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Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Prediction & Betting tips
During the week, the second main round in the Spanish King’s Cup was completed and delivered several surprises. At the weekend, the penultimate matchday of the first half of the season – matchday 18 – is on the program. This extends from Friday to Monday and opens in Galicia with the duel between Celta Vigo and Villarreal.
The hosts from the city of Vigo, which has a population of almost 300,000, were one of those teams that embarrassed themselves to the bone in the Copa del Rey and lost 5-2 to a third division team. After this revelation, reparations are called for, but the best bookmakers see the guest from Villarreal as a relatively clear favorite.
The Emery-Elf is one of the contenders for a top four place this season and is extremely consistent. The game at the Estadio de Balaidos starts on Friday at 20:00 p.m.
Celta Vigo :
The start of the season did not go as planned for the Himmelblauen, only one of the first nine league games was won. Ex-Salzburg coach Oscar Garcia was relieved of his duties at the beginning of November due to the weak start. As his successor, Celta Vigo introduced the Argentine Eduardo Coudet, who is getting a taste of coaching in Europe for the first time with his commitment in Galicia. So far he has worked in his home country of Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.
A decision in which those responsible quickly felt encouraged, because after a defeat in their debut against EL winner Sevilla, the team started to fly high. Within a very short time, Celta Vigo left the relegation ranks (after the Sevilla defeat the team was last) and fought their way up step by step.
In the current table of the Spanish LaLiga, the team is now in eighth place. Instead of relegation battle, Aspas & Co. can even quietly dream of a return to Europe. The team remained unbeaten for six games in a row (five wins, only one draw against Getafe) and presented themselves in great shape at the end of 2020.
In the new calendar year, the successful run in the league was stopped for the time being, because away from Real Madrid the underdog managed no surprise and Celta Vigo had to admit defeat 2-0.
The defeat at the Royal is not a broken leg, surprising in a negative sense, however, was the performance in Ibiza during the week. Against the local third division club UD Ibiza, the team delivered a performance and was in the meantime 0: 4 behind. In the end, Celta Vigo suffered a 2-5 defeat. Despite understandable rotation, this performance was terrifyingly weak.
The euphoria of the last few weeks could have vanished again with a defeat against the yellow submarine. At least the fans hope that Celta Vigo celebrates five of the six victories of the season in their home country Estadio de Balaidos.
Villarreal :
In contrast to Celta Vigo, the yellow submarine with B-Elf showed no nakedness in the cup and was able to prevail with 4: 1 at the third division club Zamora. The squad width is undoubtedly a huge advantage for the Unai Emery team. Despite the intense phase, Villarreal always has the opportunity to give players a break and not suffer any real loss of quality.
With the win of FC Barcelona in the catch-up game against Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal fell out of the Champions League places, but the gap is only one point. The yellow submarine lost an even better starting position due to the countless draws.
A total of eight of the 17 league games ended with a division of points, only bottom SD Huesca drew more often this season (nine).
In the fight for the Champions League, however, only complete success counts for the yellow submarine. Compared to the Galicians, Villarreal cannot draw on unlimited resources. The full-backs Alberto Moreno and Mario Gaspar are also unavailable, as are the two sixes Francis Coquelin and Vicente Iborra.
The yellow submarine can easily compensate for these failures thanks to Ruben Pena (right-back) or Manu Trigueros or Dani Parejo. In general, the team is in excellent shape despite the many draws. In the 2020/21 season so far, Villarreal only suffered two defeats. Away defeats against FC Barcelona and EL winners Sevilla FC are justifiable.
The great strength at Villarreal is the well-tended attacking football. The Emery-Elf always comes up with a lot of goal opportunities, but also takes a lot of risk and tries to always play over the interfaces with short passes from behind.
A lot of risk is often taken into account, which is reflected in the statistics that at Villarreal, bets on goals for both teams are very often crowned with success. This has been the case in eleven of the 17 league games so far, only in Levante (11/16) and local rivals Valencia (12/17) this was the case more often.
Celta Vigo vs Villarreal head to head matches
13.06.20 LL Celta Vigo Villarreal 0 : 1
24.11.19 LL Villarreal Celta Vigo 1 : 3
30.03.19 LL Celta Vigo Villarreal 3 : 2
08.12.18 LL Villarreal Celta Vigo 2 : 3
28.04.18 LL Villarreal Celta Vigo 4 : 1