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Valencia and Celta Vigo play at Mestalla Stadium in a match of the Copa del Rey (Eighth-finals). The history of direct confrontation played this stage favors the home team, which in recent 4 matches won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1. However, in the final showdown at this stage, for the Primera Division on 20-03-2016, Celta Vigo won (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by J. Guidetti (80 ‘) and Hugo Mallo (84’) for Celta Vigo. In this match the home factor could have a decisive role, because the Celta de Vigo has shown differences in performance in your games at home and away.
Valencia
The home team reaches this stage of the Copa del Rey (Eighth-finals) after eliminating the Leganes after a victory (2-1) at home and a victory (1-3) had been in the previous round. This is a team largely unaffected by the factor house, that is, shows similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches recorded 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats on the road, with 26 goals scored and 26 conceded, against 6 wins , 2 draws and 7 losses at home, with 23 goals scored and 25 conceded. In the last 10 games at home Valencia recorded 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. The defensive solidity has been its strong point, since he suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 games, but their attack has marked regularly since scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 games. In their home games there is a tendency for goals, since 46 of their last 54 games ended with Over 1.5 goals. In 15 games, suffered the first goal nine times and only got on the scoreboard first turn.
Valencia makes this match in his third exhibition in the Copa Del Rey, the second in front of his home crowd, as guaranteed rating for this next stage playing at home against Leganes. The match finished 2-1, while Valencia had won the game in the first leg at home by 1×3 Leganes. The team hopes to move on in the tournament to make up for the campaign that is bad in the Spanish League, where already seven games without a win. After fifteen rounds (it has a game in hand), the club accumulated nine defeats, three draws and three wins, thus occupying the seventeenth position in the table. For this game, the coach must keep the team in the 4-3-3 or 3-5-2.
Celta de Vigo
The team visitor reaches this stage of the Copa del Rey (Eighth-finals) after eliminating the UCAM Murcia, with a victory (1-0) at home and a victory (0-1) had been in the previous round. This is a team affected by the factor’s house, when you play stronger with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games recorded 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats on the road, with a total of 22 goals scored and 24 conceded. Once inside the house, won 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats, with a total of 27 goals scored and 20 conceded. In the last 10 games away Celta Vigo won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4. The team allowed the opponent goals in 7 of the last 10 games, so his defense needs to improve, but their attack has marked regularly since managed to accomplish in 8 of the last 10 games. This is a team that does not usually experience difficulty in opening the score: scored the first goal in 7 of the last 9 games, 7 of these reached the interval lead in the fifth and managed to keep the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘at 4.
Celta de Vigo enters the field for his third exhibition in the Copa Del Rey, the second away from his home crowd. To get here, it was necessary that the team would eliminate the UCAM Murcia, which has managed to get two wins, 1-0: the first out, and the second in front of his home crowd. In the Spanish League team not been doing a good campaign since lost three of their last five matches. After sixteen rounds, the club has six wins, three draws and seven losses, thus occupying the thirteenth place in the table. For this match, the coach should keep the team in a 4-3-3 or 4-5-1.
Prediction: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.90