La Liga preview: Can Celta de Vigo edge out victory against Espanyol?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Thu 26.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Balaídos (31800 seats)

The La Liga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 16th and 18th respectively.

The visiting Espanyol played their last game only four days ago, a La Liga match.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

Celta de Vigo have played three La Liga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Celta de Vigo drew their last game, 0-0 away at Atlético Madrid (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was a defeat to Granada (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Celta de Vigo handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D2-L1.

There will be little rest for Celta de Vigo after this match as they are travelling to SD Eibar for a La Liga game in only three days.

Celta de Vigo aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio de Balaídos in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol are still undefeated on their travels in the La Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Espanyol failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Real Sociedad (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-3. A draw for Espanyol before that, at their own venue hosting Ferencvaros (1-1).

Espanyol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

After this away game Espanyol return home for a La Liga game against Real Valladolid. That game is only three sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Espanyol has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Celta de Vigo victories, 5 draws and 2 Espanyol wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Fernández
1 goals
Denis Suárez
1 goals / 1 assists

Celta de Vigo missing players

Espanyol missing players

Celta de Vigo Espanyol
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 2 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 2 0 Lost L 0 0 3
3 2 0 Scored S 2 2 3
6 5 0 Conceded C 1 1 9
80% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 50% 80%
60% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 80%
20% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 40%
40% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 20%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 60%
 
3.8 5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 5.6
7 4.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5 5.4
3.6 3.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • Celta de Vigo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Espanyol have not yet lost a game away.
  • Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Celta de Vigo Last season Espanyol
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 8   Won W   3 14
11 5   Drew D   8 11
17 6   Lost L   8 13
53 31   Scored S   20 48
62 25   Conceded C   28 50
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
82% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 79%
55% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
37% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
24% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
63% 58%   BTTS BTTS   58% 55%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 26%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   32% 21%
 
4.3 5.2   Corners For (avg) C F   4.3 4.6
4.9 5.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.9 5.2
2.2 2.2   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
6 2   Red Cards R C   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Celta de Vigo have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Celta de Vigo
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-08-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 1 - 3 Real Madrid
24-08-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 1 - 0 Valencia
30-08-19 LAL Sevilla 1 - 1 Celta de Vigo
15-09-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 0 - 2 Granada
21-09-19 LAL Atlético Madrid 0 - 0 Celta de Vigo
26-09-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 18:00 Espanyol
29-09-19 LAL SD Eibar 12:00 Celta de Vigo
06-10-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 12:00 Athletic Club
20-10-19 LAL Deportivo Alavés 10:00 Celta de Vigo
27-10-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 11:00 Real Sociedad
Espanyol
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
29-08-19 EL Zorya 2 - 2 Espanyol
01-09-19 LAL Espanyol 0 - 3 Granada
15-09-19 LAL SD Eibar 1 - 2 Espanyol
19-09-19 EL Espanyol 1 - 1 Ferencvaros
22-09-19 LAL Espanyol 1 - 3 Real Sociedad
26-09-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 18:00 Espanyol
29-09-19 LAL Espanyol 10:00 Real Valladolid
03-10-19 EL CSKA Moskva 16:55 Espanyol
06-10-19 LAL Mallorca 10:00 Espanyol
20-10-19 LAL Espanyol 14:00 Villarreal

  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 6 4 2 0 12 6 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 6 3 6 14
2 Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 13
3 Athletic Club 6 3 3 0 7 2 3 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 5 12
4 Granada 6 3 2 1 12 6 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 10 5 6 11
5 Barcelona 6 3 1 2 14 10 3 3 0 0 12 5 3 0 1 2 2 5 4 10
6 Real Sociedad 5 3 1 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 10
7 Sevilla 5 3 1 1 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 4 0 3 10
8 Villarreal 6 2 2 2 13 10 3 1 2 0 8 6 3 1 0 2 5 4 3 8
9 Real Betis 6 2 2 2 9 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -1 8
10 Getafe 6 1 4 1 10 9 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 7
11 Levante 6 2 1 3 7 8 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 3 7 -1 7
12 Osasuna 6 1 4 1 4 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 7
13 Valencia 6 1 3 2 9 11 4 1 3 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 2 6 -2 6
14 Real Valladolid 6 1 3 2 5 8 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 6 -3 6
15 Deportivo Alavés 5 1 2 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 5
16 Celta de Vigo 5 1 2 2 3 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 5
17 Mallorca 6 1 1 4 4 10 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -6 4
18 Espanyol 5 1 1 3 3 9 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 -6 4
19 SD Eibar 5 0 2 3 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 3 5 -3 2
20 Leganés 6 0 2 4 3 9 4 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 2

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