Villarreal vs Celta Vigo Preview


Villarreal vs Celta Vigo

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

Date: 26th August 2024

Kick-off time – 20:30 GMT

Three days after recording their first win of the 2024/25 La Liga campaign, Villarreal will be back in action as they face Celta Vigo at the Estadio de la Ceramica.

The Yellow Submarines began their season with a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid but got their first win of the campaign at the second attempt as they struck in second-half stoppage time on Friday to beat Sevilla 2-1.

They will hope to make it three games unbeaten to begin the season on their return home.

Away from the field, Villarreal’s boss has stated his side are in a “complicated situation” with the transfer window still open. But despite the complexities of the window, Villarreal have made several eye-catching signings so far and look well-placed to remain unbeaten here after winning each of the last three home H2Hs against Celta Vigo.

They’re a familiar opponent for Marcelino with Celta one of eleven sides he has faced 20+ times in his managerial career. The 59-year-old has an impressive 71% unbeaten rate against this opposition (W10, D5, L6), so he should be pleased to see them visit.

Meanwhile, Celta Vigo continued their perfect start to the season by battling from behind to secure a 3-1 win over Valencia also on Friday.

That result brought up a little bit of history for Claudio Giráldez who became the first Celta manager since the turn of the century to go unbeaten in his first seven home games in La Liga (W5, D2) since Víctor Fernández in 1998.

Transferring that form onto the road is now the ultimate goal but Giráldez has a much more modest away record in the top flight (W2, L3).

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

March 8, 2025
Barcelona 21:00 Osasuna
March 15, 2025
Real Valladolid 14:00 Celta Vigo
Mallorca 16:15 Espanyol
Villarreal 18:30 Real Madrid
Girona 21:00 Valencia
March 16, 2025
Leganes 14:00 Real Betis
Sevilla 16:15 Athletic Bilbao
Rayo Vallecano 18:30 Real Sociedad
Osasuna 18:30 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 21:00 Barcelona
March 28, 2025
Athletic Bilbao 21:00 Osasuna
March 29, 2025
Real Sociedad 14:00 Real Valladolid
Espanyol 16:15 Atlético de Madrid
Alaves 18:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid 21:00 Leganes
March 30, 2025
Getafe 12:00 Villarreal
Barcelona 14:15 Girona
Valencia 16:30 Mallorca
Real Betis 19:00 Sevilla
March 31, 2025
Celta Vigo 19:00 Las Palmas

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 26 18 3 5 71 25 +46 57
2 Real Madrid 27 17 6 4 57 26 +31 57
3 Atlético de Madrid 27 16 8 3 44 18 +26 56
4 Athletic Bilbao 27 13 10 4 45 24 +21 49
5 Villarreal 26 12 8 6 48 36 +12 44
6 Real Betis 27 11 8 8 35 33 +2 41
7 Mallorca 27 10 7 10 26 33 -7 37
8 Rayo Vallecano 27 9 9 9 29 29 +0 36
9 Celta Vigo 27 10 6 11 40 41 -1 36
10 Sevilla 27 9 9 9 32 36 -4 36
11 Real Sociedad 27 10 4 13 23 28 -5 34
12 Getafe 27 8 9 10 23 22 +1 33
13 Girona 27 9 6 12 35 40 -5 33
14 Osasuna 26 7 12 7 32 37 -5 33
15 Espanyol 26 7 7 12 25 37 -12 28
16 Alaves 28 6 9 13 32 42 -10 27
17 Valencia 27 6 9 12 30 45 -15 27
18 Leganes 27 6 9 12 24 40 -16 27
19 Las Palmas 28 6 7 15 32 47 -15 25
20 Real Valladolid 27 4 4 19 18 62 -44 16

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