Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo Preview & Prediction 09 May 2021

It's advantage Villarreal so far with their 6th position in the La Liga table, welcoming Celta de Vigo who are placed 10th.

Insights:

Celta de Vigo have the most matches over the total-line (21) in La Liga

Villarreal have less rest than Celta de Vigo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Arsenal, so at least Villarreal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Celta de Vigo when visiting Villarreal as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Celta are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Villarreal form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Villarreal have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games.

An away draw last time out for Villarreal, facing Arsenal in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Villarreal won a home game hosting Getafe (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Villarreal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost three.

Villarreal are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Real Valladolid awaits in four days.

Villarreal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 17 games. On the other hand, Villarreal have conceded 19 goals.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Celta de Vigo so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 3-8-6 (win-draw-lose).

Celta won their last game, 2-0 versus Levante played at home. Before that, Celta de Vigo secured a home win against Osasuna with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Celta de Vigo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were one victory, three draws and six defeats.

A new game in only three days for Celta, the La Liga home match versus Getafe. Busy days.

Celta de Vigo have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Celta de Vigo have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Villarreal and Celta de Vigo have met before this season: Celta de Vigo - Villarreal 0-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Villarreal wins - draws - Celta de Vigo wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Moreno Balaguero

20 goals

I. Aspas Juncal

13 goals

S. Mina Lorenzo

8 goals

Villarreal missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Villarreal				Celta de Vigo
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
34	17	6	Played	P	4	17	34
13	7	2	Won	W	0	3	11
13	6	2	Drew	D	1	8	11
8	4	2	Lost	L	3	6	12
51	23	9	Scored	S	5	19	46
38	19	9	Conceded	C	10	24	51
88%	94%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	82%	88%
85%	88%	100%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	82%	88%
56%	53%	83%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	75%	35%	50%
26%	12%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	50%	24%	32%
3%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	25%	12%	12%
68%	76%	100%	BTTS	BTTS	75%	59%	59%
24%	18%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	24%	24%
21%	12%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	25%	35%	29%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.8	1.6	1.7	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2.8	3	2.9
3	2	0	Red cards	R C	0	2	4

10.9	12.3	12.7	Shots (avg)	S (	8.2	7.7	9.3
4.2	4.6	5	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.5	2.9	3.5
36%	29%	30%	Goal Efficiency	G E	50%	39%	39%

Villarreal			First Half	Celta de Vigo
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
34	17	6	Played	P	4	17	34
14	5	2	Won	W	0	2	10
11	6	2	Drew	D	2	11	15
9	6	2	Lost	L	2	4	9
30	10	3	Scored	S	4	13	29
20	10	3	Conceded	C	6	13	26
79%	76%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	65%	74%
44%	29%	17%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	75%	47%	44%
18%	12%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	29%	26%
6%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	25%	12%	15%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
24%	24%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	75%	41%	29%
53%	47%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	47%	53%
44%	53%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	25%	47%	44%

Villarreal			Second Half	Celta de Vigo
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
34	17	6	Played	P	4	17	34
10	7	1	Won	W	0	2	5
17	7	4	Drew	D	2	9	17
7	3	1	Lost	L	2	6	12
21	13	6	Scored	S	1	6	17
18	9	6	Conceded	C	4	11	25
71%	82%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	75%	59%	71%
35%	35%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	35%	47%
9%	12%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	6%	6%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
26%	35%	83%	BTTS	BTTS	25%	18%	26%
56%	53%	17%	Clean Sheets	C S	25%	47%	41%
47%	29%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	75%	76%	62%

Key stats in La Liga this season:

Celta de Vigo have the most matches over the total-line (21) in La Liga

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Atletico Madrid	34	23	7	4	61	22	17	13	3	1	37	9	17	10	4	3	24	13	39	76
2	Real Madrid	34	22	8	4	58	24	17	12	2	3	29	10	17	10	6	1	29	14	34	74
3	Barcelona	34	23	5	6	80	33	17	11	4	2	43	18	17	12	1	4	37	15	47	74
4	Sevilla	34	22	4	8	49	27	17	12	1	4	25	11	17	10	3	4	24	16	22	70
5	Real Sociedad	34	14	11	9	51	35	17	7	6	4	28	20	17	7	5	5	23	15	16	53
6	Villarreal	34	13	13	8	51	38	17	7	6	4	23	19	17	6	7	4	28	19	13	52
7	Real Betis	34	14	9	11	43	46	17	8	5	4	24	20	17	6	4	7	19	26	-3	51
8	Granada	34	13	6	15	43	55	17	9	3	5	24	21	17	4	3	10	19	34	-12	45
9	Athletic Club	34	11	12	11	44	36	17	8	5	4	27	16	17	3	7	7	17	20	8	45
10	Celta de Vigo	34	11	11	12	46	51	17	8	3	6	27	27	17	3	8	6	19	24	-5	44
11	Osasuna	34	10	10	14	31	41	17	6	5	6	18	20	17	4	5	8	13	21	-10	40
12	Cadiz	34	10	10	14	29	49	17	4	5	8	14	26	17	6	5	6	15	23	-20	40
13	Levante	34	9	11	14	38	48	17	5	7	5	22	25	17	4	4	9	16	23	-10	38
14	Valencia	34	8	12	14	43	51	17	6	7	4	27	22	17	2	5	10	16	29	-8	36
15	Getafe	34	8	10	16	26	40	17	5	6	6	13	11	17	3	4	10	13	29	-14	34
16	Deportivo Alaves	34	7	10	17	28	52	17	5	5	7	15	21	17	2	5	10	13	31	-24	31
17	Real Valladolid	34	5	16	13	32	46	17	3	7	7	18	26	17	2	9	6	14	20	-14	31
18	Huesca	34	6	12	16	32	50	17	4	6	7	16	21	17	2	6	9	16	29	-18	30
19	Elche	34	6	12	16	29	50	17	4	8	5	16	21	17	2	4	11	13	29	-21	30
20	Eibar	34	5	11	18	26	46	17	2	6	9	11	19	17	3	5	9	15	27	-20	26

Villarreal:

Villarreal CF

Celta de Vigo:

RC 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	Atletico Madrid	34	23	7	4	61	22	17	13	3	1	37	9	17	10	4	3	24	13	39	76
2	Real Madrid	34	22	8	4	58	24	17	12	2	3	29	10	17	10	6	1	29	14	34	74
3	Barcelona	34	23	5	6	80	33	17	11	4	2	43	18	17	12	1	4	37	15	47	74
4	Sevilla	34	22	4	8	49	27	17	12	1	4	25	11	17	10	3	4	24	16	22	70
5	Real Sociedad	34	14	11	9	51	35	17	7	6	4	28	20	17	7	5	5	23	15	16	53
6	Villarreal	34	13	13	8	51	38	17	7	6	4	23	19	17	6	7	4	28	19	13	52
7	Real Betis	34	14	9	11	43	46	17	8	5	4	24	20	17	6	4	7	19	26	-3	51
8	Granada	34	13	6	15	43	55	17	9	3	5	24	21	17	4	3	10	19	34	-12	45
9	Athletic Club	34	11	12	11	44	36	17	8	5	4	27	16	17	3	7	7	17	20	8	45
10	Celta de Vigo	34	11	11	12	46	51	17	8	3	6	27	27	17	3	8	6	19	24	-5	44
11	Osasuna	34	10	10	14	31	41	17	6	5	6	18	20	17	4	5	8	13	21	-10	40
12	Cadiz	34	10	10	14	29	49	17	4	5	8	14	26	17	6	5	6	15	23	-20	40
13	Levante	34	9	11	14	38	48	17	5	7	5	22	25	17	4	4	9	16	23	-10	38
14	Valencia	34	8	12	14	43	51	17	6	7	4	27	22	17	2	5	10	16	29	-8	36
15	Getafe	34	8	10	16	26	40	17	5	6	6	13	11	17	3	4	10	13	29	-14	34
16	Deportivo Alaves	34	7	10	17	28	52	17	5	5	7	15	21	17	2	5	10	13	31	-24	31
17	Real Valladolid	34	5	16	13	32	46	17	3	7	7	18	26	17	2	9	6	14	20	-14	31
18	Huesca	34	6	12	16	32	50	17	4	6	7	16	21	17	2	6	9	16	29	-18	30
19	Elche	34	6	12	16	29	50	17	4	8	5	16	21	17	2	4	11	13	29	-21	30
20	Eibar	34	5	11	18	26	46	17	2	6	9	11	19	17	3	5	9	15	27	-20	26