Atletico Madrid vs Celta Vigo Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Title challenging Atletico Madrid have a real chance of crashing the Clasico party at the top-of-the-table as they now take on an entertaining Celta Vigo side at the Metropolitano this week.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 15th February, 2025: UK – 5:30pm / US ET – 12:30pm / US PT – 9:30am
How to watch on TV: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so Atletico Madrid vs Celta Vigo may be televised on one of their affiliated channels
How to watch online: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN+
Atletico Madrid Preview: Impressive Atleti
Atletico Madrid have enjoyed an impressive campaign thus far as they begin the 24th match day of the campaign sitting just a point behind city rivals Real Madrid after the two sides shared a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu in the derby last weekend.
Los Rojiblancos have been a little inconsistent in La Liga of late with one win, two draws and a defeat in their last four matches. However, they have suffered just one defeat in their last 22 matches across all competitions.
Celta Vigo Preview: Silky Celta
Under the management of Claudio Giraldez, Celta Vigo have been entertaining to watch in the last 12 months with the Galicians’ 23 La Liga matches so far this season consisting of 71 goals as they sit firmly in the middle-of-the-table.
The visitors most recently defeated Real Betis by three goals to two in a game in which they were 2-0 down at half-time before turning the match on its head via strikes from Fran Beltran, Javi Rodriguez and Williot Swedberg; ending a five-match winless run of form.
Atletico Madrid Team News: Fully fit
Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid have put together a deceptively deep squad for this season with a lot of quality throughout the park and, with no game scheduled for the coming midweek and a fully fit and available squad, they can name their strongest eleven this weekend.
Predicted XI (4-4-2): Oblak; Marcos Llorente, Jose Maria Gimenez, Lenglet, Javi Galan; Giuliano Simeone, De Paul, Pablo Barrios, Samuel Lino; Griezmann, Julian Alvarez
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Celta Vigo Team News: Couple of absentees
Club captain and former Liverpool forward Iago Aspas has returned to full fitness for Celta but they are dealing with a couple of confirmed absentees such as defender Hugo Alvarez and attacker Franco Cervi.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Vicente Guaita; Jose Rodriguez, Carlos Dominguez, Marcos Alonso; Oscar Mingueza, Fran Beltran, Hugo Sotelo, Sergio Carreira; Iago Aspas, Pablo Duran, Iker Losada
Unavailable: Hugo Alvarez (Injured), Cervi (Injured)
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Atletico Madrid vs Celta Vigo Prediction
Atletico Madrid have been very impressive so far this season as they chase a third league title of the Diego Simeone era. That is despite the fact this season, earlier on in the campaign, appeared almost certain to be the last of that era with things stagnating. Celta will try and play on the front foot here and will believe they can exploit the lack of pace in the Atletico back-line but the hosts remain favourites for a game that could be quite fun for the neutral.
Atletico Madrid vs Celta Vigo Tip: Atletico Madrid to win & both teams to score
