Comments and predictions for Celta Vigo vs Valencia: The home team's tripod
The match between Celta Vigo vs Valencia in La Liga takes place at 0:00 on August 24. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Valencia will look to bounce back from their opening defeat to Barcelona when they resume their 2024-25 La Liga campaign with a trip to Celta Vigo on Friday evening.
Los Che lost 2-1 to Barcelona in their first game of the new season, while Celta won 2-1 at Alaves, with the Sky Blues one of only four teams to win their opening La Liga match.
Latest Celta Vigo vs Valencia squad information
Celta coach Giraldez is expected to make a number of changes to the starting line-up from the Alaves game, with Swedberg, who scored off the bench in that game, likely to be brought into the starting line-up.
Javi Rodriguez, who also came on as a second-half substitute against Alaves, will also start this match, while Iglesias could be brought in to play in the home side's back three.
Aspas opened his scoring account for the new season against Alaves, and the 37-year-old should keep his place in the starting line-up, while Jonathan Bamba is also expected to feature despite being substituted at half-time in the last game.
However, Luca de la Torre and Vicente Guaita are still struggling with injuries and are doubts for this match.
For Valencia, Sergi Canos, Jose Gaya, Jaume Domenech, Fran Perez and Mouctar Diakhaby are all currently unavailable due to fitness issues.
Baraja is unlikely to change his line-up after the defeat to Barcelona, so the line-up could remain the same, with Andre Almeida supporting Duro at centre-forward.
Mir should continue to feature on the wing, with highly-rated centre-backs Cristhian Mosquera and Yarek Gasiorowski also expected to feature in Valencia's starting line-up for the second game of the new season.
Latest expected lineup Celta Vigo vs Valencia
Celta Vigo: Villar; J Rodriguez, U Garcia, Dominguez, Mingueza; Alvarez, D Rodriguez, Swedberg; Aspas, Iglesias, Bamba
Valencia: Mamardashvili; Correia, Mosquera, Gasiorowski, Vazquez; Mir, Pepelu, Guerra, D Lopez; Almeida; Duro
Latest match analysis Celta Vigo vs Valencia
Celta Vigo are aiming for a top-half finish for the first time since the 2020-21 season, after finishing 11th, 13th and 13th in the last three campaigns. They got the new La Liga campaign off to a perfect start on 16 August with a 2-1 win over Alaves, thanks to goals from Williot Swedberg and Iago Aspas, after Kike Garcia had opened the scoring for the visitors.
Celta have not beaten Valencia since September 2020, with Los Che winning five of the last seven La Liga meetings between the two sides. However, both games in the 2023-24 season ended in draws.
Celta have made three new signings this summer, with Unai Nunez arriving from Athletic Bilbao on a permanent transfer after a successful loan spell, while Borja Iglesias and Ilaix Moriba joined on loan from Real Betis and RB Leipzig respectively.
Claudio Giraldez's side need to improve their home form, having won just six of their 19 La Liga home games last season.
Valencia, managed by Ruben Baraja, opened the scoring in their La Liga opener against Barcelona last week, with Hugo Duro heading home from a Diego Lopez cross. However, Barcelona turned the game around with two goals from Robert Lewandowski, including the winner early in the second half.
Valencia can take plenty of positives from their performance, but they are still far from being a top-four contender, with their last Champions League appearance coming in 2019. In the last two seasons, the team have finished 16th and 9th.
Valencia lost 10 of their 19 away games last season, so there is clearly room for improvement. The club have brought in Dani Gomez, Stole Dimitrievski and Rafa Mir this transfer window, and could add more before the window closes, with Liverpool reportedly close to agreeing a deal for Giorgi Mamardashvili, who could stay on loan at the Mestalla.
Given Celta's recent home success and Valencia's form, a draw could be the likely outcome for this game.
Score prediction Celta Vigo vs Valencia
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Celta Vigo vs Valenciaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Celta Vigo 1-1 Valencia
- WhoScore:Celta Vigo 2-1 Valencia
- Our newspaper predicts:Celta Vigo 0-0 Valencia
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