Celta Vigo hosts Atletico Madrid in round 1 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Sunday, August 15th at Estadio de Balaídos (Vigo)
Celta is a tough middle peasant in Spanish football, and it will play in the top division for 10 years in a row. In the previous season, the Sky Blues almost managed to get into the European cups. The team took the final 8th place, showing average results for all statistical parameters. The team from Vigo is still headed by the Argentinean specialist Eduardo Coudet. In the summer, the club parted ways with five players, and two more went on loan. Two newcomers joined the camp of Celta: winger Franco Cervi and goalkeeper Matias Dituro. The former was bought for 4 million euros, and the latter was loaned.
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Atlético Madrid is the reigning champion of Spain. The team managed to repeat their achievement of 2014. For a long time, the Mattress Makers were in first place in the standings of LaLiga and managed to keep the leading position. Thus, the hegemony of Barcelona and Real Madrid was interrupted. The players continue to be trained by the extremely experienced tactician Diego Simeone. The club does not waste money but conducts a competent transfer campaign. Thus, Atletico Madrid managed to preserve the entire backbone of the team and made some adjustments aimed at strengthening. The club bought 27-year-old Argentinean Rodrigo de Paul from Udinese for 35 million euros. This player should have moved to a stronger club a long time ago.
Atlético has the most reliable defense in the Spanish championship. In the previous season, the Mattress Makers conceded only 25 goals in 38 rounds. For comparison, Celta conceded twice as many (57). As a rule, Simeone's players win with a minimal advantage, keeping a clean sheet. 1- 0 and 2-0 are typical results for their games. The Indians act reliably in defense at the start of the season, when the players have a lot of strength and the calendar is not complicated. Let’s remember the game between Celta and Atlético in the previous LaLiga. Then the Madrid club won 2-0 in Vigo, scoring in the first and last minutes of the confrontation. Considering that the hosts did not receive proper reinforcement in the summer, we expect a similar scenario this time as well.
Prediction for the match: Atletico Madrid to win
