Villarreal favourites for feisty fight facing Celta de Vigo

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

The table shows that 11 points divide the pair of combatants in this La Liga fixture. Villarreal have both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Villarreal have the most points from losing position (17) in La Liga

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Villarreal and Celta de Vigo.

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Villarreal form and stats

Villarreal have played 15 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The Villarreal followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Espanyol and win 4-2. A goal frenzy last time out for Villarreal, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Espanyol. Fun stuff to watch! Midfielder Capoue was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.6 (out of ten) in that game. Capoue scored two goals, hit three key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 41 total).

Heartbreak before that as Villarreal lost 1-2 at Sevilla's place.

There will be little rest for Villarreal after this match as they are travelling to Valencia for a La Liga game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Villarreal in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Villarreal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Celta de Vigo have produced an overall stat of 4-4-7 so far.

Celta won their last game, 1-0 versus Elche played at home. Those three points felt nice as this side had gone four league fixtures without victory. Aidoo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.24. Aidoo scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Real Madrid's place.

We have checked recent matches where Celta de Vigo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Celta de Vigo manager Carvalhal as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Getafe.

In the opposite end, Celta have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived match involving both these teams is the Celta de Vigo - Villarreal 1-1 played not long ago this season. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Villarreal won four, Celta de Vigo triumphed in four and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Celta de VigoI. Aspas Juncal
I. Aspas Juncal
12 goals
Celta de VigoG. Veiga Novas
G. Veiga Novas
9 goals
VillarrealJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
7 goals

Villarreal missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Celta de Vigo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
15 9 2 Won W 1 4 10
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 9
11 4 2 Lost L 3 7 12
43 24 4 Scored S 6 15 37
32 14 4 Conceded C 11 25 42
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 94%
71% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 60% 65%
45% 47% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 48%
16% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 40% 29%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 20% 13%
42% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 48%
35% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 32%
29% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 26%
 
5.4 5.9 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.7
4.8 3.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 4.5
2.4 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.1 2.1
4 3 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
13.7 16.1 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.4 11.8 13.1
5.2 6.1 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.8 4.3
27% 26% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 28%
 
12.6 11 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.5 10
4 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Villarreal have the most points from losing position (17) in La Liga
  • Villarreal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 31 24 4 3 55 11 15 12 3 0 28 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 44 76
2 Real Madrid 31 20 5 6 65 28 15 10 4 1 36 12 16 10 1 5 29 16 37 65
3 Atlético Madrid 31 19 6 6 50 23 16 10 3 3 31 13 15 9 3 3 19 10 27 63
4 Real Sociedad 31 16 7 8 39 29 15 8 4 3 19 13 16 8 3 5 20 16 10 55
5 Villarreal 31 15 5 11 43 32 15 9 2 4 24 14 16 6 3 7 19 18 11 50
6 Real Betis 31 14 7 10 39 33 16 8 4 4 22 15 15 6 3 6 17 18 6 49
7 Athletic Club 31 13 7 11 42 31 16 7 3 6 20 12 15 6 4 5 22 19 11 46
8 Osasuna 31 12 8 11 29 32 15 8 1 6 17 17 16 4 7 5 12 15 -3 44
9 Rayo Vallecano 31 11 10 10 38 37 16 7 5 4 23 18 15 4 5 6 15 19 1 43
10 Girona 31 11 8 12 48 45 16 9 3 4 31 21 15 2 5 8 17 24 3 41
11 Sevilla 31 11 8 12 38 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 16 5 4 7 18 26 -7 41
12 Mallorca 31 11 7 13 30 34 15 7 4 4 16 11 16 4 3 9 14 23 -4 40
13 Celta de Vigo 31 10 9 12 37 42 16 6 5 5 22 17 15 4 4 7 15 25 -5 39
14 Real Valladolid 31 10 5 16 27 50 15 7 3 5 16 16 16 3 2 11 11 34 -23 35
15 Almeria 31 9 6 16 38 53 16 8 2 6 24 21 15 1 4 10 14 32 -15 33
16 Valencia 31 9 6 16 34 37 16 7 3 6 23 16 15 2 3 10 11 21 -3 33
17 Cádiz 31 7 11 13 23 43 16 4 6 6 14 22 15 3 5 7 9 21 -20 32
18 Getafe 31 7 10 14 29 41 16 5 5 6 17 18 15 2 5 8 12 23 -12 31
19 Espanyol 31 6 10 15 37 53 15 3 5 7 18 25 16 3 5 8 19 28 -16 28
20 Elche 31 2 7 22 20 62 15 1 4 10 11 27 16 1 3 12 9 35 -42 13

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Celta de Vigo:
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 Barcelona 31 24 4 3 55 11 15 12 3 0 28 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 44 76
2 Real Madrid 31 20 5 6 65 28 15 10 4 1 36 12 16 10 1 5 29 16 37 65
3 Atlético Madrid 31 19 6 6 50 23 16 10 3 3 31 13 15 9 3 3 19 10 27 63
4 Real Sociedad 31 16 7 8 39 29 15 8 4 3 19 13 16 8 3 5 20 16 10 55
5 Villarreal 31 15 5 11 43 32 15 9 2 4 24 14 16 6 3 7 19 18 11 50
6 Real Betis 31 14 7 10 39 33 16 8 4 4 22 15 15 6 3 6 17 18 6 49
7 Athletic Club 31 13 7 11 42 31 16 7 3 6 20 12 15 6 4 5 22 19 11 46
8 Osasuna 31 12 8 11 29 32 15 8 1 6 17 17 16 4 7 5 12 15 -3 44
9 Rayo Vallecano 31 11 10 10 38 37 16 7 5 4 23 18 15 4 5 6 15 19 1 43
10 Girona 31 11 8 12 48 45 16 9 3 4 31 21 15 2 5 8 17 24 3 41
11 Sevilla 31 11 8 12 38 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 16 5 4 7 18 26 -7 41
12 Mallorca 31 11 7 13 30 34 15 7 4 4 16 11 16 4 3 9 14 23 -4 40
13 Celta de Vigo 31 10 9 12 37 42 16 6 5 5 22 17 15 4 4 7 15 25 -5 39
14 Real Valladolid 31 10 5 16 27 50 15 7 3 5 16 16 16 3 2 11 11 34 -23 35
15 Almeria 31 9 6 16 38 53 16 8 2 6 24 21 15 1 4 10 14 32 -15 33
16 Valencia 31 9 6 16 34 37 16 7 3 6 23 16 15 2 3 10 11 21 -3 33
17 Cádiz 31 7 11 13 23 43 16 4 6 6 14 22 15 3 5 7 9 21 -20 32
18 Getafe 31 7 10 14 29 41 16 5 5 6 17 18 15 2 5 8 12 23 -12 31
19 Espanyol 31 6 10 15 37 53 15 3 5 7 18 25 16 3 5 8 19 28 -16 28
20 Elche 31 2 7 22 20 62 15 1 4 10 11 27 16 1 3 12 9 35 -42 13

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