Espanyol know they are in for a difficult excursion to Celta de Vigo and their Abanca-Balaídos. This news article has all the facts you need ahead of the game.
- Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have yet to win a game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Espanyol, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
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 Celta and Espanyol.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
With 1 La Liga win, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Celta de Vigo are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Happy days for Celta de Vigo in their previous game, a Copa Del Rey match away at FC Andorra (after extra-time) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The attacker Mina won the honour of being "man of the match" for Celta with the rating of 8.02/10. Mina scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Mallorca that finished 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Celta handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, five draws and one defeat.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Celta de Vigo here at Abanca-Balaídos in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Celta defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Espanyol form and stats
There's been little loot from Espanyol's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the La Liga. Espanyol only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Espanyol's last three away games as they have all been lost.
It's the second away game in a row for Espanyol, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Cristo Atletico in the Copa Del Rey last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Moreno Peris when Gómez scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute. Defender Vila was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Vila served one assist, hit two key passes and won 11 of 17 duels.
That result followed a home victory 4-3 versus Levante in the La Liga.We have checked recent matches where Espanyol have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, two draws and four defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Espanyol as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Espanyol in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celta two wins, seven draws and Espanyol one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 8 goals |   I. Aspas Juncal 7 goals |  S. Mina Lorenzo 5 goals |
Celta de Vigo missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Celta de Vigo | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 21 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 59% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 41% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| 12% | 11% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 12% | 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 35% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 41% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 13.3 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.6 | 12.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 26% | 24% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 18% | 26% |
| 10.8 | 9.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.9 | 14.3 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
- Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Celta de Vigo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Espanyol have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 42 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Valencia | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Barcelona | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Athletic Club | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Granada | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Elche | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alaves | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 13 |
| 19 | Getafe | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 20 | Levante | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 8 |