Can Espanyol beat Celta de Vigo in RCDE Stadium clash?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Wed 24.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40423 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Espanyol fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Celta de Vigo.

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 de Vigo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Espanyol form and stats

The story so far for Espanyol at their home stadium (RCDE Stadium) is 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Espanyol manager Rubí and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Levante in the La Liga. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Deportivo Alaves.

This is expected to be a close game, with Espanyol perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Espanyol as a small favourite), we find eight games. Espanyol has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Espanyol has scored 22 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Celta de Vigo, who have the most conceded goals (33) away in La Liga, so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Celta de Vigo's previous game versus Girona, a La Liga 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Celta de Vigo manager Fran Escribá faced defeat when travelling to Atlético Madrid and losing 0-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Celta de Vigo playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 2 Celta de Vigo wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Leganés.

Celta de Vigo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games. Celta de Vigo have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Celta de Vigo - Espanyol 1-1. Espanyol-Celta de Vigo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Espanyol 3 wins, Celta de Vigo 3 wins, 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

Iago Aspas
16 goals / 5 assists
Borja Iglesias
13 goals / 2 assists
M. Gómez
11 goals / 5 assists

Espanyol missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Espanyol Celta de Vigo
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
39 22 Scored 20 47
48 21 Conceded 33 56
97% 100% Over 0.5 94% 94%
76% 69% Over 1.5 88% 82%
52% 50% Over 2.5 62% 58%
30% 38% Over 3.5 38% 36%
6% 6% Over 4.5 31% 27%
58% 56% Both teams to score 69% 64%
21% 31% Clean Sheet 6% 18%
24% 12% Failed To Score 31% 24%
 
4.6 5.2 Corners For (avg) 3.2 4.1
5.2 4.4 Corners Against (avg) 5.1 5.2
2.5 2.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 2.4
2 1 Red Cards (total) 4 6
Key stats this season:
  • Espanyol hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Celta de Vigo is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Barcelona 33 23 8 2 83 32 17 13 3 1 48 17 16 10 5 1 35 15 51 77
2 Atlético Madrid 33 20 8 5 48 21 16 13 2 1 27 7 17 7 6 4 21 14 27 68
3 Real Madrid 33 20 4 9 59 38 17 12 1 4 29 11 16 8 3 5 30 27 21 64
4 Getafe 33 14 12 7 43 29 16 10 1 5 24 11 17 4 11 2 19 18 14 54
5 Sevilla 33 15 7 11 54 42 16 10 3 3 32 17 17 5 4 8 22 25 12 52
6 Valencia 33 12 16 5 38 28 17 6 10 1 21 10 16 6 6 4 17 18 10 52
7 Athletic Club 33 11 13 9 36 40 17 8 7 2 22 17 16 3 6 7 14 23 -4 46
8 Deportivo Alavés 33 12 10 11 35 42 16 6 8 2 17 15 17 6 2 9 18 27 -7 46
9 Real Betis 33 12 7 14 39 45 17 7 4 6 22 24 16 5 3 8 17 21 -6 43
10 Espanyol 33 11 9 13 39 48 16 9 2 5 22 21 17 2 7 8 17 27 -9 42
11 Real Sociedad 33 10 11 12 39 41 16 5 6 5 18 17 17 5 5 7 21 24 -2 41
12 Leganés 33 10 11 12 33 38 16 7 7 2 19 13 17 3 4 10 14 25 -5 41
13 Eibar 33 9 13 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 28 19 16 1 8 7 14 26 -3 40
14 Villarreal 33 8 12 13 42 46 17 4 7 6 26 25 16 4 5 7 16 21 -4 36
15 Celta de Vigo 33 9 8 16 47 56 17 7 4 6 27 23 16 2 4 10 20 33 -9 35
16 Girona 33 8 10 15 34 46 17 2 6 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 19 20 -12 34
17 Levante 33 8 10 15 47 61 16 4 6 6 24 31 17 4 4 9 23 30 -14 34
18 Real Valladolid 33 7 11 15 28 47 16 3 5 8 14 24 17 4 6 7 14 23 -19 32
19 Rayo Vallecano 33 7 7 19 36 57 17 4 6 7 23 30 16 3 1 12 13 27 -21 28
20 Huesca 33 5 11 17 35 55 16 3 6 7 18 23 17 2 5 10 17 32 -20 26

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