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:

April 4, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Espanyol
April 5, 2025
Girona 13:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 15:15 Valencia
Mallorca 17:30 Celta Vigo
Barcelona 20:00 Real Betis
April 6, 2025
Las Palmas 13:00 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 15:15 Atlético de Madrid
Real Valladolid 17:30 Getafe
Villarreal 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 7, 2025
Leganes 20:00 Osasuna
April 11, 2025
Valencia 20:00 Sevilla
April 12, 2025
Real Sociedad 13:00 Mallorca
Getafe 15:15 Las Palmas
Celta Vigo 17:30 Espanyol
Leganes 20:00 Barcelona
April 13, 2025
Osasuna 13:00 Girona
Alaves 15:15 Real Madrid
Real Betis 17:30 Villarreal
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Rayo Vallecano
April 14, 2025
Atlético de Madrid 20:00 Real Valladolid

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 29 21 3 5 82 28 +54 66
2 Real Madrid 29 19 6 4 62 29 +33 63
3 Atlético de Madrid 29 16 9 4 47 23 +24 57
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 14 11 4 46 24 +22 53
5 Villarreal 28 13 8 7 51 39 +12 47
6 Real Betis 29 13 8 8 40 36 +4 47
7 Rayo Vallecano 29 10 10 9 33 31 +2 40
8 Celta Vigo 29 11 7 11 42 42 +0 40
9 Mallorca 29 11 7 11 28 35 -7 40
10 Real Sociedad 29 11 5 13 27 31 -4 38
11 Sevilla 29 9 9 11 33 39 -6 36
12 Getafe 29 9 9 11 26 25 +1 36
13 Girona 29 9 7 13 37 45 -8 34
14 Osasuna 29 7 13 9 33 42 -9 34
15 Valencia 29 7 10 12 32 46 -14 31
16 Espanyol 28 7 8 13 27 40 -13 29
17 Alaves 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Leganes 29 6 9 14 28 46 -18 27
19 Las Palmas 29 6 8 15 33 48 -15 26
20 Real Valladolid 29 4 4 21 19 65 -46 16

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