Celta Vigo hosts Espanyol in round 18 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Friday, December 17th at Estadio de Balaídos (Vigo)
Eduardo Coudet's team is in 14th position in the standings with 17 points after 17 matches. Celta Vigo gained four victories and five draws and suffered eight losses. The Sky Blues are still far from fighting for high places in LaLiga. Coudet's footballers are four points from the relegation zone. The reason for this position of the Celts is the unsuccessful results in recent weeks. In seven rounds, Celta Vigo beat only Alaves (2-1) and earned only seven points. On December 10, the Sky Blues tied against Mallorca away (0-0). The visitors had a slight playing advantage, but they got bogged down in the defense of the ex-representatives of Segunda and were left without a goal for the first time in five rounds.
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Vicente Moreno's team is in 9th place in the LaLiga standings with 23 points. After 17 rounds, Espanyol has six victories, five draws, and six defeats. The Budgerigars have been showing unstable results since the start of the current championship. They have not won more than two matches in a row yet, and in the last six rounds, they alternated between wins and losses. For this reason, Espanyol remains in the middle of the standings. On December 11, the footballers from Barcelona won the goal shootout against Levante at home (4-3). The hero of that match was Javi Puado, who scored a brace. Other goals for the home team were scored by Sergi Darder and Raul de Tomas (it was the eighth goal of the striker in the current championship).
The confrontations between Celta and Espanyol have recently been distinguished by their peacefulness. The teams have tied in five head-to-head matches in a row. This streak includes both games in the 2019/20 season when the opponents last crossed paths on the pitch. The match in Vigo ended with a score of 1-1, and the game in Barcelona turned out to be goalless. This season the Sky Blues perform poorly in front of their native stands. In nine home games, they scored five points and defeated only Granada (1-0). On the other hand, Espanyol is downright weak away. In eight matches, the Catalans scored only three points. Along with Getafe and Levante, they have not yet won away matches in La Liga. These statistics make the outcome of the match in Vigo too unpredictable. It is more likely that the opponents will be able to organize two or three goals. The history of previous head-to-head matches hints at such performance: four out of six confrontations ended with such an outcome. Beyond that, it was repeated in three out of four last home games of the Celts in La Liga.
Prediction for the match: 2-3 goals to be scored
