Celta Vigo on the visitors Krasnodar in the first leg of Europa League round 16. The game will be played on Thursday, March 9th at Estadio de Balaídos (Vigo).
Celta perform below their level in recent matches and managed to win only two of their last nine matches in all competitions. The team had suffered awful 0-5 defeat at Barcelona last weekend, which isn’t a good sign before the first leg. The team eliminated Shakhtar in the previous round, losing at home 0-1 and taking 2-0 win on the road. However, that aggregate win was taken with a bit of luck as they scored their first goal on the 91st minute of the match at Shakhtar while the second goal was a conversion of controversial penalty kick. The team has played 20 matches at own stadium in all competitions, taking 11 win, drawing four matches and suffering four defeats.
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Krasnodar have played only four matches in 2017. The team has knocked out Fenerbahce in the previous round of Europa League, 1-0, 1-1, drew with Ural in Russian national cup, 3-3, which was followed with defeat in penalty shootout. The team also played one match in domestic league, drawing with leaders Spartak Moscow, 2-2. The Bulls lost their leaders Smolov and Gadzinsky. These duo is unlikely to be fit for upcoming clash and their absence reduce attacking potential of the team greatly.
Krasnodar is a quite new club and they didn’t have many chances to face Celta Vigo before so it will be the first head-to-head between opponents. Krasnodar isn’t strong in away matches and won’t be counting on their leaders so the hosts should prevail in the match and take a home win.
Prediction for the match: Celta Vigo to win.
