Celta Vigo vs Valencia Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Celta Vigo have been brilliant to watch throughout this season as the Galicians now take on a struggling Valencia side at Balaidos in a must win game for the visitors.
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Celta Vigo preview: Impressive and entertaining Celta
Coached by Claudio Giraldez, Celta Vigo have been one of the most entertaining teams to watch in Spain for a while now and they are also balancing La Liga and UEFA Europa League commitments well this term, too.
They were held to a goalless draw by Real Oviedo in Asturias before the mid-season winter break a couple of weeks ago and, while a frustrating result, that means they have only suffered one defeat in their last five league games.
Valencia preview: Struggling Los Che
Former West Bromwich Albion manager Carlos Corberan is coming under a fair bit of pressure in charge of Valencia as Los Che begin the return to action sitting just outside of the bottom three and the relegation places.
The Valencians went into the mid-season winter break on the back of a frustrating 1-1 draw with Real Mallorca at Mestalla a couple of weeks ago in a game in which the Balearic Islanders were the better of the two sides.
Celta Vigo team news: A few doubts
Celta Vigo are dealing with a few key injury doubts for this one, such as defender Carlos Dominguez and attacking duo Pablo Duran and Borja Iglesias.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Radu; Manu Fernandez, Starfelt, Marcos Alonso; Javi Rueda, Fran Beltran, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira; Swedberg, Ferran Jutgla, Bryan Zaragoza
Unavailable:
Questionable: Carlos Dominguez (Injured), Pablo Duran (Injured), Borja Iglesias (Injured)
Valencia team news: Fringe doubts
Valencia are dealing with a couple of players on the fringes being doubtful, such as back-up goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski and back-up defender Eray Comert.
Predicted XI (4-4-2): Jorgensen; Correia, Carlos Tarrega, Copete, Jose Luis Gaya; Luis Rioja, Pepelu, Ugrinic, Andre Almeida; Hugo Duro, Beltran
Unavailable:
Questionable: Dimitrievski (Injured), Comert (Injured)
Celta Vigo vs Valencia prediction
Celta Vigo, as mentioned, are one of the very best and attacking teams in Spanish football. After a couple of weeks to recuperate from an extremely busy autumn and winter so far, they should also be ready to take the game to a Valencia side that do no appear to trust the Corberan style anymore. Celta have struggled for home wins this season but they have to be viewed as slight favourites for this one.
Celta Vigo vs Valencia tip: Celta to win
