Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th May 2024

Mid-placed Villarreal visit Celta Vigo, who are currently struggling to put some distance between themselves and the relegation-zone. This is a round 34 match taking place at Abanca Balaidos this coming Sunday.

The upcoming game against Villarreal offers a good opportunity for Celta Vigo to get some much-needed points to their account. The final part of the season could be a tough ride, should they fail to claim 3 points in a match like this.

Celta Vigo only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 18 for an average of 1.8 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Villarreal scored 21 goals, conceded ten and held on for a clean sheet in two of their last ten matches.

Villarreal got the better of Celta Vigo in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-2 and 3-1, respectively.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Prediction

Celta Vigo Form

Showing inconsistent form, Celta Vigo lost two of their past three matches, going down 2-1 against Real Betis, before beating Las Palmas 4-1. The joy was short-lived, as Deportivo Alaves proved too strong in a 3-0 defeat. Celta Vigo only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent La Liga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored six and conceded five goals.

Villarreal Form

In their last three matches, Villarreal drew 1-1 with Athletic Club, beat Almeria by 1-2 and beat Rayo Vallecano by 3-0. Villarreal performed a very admirable four wins in six La Liga away matches, as well as two draws but no defeats. They scored 15 times, while also conceding nine goals.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Celta Vigo get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Villarreal.

Villarreal won seven of their previous 11 encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the La Liga. They scored 22 and conceded 12 goals and collected 24 points. Celta Vigo have a record of seven wins, ten draws and 16 defeats in the La Liga this season. Villarreal are looking at 12 wins, nine draws and 12 defeats in the La Liga.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Squads

Celta Vigo Squad

Giraldez will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Villarreal from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Ivan Villar (0/10), Vicente Guaita (0/24), Carl Starfelt (1/23), Carlos Dominguez (0/19), Javi Dominguez (0/0), Javi Rodriguez (0/0), Javier Manquillo (0/8), Joseph Aidoo (0/6), Kevin Vazquez (0/11), Manuel Sanchez (0/25), Mihailo Ristic (0/11), Oscar Mingueza (2/33), Roberto Costa (0/0), Unai Nunez (1/32), Carlos Dotor (0/16), Fran Beltran (0/28), Hugo Alvarez (0/8), Hugo Sotelo (0/15), Jailson (0/11), Jonathan Bamba (2/24), Luca de la Torre (1/28), Renato Tapia (0/19), Williot Swedberg (0/0), Anastasios Douvikas (5/27), Carles Perez (1/14), Franco Cervi (0/15), Iago Aspas (7/30), Joergen Strand Larsen (11/32), Miguel Rodriguez (0/0), Tadeo Allende (1/8).

Villarreal Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Villarreal players that the manager Marcelino Garcia will choose from for the upcoming game:

Filip Joergensen (0/32), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/11), Aissa Mandi (1/15), Alberto Moreno (1/25), Antonio Espigares (0/0), Daniel Budesca (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/7), Jorge Cuenca (3/24), Juan Foyth (1/12), Kiko (0/19), Raul Albiol (0/24), Stefan Lekovic (0/0), Yerson Mosquera (1/11), Alejandro Baena (2/30), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (3/28), Denis Suarez (0/0), Etienne Capoue (1/28), Francis Coquelin (0/14), Manuel Trigueros (0/12), Ramon Terrats (0/15), Santi Comesana (2/23), Alexander Soerloth (17/29), Alfonso Pedraza (1/18), Bertrand Traore (0/7), Gerard Moreno (10/29), Goncalo Guedes (2/12), Ilias Akhomach (2/26), Jorge Pascual (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (6/25), Yeremi Pino (0/7).

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Celta Vigo, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Williot Swedberg and Joseph Aidoo nurses various injuries and won't take part for Celta Vigo against Villarreal at Abanca Balaidos.

Villarreal could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as seven players are nursing various problems. Alfonso Pedraza is suspended from the Villarreal squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Eric Bailly, Alfonso Pedraza, Ramon Terrats, Daniel Parejo, Juan Foyth, Yeremi Pino and Denis Suarez all face a spell on the sidelines for Villarreal due to various injuries.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Lineups

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal H2H

Villarreal got the better of Celta Vigo in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-2 and 3-1, respectively. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Villarreal have been the dominant force winning five matches against Celta Vigo. The bookies have Villarreal to win this match at best price odds of 2/1.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Results

In the last ten matches between Celta Vigo and Villarreal over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on at least three goals are at 2/3 with bookies.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Betting Tips

He banged in 17 goals so far this season, and Alexander Soerloth also hammered in five goals in his last six games in this tournament. No doubt, he will be hungry for more, when travelling to face Celta Vigo.

Celta Vigo claimed four wins, drew two and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Villarreal won four, drew three and lost three of their last 10 games away. Villarreal seem incapable of keeping things tight away from home, conceding at least once in their last 10 away games. Celta Vigo kept three clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 3.5 goals came out six times in the past ten encounters between Celta Vigo and Villarreal, with the former on an average of 1.5 goals a game. Villarreal scored 1.9 goals per game and both teams scored seven times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Celta Vigo, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Villarreal, who managed to hit the net 2.2 times on average in these games.