Game preview: Home supporters have high expectations when FC Barcelona meet Celta de Vigo

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Tue 10.May
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou (98787 seats)

FC Barcelona have played good football so far this season, sitting at 2nd spot in the table. Celta de Vigo can look both direction in the table from the 11th spot.

Insights:
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Celta de Vigo have scored away.

Barcelona are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Celta de Vigo, 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 FC Barcelona and Celta de Vigo.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

FC Barcelona are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Spotify Camp Nou. 11 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

Happy days for FC Barcelona in their previous game, a fixture away at Real Betis (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Alba scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time. Alba was "man of the match" with a rating of 9.0 out of 10. The defender Alba scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.

Before that, Barcelona had a home game versus Mallorca which ended with a victory 2-1.

FC Barcelona are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost two.

FC Barcelona have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

The visitors are W5-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

Celta won their last game, 4-0 versus Deportivo Alaves played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Celta de Vigo was very dominant against Deportivo Alaves, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Aspas (2) and Galhardo providing the goals. The attacker Aspas got a match rating of 8.8 in that game. Aspas scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Granada that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Celta de Vigo as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Celta as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders met previously this season; Celta de Vigo - FC Barcelona 3-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Barcelona four wins, four draws and Celta de Vigo two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Celta de VigoI. Aspas Juncal
I. Aspas Juncal
16 goals
FC BarcelonaM. Depay
M. Depay
11 goals
BarcelonaP. Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
8 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Barcelona Celta de Vigo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
20 11 4 Won W 1 5 11
9 2 0 Drew D 1 6 10
6 4 1 Lost L 3 6 14
65 34 14 Scored S 6 16 41
35 16 4 Conceded C 10 15 38
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 76% 86%
71% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 53% 66%
54% 59% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 24% 34%
37% 35% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 12% 17%
17% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 9%
57% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 24% 37%
29% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 47% 37%
17% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 53% 40%
 
5.7 6.8 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 4.3
3.3 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 4.5 3.9
2.5 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.4
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14.4 16.1 18.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.2 10.7
5.6 6.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.7 3.9
33% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 30%
 
9.4 7.2 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 12.3 10.8
3.3 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.4 3.8
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • FC Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Celta de Vigo have scored away.
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 34 25 6 3 73 29 17 12 4 1 38 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 44 81
2 FC Barcelona 35 20 9 6 65 35 17 11 2 4 34 16 18 9 7 2 31 19 30 69
3 Sevilla 34 17 13 4 50 28 17 11 5 1 35 17 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 64
4 Atletico Madrid 34 18 7 9 59 41 17 11 4 2 31 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 18 61
5 Real Betis 35 17 7 11 57 40 18 9 2 7 32 22 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 58
6 Real Sociedad 35 15 11 9 34 34 17 9 5 3 12 7 18 6 6 6 22 27 0 56
7 Villarreal 34 14 10 10 54 33 17 10 5 2 38 15 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 52
8 Athletic Club 35 13 13 9 41 34 18 9 4 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 52
9 Osasuna 34 12 9 13 35 45 17 5 6 6 16 23 17 7 3 7 19 22 -10 45
10 Valencia 35 10 14 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 18 5 6 7 21 28 -4 44
11 Celta de Vigo 35 11 10 14 41 38 18 6 4 8 25 23 17 5 6 6 16 15 3 43
12 Rayo Vallecano 34 11 8 15 35 39 17 8 5 4 23 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -4 41
13 Elche 35 10 9 16 37 48 17 6 6 5 21 18 18 4 3 11 16 30 -11 39
14 Espanyol 34 10 9 15 37 49 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 39
15 Getafe 34 8 12 14 31 37 17 7 5 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 36
16 Cadiz 35 7 14 14 33 47 18 3 8 7 18 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -14 35
17 Granada 35 7 13 15 43 59 17 4 6 7 21 29 18 3 7 8 22 30 -16 34
18 Mallorca 35 8 8 19 32 62 18 6 6 6 18 24 17 2 2 13 14 38 -30 32
19 Levante 35 6 11 18 44 67 18 4 7 7 25 29 17 2 4 11 19 38 -23 29
20 Deportivo Alaves 35 7 7 21 28 60 17 6 4 7 15 19 18 1 3 14 13 41 -32 28

Celta de Vigo:
Table
  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 34 25 6 3 73 29 17 12 4 1 38 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 44 81
2 FC Barcelona 35 20 9 6 65 35 17 11 2 4 34 16 18 9 7 2 31 19 30 69
3 Sevilla 34 17 13 4 50 28 17 11 5 1 35 17 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 64
4 Atletico Madrid 34 18 7 9 59 41 17 11 4 2 31 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 18 61
5 Real Betis 35 17 7 11 57 40 18 9 2 7 32 22 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 58
6 Real Sociedad 35 15 11 9 34 34 17 9 5 3 12 7 18 6 6 6 22 27 0 56
7 Villarreal 34 14 10 10 54 33 17 10 5 2 38 15 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 52
8 Athletic Club 35 13 13 9 41 34 18 9 4 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 52
9 Osasuna 34 12 9 13 35 45 17 5 6 6 16 23 17 7 3 7 19 22 -10 45
10 Valencia 35 10 14 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 18 5 6 7 21 28 -4 44
11 Celta de Vigo 35 11 10 14 41 38 18 6 4 8 25 23 17 5 6 6 16 15 3 43
12 Rayo Vallecano 34 11 8 15 35 39 17 8 5 4 23 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -4 41
13 Elche 35 10 9 16 37 48 17 6 6 5 21 18 18 4 3 11 16 30 -11 39
14 Espanyol 34 10 9 15 37 49 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 39
15 Getafe 34 8 12 14 31 37 17 7 5 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 36
16 Cadiz 35 7 14 14 33 47 18 3 8 7 18 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -14 35
17 Granada 35 7 13 15 43 59 17 4 6 7 21 29 18 3 7 8 22 30 -16 34
18 Mallorca 35 8 8 19 32 62 18 6 6 6 18 24 17 2 2 13 14 38 -30 32
19 Levante 35 6 11 18 44 67 18 4 7 7 25 29 17 2 4 11 19 38 -23 29
20 Deportivo Alaves 35 7 7 21 28 60 17 6 4 7 15 19 18 1 3 14 13 41 -32 28

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