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Real Sociedad vs Celta Vigo Prediction & Betting tips
In the Spanish Cup, the Copa del Rey, are the week-backs in the sixteenth final on. In the Estadio Municipal de Anoeta it comes to the duel between Real Sociedad San Sebastian and Celta Vigo. The first leg between the two teams on 1 November in Vigo ended in a 1-1 draw. On 26 November, both teams had also met in the league. The Basques of San Sebastian won the league match 2-1. The record speaks between both clubs with 46 wins, 31 draws and 36 defeats for Real Sociedad. Three of the last six duels against Vigo have been won by San Sebastian. In the cup, they met six times each other: Vigo moved twice to the next round, Real four times.
With 19 points from 14 games San Sebastian is currently in ninth place in La Liga. The first European Cup is only two meters away. Celta Vigo has 17 points and is ranked 13th. The advantage over the first relegation rank is six points. With 25 goals, the Galicians are the third best offense in the league behind Barca and Sevilla. However, you have conceded already 22 goals, this is the third worst value league-wide. Who can move into the next round of the cup? The betting base is not determined at their analysis on a game outcome, but decides at the end of the Copa del Rey game Real Sociedad Vs. Celta Vigo for the tip “Both meet”.
Real Sociedad:
Real Sociedad San Sebastian finished the 2017/18 season in 12th place in La Liga. On the first European Cup place had been nine points behind and on the first relegation place the lead was 20 points. 66 goals meant the third best offensive behind Barca and Real. In return, however, they also had to accept 59 goals. 33 of the 49 points had the Basque in the preseason at home. This season is the other way round. With six points from six home matches, San Sebastian is only seventeenth in the home table.
In front of their own fans, there was only one victory. On the other hand, Real Sociedad is the strongest team in La Liga with 13 points from eight games. Since this summer the club is trained by Asier Garitano. In March 2018, coach Eusebio Sacristan was dismissed from the Basques after Real had slipped to 15th place in the league. The rest of the season 2017/18 San Sebastian was then coached by Imanol Alguacil, coach of the second team of the Basque. In the last season, the Basque were eliminated in the Copa del Rey in the semifinals against third division Lleida Esportiu. The best scorers of Real Sociedad are currently Mikel Oyarzabal with four league titles and Willian José with three. The coach is likely to miss Jon Bautista, Diego Llorente, Aritz Elustondo, Raul Rodriguez Navas, Luca Sangalli, Martin Merquelanz and David Concha. Real Sociedad are against Celta Vigo odds in the advantage of the upcoming match.
Celta Vigo:
At the end of the 2017/18 season Celta Vigo finished in 13th place. Like San Sebastian, Celta had 49 points in the preseason. There were 32 counters at home. Away, Vigo took five wins and twelve losses in 19 games. The Galicians are again in 13th place this season. Again it is at home (12 points) better than away (5 points). In the away table Vigo is only fifth with five points from six games. So far, one could only win a game in a foreign country. Celta Vigo beat Huesca 2-0 at home this weekend in the league. This ended a series of four competitive games without a win.
Between the 4th and 9th Gameday had Vigo suffered in La Liga ever before a dry spell of six games without threesomes. At that time there were three draws and three defeats. The success against Huesca was the first three under the new coach. On 13 Matchday had the Portuguese coach Miguel Cardoso in the league match at San Sebastian made his debut as head coach. He succeeded Celta the succession of the fired Argentine Antonio Mohamed. Under Cardoso, the Galicians play in 4-2-3-1, from which a possession becomes 4-4-2. The top scorer of Vigo is again national striker Iago Aspas, who already stands at ten goals this season. His teammate Gomez has been able to meet seven times. Coach Miguel Cardoso only has to do without Stanislav Lobotka and Mathias Jensen in the Basque Country. In the last Cup season Vigo failed only in the second round at the eventual winner Barcelona.
Real Sociedad vs Celta Vigo head to head matches
26.11.18 LL Real Sociedad Celta Vigo 2 : 1
01.11.18 CDR Celta Vigo Real Sociedad 1 : 1
21.01.18 LL Real Sociedad Celta Vigo 1 : 2
19.08.17 LL Celta Vigo Real Sociedad 2 : 3
21.05.17 LL Celta Vigo Real Sociedad 2 : 2