The visiting Atlético Madrid side should be favourites in this visit to Celta de Vigo, as the away team holds a 27 point advantage from their 34 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Celta are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Atlético Madrid are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
Celta de Vigo have collected 22 points from their La Liga home games so far after 5-7-5. Two draws in a row at home now for Celta.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Real Betis in the La Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Celta lost 1-5 at Mallorca's place.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Celta as they are travelling to their away game against Osasuna in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.
The Celta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 17 matches. From these home matches, Celta have conceded only 16 goals.
Atlético Madrid form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 5 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Atlético who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Real Madrid.
Atlético go into this game after a win, the home game against Mallorca that ended 3-0. Before that, Atlético Madrid travelled to Barcelona and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Betis in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético have scored 20 goals in 17 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Atlético Madrid - Celta 0-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Celta, two draws and six wins for Atlético Madrid. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Aspas Juncal 13 goals |   Á. Morata Martín 11 goals |  S. Ñíguez Esclapez 6 goals |
Celta de Vigo missing players
Atlético Madrid missing players
| Celta de Vigo | Atlético Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 46 |
| 43 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 85% |
| 59% | 53% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 71% | 65% |
| 35% | 29% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 24% | 32% |
| 29% | 24% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 47% | 41% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 44% |
| 32% | 35% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 35% | 44% |
| 38% | 35% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 29% | 26% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 329 | 186 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 179 | 430 |
| 126 | 65 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 57 | 137 |
| 26% | 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | 34% |
- Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)