Celta Vigo vs Barcelona Preview

Celta have had an up and down season this time around but their impressive 1-3 away win over Deportivo last time out will have boosted their confidence ahead of the visit of Barcelona.

Last season, they impressively eliminated Real Madrid from this competition only to be knocked out by Alaves in the semifinal.

This game offers them another chance to enhance their reputation as giant killers.

In the last round, their manager tried a mixed line up as they defeated Eibar 3-1 over two legs but this game is too big for him not to field likes of Iago Aspas, Maxi Gomez and Pione Sisto.

Barcelona closed last year in impressive fashion with a win over bitter rivals Real Madrid away.

That victory helped them open a 14 points gap over Los Merenges and they will be looking to add the Copa Del Rey trophy to their cabinet this season.

They face a tough challenge against Celta Vigo here and they will definitely not be taking the risk of resting their star men here as Celta are not a team to be underrated.

Barcelona head into this game off the back of four consecutive clean sheets and that could see this game end in a low scoring affair.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Celta Vigo

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Deportivo La Coruña		1-3		Celta Vigo	23 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
L	Celta Vigo		0-1		Villarreal	17 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
L	Valencia		2-1		Celta Vigo	9 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
D	Barcelona		2-2		Celta Vigo	2 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Celta Vigo		1-0		Eibar	28 Nov, 2017	Spanish Copa del Rey

Barcelona

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Real Madrid		0-3		Barcelona	23 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Barcelona		4-0		Deportivo La Coruña	17 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Villarreal		0-2		Barcelona	10 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Barcelona		2-0		Sporting CP	5 Dec, 2017	UEFA Champions League
D	Barcelona		2-2		Celta Vigo	2 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Barcelona		2-2		Celta Vigo	2 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Barcelona		5-0		Celta Vigo	4 Mar, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Celta Vigo		4-3		Barcelona	2 Oct, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Barcelona		6-1		Celta Vigo	14 Feb, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Celta Vigo		4-1		Barcelona	23 Sep, 2015	Spanish Primera División