Ace Football previews the La Liga game between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team stats, H2H stats as well as the best betting tips for the match.
Struggling Celta Vigo are most likely in for a tough assignment, when going up against Real Madrid this coming Saturday at Abanca Balaidos. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take any point here. Although the hosts trail by double digits, beating the league leaders in La Liga still holds a lot of prestige.
Position in the La Liga standings: Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid
Looking at the La Liga standings right now, the difference between these opponents is 30 points. Celta Vigo cannot squeeze past Real Madrid in the standings anytime soon, but will be eager to reduce or at least maintain the current gap. Real Madrid, number one on 66 points, will do their part to widen the distance to their upcoming opponents this coming Saturday.
Latest form and previous La Liga encounters between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid
Celta Vigo continue to look blunt
It has been a bit of everything for Celta Vigo in their previous 3 matches, where they first beat Mallorca by 4-3. This was followed by a disappointing 1-0 defeat against Villarreal before an encounter with Real Betis produced a 0-0 draw.
Real Madrid continue to collect points
Although losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last 3 matches for Real Madrid. They first took out PSG by 3-1 before downing Mallorca by 0-3. The winning streak came to an end against Barcelona, who ran out as 0-4 winners.
Latest games between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid
Real Madrid left Celta Vigo begging for mercy when they clattered them 5-2 and 3-1 in their previous meetings in the La Liga. No doubt worth keeping in mind before settling on your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Highlights from the last time Celta Vigo and Real Madrid met:
Betting stats and facts for Celta Vigo and Real Madrid
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on stats from the last couple of games that Celta Vigo and Real Madrid played across all tournaments.
- Celta Vigo have not lost 8 of the last 9 home matches
- Celta Vigo have scored in 8 of the last 9 home matches
- Celta Vigo have not won 5 of the last 6 matches
- Celta Vigo have conceded in 4 of the last 5 matches
- Real Madrid have won 5 of the last 6 matches
- Celta Vigo have conceded in 30 of the last 32 matches versus Real Madrid
- In 10 of the last 11 home matches Celta Vigo versus Real Madrid played, both teams scored
- In 13 of the last 15 Celta Vigo matches versus Real Madrid the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Celta Vigo have lost 13 of the last 15 matches versus Real Madrid
Players to focus on in Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid
Looking at the goalscorer market, it would seem a good idea to side with Iago Aspas. He is one of the players from Celta Vigo who are in their best form. He managed to find the back of the net 2 times in his last 6 games, and will surely want to add some more goals against Real Madrid.
The visitors will be looking to in-form Karim Benzema to find the net once again, as he has been their main man recently. The striker has netted 5 goals for Real Madrid in their last 6 matches.
Best betting tips: Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid
In conclusion, we present betting tips for this La Liga match, which are based on the above statements. Besides the main prediction for this game, we have also come up with some lower and higher risk alternatives.
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