FC Barcelona followers expect points in home fixture vs Celta de Vigo

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (54367 seats)

This is shaping up to be yet another appealing contest at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the La Liga. FC Barcelona is in 2nd position and host Celta de Vigo in 16th spot. Read about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (13) in La Liga
  • Celta de Vigo have not yet lost a game away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Celta de Vigo, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

The hosts FC Barcelona saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Antwerp, was also a home game here at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. The away team is better rested.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

As mentioned below, FC Barcelona are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 La Liga games.

FC Barcelona's previous match was a Champions League game also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Antwerp. The home side are looking to repeat that performance. The gifted forward Félix edged out all others in that match and got a match rating of 8.93 out of 10. Félix scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that, FC Barcelona had a La Liga home game versus Real Betis which ended with a victory 5-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Barcelona home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for FC Barcelona as they are travelling to their away game against Mallorca in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from FC Barcelona's 2 home games: {7 goals}, 0 conceded.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

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

The manager Maudes was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio de Balaídos. Celta de Vigo suffered a 0-1 loss to Mallorca (placed 15th). Aspas, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.82. Aspas hit six key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Almeria with the score of 3-2.

You'll want to know how Celta managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

It's early days yet, but Celta de Vigo has scored 4 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (FC Barcelona wins - draws - Celta de Vigo wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
3 goals
BarcelonaF. Torres García
F. Torres García
3 goals
FC BarcelonaF. de Jong
F. de Jong
1 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

FC Barcelona Celta de Vigo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 3
13 7 0 Scored S 0 4 4
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
80% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 60%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 20%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
40% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 40%
60% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 60%
 
6.8 9.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6.4
4 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.5 4.6
2.6 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 20.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15.5 14.2
7.8 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 4.6
33% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 17%
 
10 10.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.5 11
2.8 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.8
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Celta de Vigo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of FC Barcelona's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Celta de Vigo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Celta de Vigo have not yet lost a game away.
  • Celta de Vigo have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Celta de Vigo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Celta de Vigo.
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (13) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+9) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have won all their matches at home so far.
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Barcelona have won significantly more corners at home than away.
FC Barcelona Last season Celta de Vigo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
28 15   Won W   4 11
4 3   Drew D   4 10
6 1   Lost L   11 17
70 37   Scored S   17 43
20 4   Conceded C   32 53
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
61% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 66%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
24% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 26%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
29% 16%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
68% 84%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
11% 11%   Failed to Score F T   42% 26%
 
6.4 7.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
2.9 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.3
2.2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
6 3   Red cards R C   4 6
 
15.3 17.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 12.7
5.2 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.4
35% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 26%
 
9.3 7.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.2
3 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.6

  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 5 5 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 7 15
2 FC Barcelona 5 4 1 0 13 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 6 4 9 13
3 Girona 5 4 1 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 7 4 7 13
4 Athletic Club 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 10
5 Valencia 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
6 Rayo Vallecano 5 3 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 2 7 3 2 0 1 4 1 -2 9
7 Atletico Madrid 4 2 1 1 10 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 6 7
8 Getafe 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 7
9 Cadiz 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 7
10 Real Betis 5 2 1 2 5 10 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 4 10 -5 7
11 Real Sociedad 5 1 3 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 6
12 Osasuna 5 2 0 3 7 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 6 4 -1 6
13 Villarreal 5 2 0 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 6
14 Deportivo Alaves 5 2 0 3 5 7 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 -2 6
15 Mallorca 5 1 2 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 -1 5
16 Celta de Vigo 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 -3 4
17 Sevilla 4 1 0 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 -2 3
18 Granada 5 1 0 4 9 16 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 0 0 2 4 8 -7 3
19 Las Palmas 5 0 2 3 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 -3 2
20 Almeria 5 0 1 4 5 11 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 1

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.