Steven Perez
Dailysports's expert
Villarreal
Celta Vigo
On April 30, Estadio de la Ceramica (Villarreal) will host the match of the 32nd round of the La Liga, in which Villarreal will compete with Celta. The battle will start at 16:15 CET.
Villarreal
The club was forced to replace the coach after the start of the season. Unai Emery left to coach Aston Villa in the autumn. He seemed to be quickly and positively replaced by inviting Quique Setien. Still, he fails to provide the necessary stability in the performance of “the Yellow Submarine”. The team, having been relegated from the Conference League (where the experienced Spanish club lost to Anderlecht), was likely to add in the Primera. There, “the Submariners” managed to win three times in a row – it is reasonable to mention that Osasuna, Sociedad and even Real Madrid were defeated. These results were followed by the 1-2 misfires in the home battle against Valladolid and in the away match with Sevilla. Only the confrontation with crisis Espanyol happened to be victorious – a 4-2 score, which allowed rising to the 5th place.
Celta
The team seems to be already thinking only about the upcoming summer vacation. It is noteworthy that the general atmosphere was expressed by the behaviour of the current coach of “the Galicians”, Carlos Carvalhal. He was in a pretty good mood after the unopposed 0-2 defeat in Madrid made by Real, as he was presented with a T-shirt by Eder Militao! However, the Portuguese specialist has the right to do this, because he has completed his main task in Vigo. He had to head the team, which was characterized by an unsuccessful series, in the autumn. Finally, it became clear that the threat of relegation had been de facto neutralized by April. Thus, the defeat is more than logical – the goalless failure in the capital of Spain had been preceded only by draws with Sevilla and Almeria and a home 0-1 score in the battle against Mallorca. The victory was taken only with the weakest opponent – Elche was defeated due to Aidoo’s goal in the 90th minute of the game.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
Speaking about 6 previous head-to-head matches, Celta has got only 1 victory. Moreover, it was back in May 2021. The January match of the current temporada brought a 1-1 draw.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
Bookmakers believe that “the Galicians” will not particularly be able to resist. Thus, we bet on the victory of Villarreal (odd: 1.81).
