Valencia - Celta de Vigo: Small difference between teams in La Liga clash

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (54000 seats)

This promises to be quite the absorbing meeting at Estadio de Mestalla in the La Liga. Valencia is in 12th position and receive Celta de Vigo in 11th place. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • Valencia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Celta de Vigo have scored in all their matches so far.

These teams have little in common geographically as Celta de Vigo have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both squads have had time to rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

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Valencia form and stats

Valencia must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three La Liga games here at Estadio de Mestalla.

Valencia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Rayo Vallecano. Diakhaby was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.02 out of 10. The defender Diakhaby scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match, Valencia won a home game hosting Getafe (5-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Valencia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Valencia as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Valencia has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Valencia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Mestalla in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

Things could have gone better for Celta de Vigo in their La Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Celta de Vigo lost away at Atlético Madrid (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Aspas got a player rating of 7.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Aspas hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Celta de Vigo secured a home win against Cádiz with the score 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Celta de Vigo in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Celta, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Celta de Vigo have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Valencia victories, two draws and two Celta de Vigo wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Celta de VigoI. Aspas Juncal
I. Aspas Juncal
5 goals
ValenciaT. Lato
T. Lato
1 goals
ValenciaM. Diakhaby
M. Diakhaby
1 goals

Valencia missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Valencia Celta de Vigo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 1 2 5
2 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
7 6 1 Scored S 1 2 8
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 4 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 80%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
40% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
20% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 40%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.8 6.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 3.6
4 2.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3 2.6
2.6 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 18 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9 12 11.2
4 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 3.6
35% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 44%
 
11.4 9 5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11 11.6
5.2 5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 3.4
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Celta de Vigo have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Celta de Vigo have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Celta de Vigo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valencia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Valencia Last season Celta de Vigo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 6   Won W   5 12
15 8   Drew D   6 10
12 5   Lost L   8 16
48 26   Scored S   17 43
53 24   Conceded C   20 43
84% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 87%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 66%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 34%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 18%
18% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
63% 63%   BTTS BTTS   26% 37%
32% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 37%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   53% 39%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.4
4.5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.8
3.6 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
8 5   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.8 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.9
3.8 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.9
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 29%
 
12.2 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 10.8
4.6 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 5 4 1 0 15 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 11 1 14 13
2 Real Madrid 4 4 0 0 11 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 9 3 7 12
3 Villarreal 4 3 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 5 0 9 10
4 Atlético Madrid 5 3 1 1 9 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 5 10
5 Real Betis 4 3 0 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 9
6 Osasuna 4 3 0 1 6 3 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 9
7 Athletic Club 4 2 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 7
8 Girona 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Rayo Vallecano 5 2 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 7
10 Real Sociedad 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 -1 7
11 Celta de Vigo 5 2 1 2 8 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 7
12 Valencia 5 2 0 3 7 5 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 6
13 Mallorca 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
14 Almeria 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
15 Espanyol 5 1 1 3 6 10 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 -4 4
16 Sevilla 5 1 1 3 6 10 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 2 5 6 -4 4
17 Real Valladolid 5 1 1 3 3 10 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 7 -7 4
18 Elche 4 0 1 3 1 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -8 1
19 Getafe 4 0 1 3 2 11 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 8 -9 1
20 Cádiz 5 0 0 5 0 14 3 0 0 3 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 -14 0

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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.