Can Celta de Vigo surprise Real Madrid in their own stadium?

Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: lø 16.mars
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Real Madrid form and stats

It's been an uphill battle for Real Madrid in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Deportivo Alavés game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Real Madrid, who won 4-1 against Real Valladolid. Preceding that match was a Champions League defeat to Ajax (1-4).

Real Madrid are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 19 goals in 27 matches. Real Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 27 matches.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

Celta de Vigo has only collected 9 points from their away games after 2-3-8 (13 played).

The manager Fran Escribá was unhappy after their last game, a La Liga match played at their home ground Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Celta de Vigo suffered a 0-1 loss to Real Betis. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Eibar wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Celta de Vigo have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, 27 away games. The Celta de Vigo manager Fran Escribá has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Celta de Vigo - Real Madrid 2-4 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Real Madrid won 7, Celta de Vigo won 1 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

K. Benzema
13 goals / 3 assists
Iago Aspas
10 goals / 2 assists
M. Gómez
9 goals / 5 assists

Real Madrid missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Over Real Madrid (27 played) Celta de Vigo (27 played)
Over 0.5 96% 93%
Over 1.5 78% 78%
Over 2.5 56% 56%
Over 3.5 30% 33%
Over 4.5 22% 26%
Stat Real Madrid (27 played) Celta de Vigo (27 played)
BTTS 48% 63%
CS 33% 22%
FTS 22% 22%

  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 27 19 6 2 69 26 14 10 3 1 42 16 13 9 3 1 27 10 43 63
2 Atlético Madrid 27 16 8 3 39 17 14 11 2 1 23 7 13 5 6 2 16 10 22 56
3 Real Madrid 27 16 3 8 47 32 13 8 1 4 19 8 14 8 2 4 28 24 15 51
4 Getafe 27 12 9 6 36 24 13 8 1 4 20 9 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 45
5 Deportivo Alavés 27 11 8 8 28 30 13 6 6 1 14 8 14 5 2 7 14 22 -2 41
6 Sevilla 27 11 7 9 46 36 13 8 3 2 27 14 14 3 4 7 19 22 10 40
7 Valencia 27 8 15 4 30 23 14 4 9 1 16 8 13 4 6 3 14 15 7 39
8 Real Betis 27 11 6 10 31 32 14 6 4 4 18 17 13 5 2 6 13 15 -1 39
9 Real Sociedad 27 9 8 10 32 32 13 4 4 5 14 14 14 5 4 5 18 18 0 35
10 Eibar 27 8 11 8 35 36 14 7 5 2 25 15 13 1 6 6 10 21 -1 35
11 Athletic Club 27 7 13 7 26 31 14 5 7 2 14 13 13 2 6 5 12 18 -5 34
12 Espanyol 27 9 7 11 32 40 13 8 1 4 19 18 14 1 6 7 13 22 -8 34
13 Leganés 27 8 9 10 27 32 13 6 6 1 17 10 14 2 3 9 10 22 -5 33
14 Girona 27 7 10 10 29 37 14 2 6 6 13 21 13 5 4 4 16 16 -8 31
15 Levante 27 8 6 13 37 48 13 4 3 6 18 25 14 4 3 7 19 23 -11 30
16 Villarreal 27 5 11 11 29 35 14 2 6 6 17 19 13 3 5 5 12 16 -6 26
17 Real Valladolid 27 6 8 13 21 38 13 3 3 7 11 19 14 3 5 6 10 19 -17 26
18 Celta de Vigo 27 6 7 14 36 45 14 4 4 6 19 19 13 2 3 8 17 26 -9 25
19 Rayo Vallecano 27 6 5 16 29 48 14 3 4 7 20 29 13 3 1 9 9 19 -19 23
20 Huesca 27 5 7 15 27 44 13 3 4 6 14 17 14 2 3 9 13 27 -17 22

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