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:

February 7, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 21:00 Real Valladolid
February 8, 2025
Celta Vigo 14:00 Real Betis
Athletic Bilbao 16:15 Girona
Las Palmas 18:30 Villarreal
Real Madrid 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
February 9, 2025
Alaves 14:00 Getafe
Valencia 16:15 Leganes
Real Sociedad 18:30 Espanyol
Sevilla 21:00 Barcelona
February 10, 2025
Mallorca 21:00 Osasuna
February 14, 2025
Girona 21:00 Getafe
February 15, 2025
Leganes 14:00 Alaves
Osasuna 16:15 Real Madrid
Atlético de Madrid 18:30 Celta Vigo
Villarreal 21:00 Valencia
February 16, 2025
Espanyol 14:00 Athletic Bilbao
Real Valladolid 16:15 Sevilla
Mallorca 18:30 Las Palmas
Real Betis 21:00 Real Sociedad
February 17, 2025
Barcelona 21:00 Rayo Vallecano

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 22 15 4 3 50 21 +29 49
2 Atlético de Madrid 22 14 6 2 37 14 +23 48
3 Barcelona 22 14 3 5 60 24 +36 45
4 Athletic Bilbao 22 11 8 3 33 20 +13 41
5 Villarreal 22 10 7 5 44 33 +11 37
6 Rayo Vallecano 22 8 8 6 26 24 +2 32
7 Girona 22 9 4 9 31 30 +1 31
8 Osasuna 22 7 9 6 27 31 -4 30
9 Mallorca 22 9 3 10 19 28 -9 30
10 Real Betis 22 7 8 7 25 28 -3 29
11 Real Sociedad 22 8 4 10 18 19 -1 28
12 Sevilla 22 7 7 8 24 30 -6 28
13 Celta Vigo 22 7 4 11 31 35 -4 25
14 Getafe 22 5 9 8 17 17 +0 24
15 Las Palmas 22 6 5 11 27 36 -9 23
16 Leganes 22 5 8 9 19 30 -11 23
17 Espanyol 22 6 5 11 21 33 -12 23
18 Alaves 22 5 6 11 25 34 -9 21
19 Valencia 22 4 7 11 22 37 -15 19
20 Real Valladolid 22 4 3 15 15 47 -32 15

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