Comments and predictions for Barcelona vs Celta Vigo: Last-minute escape
The match between Barcelona vs Celta Vigo in La Liga takes place at 9:15 p.m. on April 19. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Barcelona vs Celta Vigo team information
Barcelona will continue to be without key players Alejandro Balde, Marc Casado, Marc-André ter Stegen and Marc Bernal through injury, but have not suffered any further setbacks after the Dortmund game. Flick is expected to rotate his squad, with Pedri and Inigo Martinez likely to return to the starting line-up. Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo are also among those who could be given a chance to start.
Gerard Martin will continue at left-back in place of Balde, while Ronald Araujo and Gavi could be rested after the Champions League game.
Celta Vigo will be without Hugo Alvarez and Carl Starfelt through injury – the Swedish centre-back was sidelined after the defeat to Espanyol. Carlos Dominguez is likely to replace him in central defence.
In midfield, Fer Lopez and Ilaix Moriba – two players who came off the bench last round – could be given a starting place. Up front, Pablo Duran is likely to continue to lead the attack for the visitors.
Latest expected lineup for Barcelona vs Celta Vigo
Barcelona:
Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, I Martinez, Martin; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Fermin, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Celta Vigo:
Guaita; J Rodriguez, C Dominguez, Alonso, Mingueza; Carreira, F Lopez, Beltran, Moriba, Gonzalez; Duran
Latest football commentary on Barcelona vs Celta Vigo
Barcelona are top of La Liga after 31 games with 22 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats, earning a total of 70 points – 4 more than Real Madrid (who are in second place and have played the same number of games). With Real not playing this weekend until Sunday, a win over Celta Vigo would see Barca temporarily extend the gap to 7 points.
The Catalans have scored 84 goals in La Liga this season – a very impressive return. They beat Leganes 1-0 last weekend but were recently beaten 3-1 by Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final. However, Barca still progressed 5-3 on aggregate and will face Inter Milan in the semi-finals – the first leg takes place on 30 April.
Hansi Flick and his team are aiming for a treble as, in addition to the Champions League, they also reached the final of the King's Cup against Real Madrid on April 26. The next two La Liga matches (against Celta and Mallorca) will be pivotal for the decisive stage of the season.
As for Celta Vigo, they held Barca to a 2-2 draw in the first leg and won 2-1 at Camp Nou in May 2021. Coach Claudio Giraldez's team is in good form, despite losing 0-2 to Espanyol in the previous round. Before that, they had gone 8 consecutive unbeaten matches, winning 5 of them.
Celta are currently 7th in the table – just 5 points behind Real Betis (6th) in the race for European qualification. They have scored 44 goals and conceded 45 – the most of the top 12 teams, showing dedication but also a lack of consistency.
Last season, Celta finished in 13th place and it has been 9 years since they last made it into the top 6 of La Liga (in 2016), so the end of this season is very important for the Galician team.
Latest score prediction for Barcelona vs Celta Vigo
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Barcelona vs Celta Vigoas follows:
- Sportsmole:Barcelona 2-0 Celta Vigo
- WhoScore:Barcelona 2-1 Celta Vigo
- Our newspaper predicts:Barcelona 2-1 Celta Vigo
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