La Liga: Celta de Vigo are 3 points short of Villarreal, but are fully set to go full throttle. Game on!
- Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Villarreal have yet to win a game away.
Celta de Vigo and Villarreal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Villarreal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
Celta de Vigo's struggle is real here at Abanca-Balaídos with only 4 points collected from 7 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-5.
Celta drew their last game, also a home match. FC Barcelona (placed 9th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against FC Barcelona as Iago Aspas's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. A goal frenzy last time out for Celta, with a total of 6 goals in the match against FC Barcelona. Fun stuff to watch! Iago Aspas, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.53 (out of 10). Aspas scored two goals, hit six key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Rayo Vallecano the opponent.Celta aren't scoring a lot here at Abanca-Balaídos in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Celta de Vigo have conceded 11 from these games.
Villarreal form and stats
There's been little loot from Villarreal's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the La Liga. Villarreal only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws. Villarreal has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Manu Trigueros scored in Villarreal's previous match, the home game against Getafe that ended 1-0. Midfielder Étienne Capoue was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Capoue dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 59 successful passes (of 68 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Young Boys.After this away game Villarreal return home for a Champions League game against Manchester United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Villarreal's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. 6 goals have been conceded by Villarreal in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Celta won four games, zero matches ended in a draw and Villarreal managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  I. Aspas Juncal 5 goals |   A. Groeneveld 5 goals |  S. Mina Lorenzo 4 goals |
Celta de Vigo missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Celta de Vigo | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 54% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 15% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 15% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 42% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.3 | 6.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 13.9 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 11.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 24% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 30% |
| 10.2 | 8.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.8 | 11.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3 |
- 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.
- Villarreal have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Villarreal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Villarreal 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 Sociedad | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | FC Barcelona | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Valencia | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alavés | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Granada | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 18 | Elche | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 19 | Levante | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 6 |
| 20 | Getafe | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 6 |