Celta de Vigo and Valencia have both played out a "par" performance until now, to use a golf expression. Both occupy mid-table places in the La Liga.
- Celta de Vigo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Valencia have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in La Liga
Valencia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Utrillas. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
These teams have little in common geographically as Valencia have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the La Liga this season. Celta de Vigo have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Abanca-Balaídos. Celta have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Celta enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ebro's place. The match ended 5-0 with Augusto Solari, Franco Cervi (2), Santi Mina and Jose Fontán scoring. As mentioned above, Celta "killed" Ebro in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfielder Franco Cervi was the best player on the team with a rating of 10.0 (out of ten) in that game. Cervi scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Deportivo Alaves.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Celta de Vigo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn five and lost zero.
Celta de Vigo aren't scoring a lot here at Abanca-Balaídos in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Celta de Vigo have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Valencia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Valencia so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Valencia have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for Valencia, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Utrillas in the Copa Del Rey last time out. Midfield player K. Koindredi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Koindredi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Rayo Vallecano in the La Liga.Valencia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of five matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Valencia have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. As for defending, Valencia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Celta wins - draws - Valencia wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Aspas Juncal 6 goals |  S. Mina Lorenzo 5 goals |   C. Soler Barragán 5 goals |
Celta de Vigo missing players
Valencia missing players
| Celta de Vigo | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 87% |
| 60% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 40% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 13% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 13% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 40% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 13.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.7 | 11.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 30% | 26% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 28% | 37% |
| 10.9 | 10 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10 | 11.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Celta de Vigo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Valencia have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in La Liga
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Valencia | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Mallorca | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Granada | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Elche | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 18 | Cádiz | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 19 | Getafe | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 20 | Levante | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 7 |