7 17 23 48 15 4 4 7 12 18 14 1 3 10 11 30 -25 22
20 Levante 29 3 10 16 31 58 14 2 7 5 17 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -27 19

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