Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Having been hastily rearranged just a week ago, Real Madrid unusually back up a Monday game with a Friday game as Los Blancos travel to Galicia.
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Celta Vigo preview: Brilliant Celta
Celta Vigo have continued to be sensational under the management of Claudio Giraldez as the Galicians begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting tucked inside the top six in La Liga and in excellent form.
The hosts’ recent 2-1 defeat of Girona in Catalonia, backing up a 3-1 aggregate victory over PAOK Salonika in the UEFA Europa League, means that the Galicians have now enjoyed four successive victories across all competitions.
Real Madrid preview: Dreadful Madrid
Having scraped past a lacklustre Benfica with a very average performance in a controversial UEFA Champions League knockout playoff round tie, Real Madrid have continued to underwhelm with their performance level – and now with their results.
Having recently been beaten 2-1 by Osasuna at El Sadar, Madrid had to respond in a derby against Getafe at the Bernabeu last week but, predictably, they couldn’t handle the intensity and aggression of their opponents and succumbed to a 1-0 loss at home.
Celta Vigo team news: Couple of doubts
Celta Vigo are dealing with a couple of defensive injury doubts for this one as former Celtic centre-back Carl Starfelt is potentially sidelined alongside the versatile Marcos Alonso.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Radu; Javi Rodriguez, Aidoo, Carlos Dominguez; Oscar Mingueza, Ilaix Moriba, Matias Vecino, Sergio Carreira; Fer Lopez, Hugo Alvarez; Ferran Jutgla
Unavailable: Pablo Duran (Injured)
Questionable: Starfelt (Injured), Marcos Alonso (Injured)
Real Madrid team news: Loads of issues
After losing their heads against Getafe, Madrid now have key suspensions for Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and Franco Mastantuono. Rodrygo has also now suffered an ACL injury with Madrid stretched thin ahead of their UCL tie against Manchester City.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal, Rudiger, Fran Garcia; Guler, Tchouameni, Fede Valverde; Brahim Diaz, Gonzalo Garcia, Vinicius Junior
Unavailable: Dean Huijsen (Suspended), Eder Militao (Injured), Carreras (Suspended), Bellingham (Injured), Dani Ceballos (Injured), Rodrygo (Injured), Mastantuono (Suspended), Mbappe (Injured)
Questionable: Alaba (Injured), Raul Asencio (Injured), Camavinga (Injured)
Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid prediction
Celta’s impressive run of form of four successive victories can also be extended further with the home team having suffered just two defeats in their last 14 matches. Real Madrid will believe they can exploit some gaps in the often open but entertaining Celta side, but they are genuinely just woeful at the moment and three league defeats in a row are very, very rare for the 15-time European champions – but they may well be on the verge of that.
Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid tip: Celta Vigo to win & both teams to score
