Full preview: Atlético Madrid likely to overcome Celta de Vigo at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 10.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Civitas Metropolitano (67829 seats)

This has all the signs of quite the engrossing contest at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano in the La Liga. Atlético Madrid is in 7th position and welcome Celta de Vigo in 8th place. Learn more about the fixture here!

The hosts Atlético saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Celta de Vigo have had more rest.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid's first La Liga home game here at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 19 matches.

Atlético Madrid's previous match was a Champions League game also played at home, finishing 2-1 vs Porto. The home team hope to to repeat that performance. Witsel was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.02 out of 10. The defender Witsel served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that, Atlético Madrid played out a La Liga draw 1-1 when visiting Real Sociedad.

The manager Simeone will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Atlético Madrid's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

Only one away game in the La Liga so far for Celta de Vigo and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 6 draws and 8 losses from 19 travels.

204 minutes! That's how long the Celta de Vigo goalkeeper Agustin Federico Marchesin and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Celta had fun at their own home (Estadio Civitas Metropolitano) last time out, beating Cádiz 3-0. Rodríguez and Aspas (2) scored. Aspas has bagged at least one goal for this team four fixtures in a row. The competence! The attacker Aspas got a match rating of 8.64 in that game. Aspas scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Girona with the score of 1-0.

Celta de Vigo have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Atlético Madrid have avoided defeat in the last 7 matches (4-3-0) versus Celta de Vigo.

Top Goalscorers

Celta de VigoI. Aspas Juncal
I. Aspas Juncal
5 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Morata
Á. Morata
3 goals
Atlético MadridA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
2 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Atlético Madrid Celta de Vigo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 1 4
2 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 0 0 Scored S 1 1 7
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
25% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.8 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 2.8
5.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 2.2
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 10.2
8 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 4
16% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 44%
 
13.2 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 11.2
4.2 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.8
Atlético Madrid Last season Celta de Vigo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
21 12   Won W   5 12
8 5   Drew D   6 10
9 2   Lost L   8 16
65 33   Scored S   17 43
43 16   Conceded C   20 43
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 87%
76% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 66%
58% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 34%
29% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 18%
16% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
55% 47%   BTTS BTTS   26% 37%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 37%
18% 16%   Failed to Score F T   53% 39%
 
5.3 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.4
3.9 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.8
2.9 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
7 4   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.3 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.9
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.9
41% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 29%
 
9.5 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 10.8
2.9 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.8

  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 4 4 0 0 11 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 9 3 7 12
2 FC Barcelona 4 3 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 10 10
3 Villarreal 4 3 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 5 0 9 10
4 Real Betis 4 3 0 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 9
5 Osasuna 4 3 0 1 6 3 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 9
6 Athletic Club 4 2 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 7
7 Atlético Madrid 4 2 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 7
8 Celta de Vigo 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
9 Real Sociedad 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 -1 7
10 Valencia 4 2 0 2 6 3 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
11 Mallorca 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
12 Girona 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
13 Almeria 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
14 Rayo Vallecano 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 -1 4
15 Espanyol 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -3 4
16 Real Valladolid 4 1 1 2 2 8 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 -6 4
17 Sevilla 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -5 1
18 Elche 4 0 1 3 1 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -8 1
19 Getafe 4 0 1 3 2 11 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 8 -9 1
20 Cádiz 4 0 0 4 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 -10 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 80 31 19 13 5 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 86
2 FC Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 19 12 2 5 37 19 19 9 8 2 31 19 30 73
3 Atlético Madrid 38 21 8 9 65 43 19 12 5 2 33 16 19 9 3 7 32 27 22 71
4 Sevilla 38 18 16 4 53 30 19 12 6 1 36 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 23 70
5 Real Betis 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 19 9 6 4 28 18 22 65
6 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 40 37 19 10 5 4 16 9 19 7 6 6 24 28 3 62
7 Villarreal 38 16 11 11 63 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 19 6 5 8 23 19 26 59
8 Athletic Club 38 14 13 11 43 36 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 9 6 14 18 7 55
9 Valencia 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 6 8 5 26 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -5 48
10 Osasuna 38 12 11 15 37 51 19 5 7 7 17 26 19 7 4 8 20 25 -14 47
11 Celta de Vigo 38 12 10 16 43 43 19 7 4 8 26 23 19 5 6 8 17 20 0 46
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 11 9 18 39 50 19 8 5 6 26 22 19 3 4 12 13 28 -11 42
13 Elche 38 11 9 18 40 52 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 4 3 12 16 31 -12 42
14 Espanyol 38 10 12 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 6 12 15 34 -13 42
15 Getafe 38 8 15 15 33 41 19 7 7 5 21 15 19 1 8 10 12 26 -8 39
16 Cádiz 38 8 15 15 35 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 19 5 6 8 16 27 -16 39
17 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 36 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 19 3 3 13 16 38 -27 39
18 Granada 38 8 14 16 44 61 19 5 7 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 38
19 Levante 38 8 11 19 51 76 19 5 7 7 28 30 19 3 4 12 23 46 -25 35
20 Deportivo Alaves 38 8 7 23 31 65 19 7 4 8 17 21 19 1 3 15 14 44 -34 31

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.