Comments and predictions for Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano: Home team explodes
The match between Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano in La Liga takes place at 0:00 on May 19. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, football commentary and predicts the score.
Latest Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano team information
Celta centre-back Carl Starfelt will miss the final two games of the season after suffering a hamstring injury last month.
Brazilian midfielder Jailson is also unlikely to play due to a knee problem that has caused him to miss the last two matches.
Marcos Alonso will return to the starting line-up after serving a suspension following his red card in last weekend's win over Sevilla.
For Rayo, Abdul Mumin and Jonathan Montiel are out with knee and thigh injuries.
Striker Sergio Camello was left out of Thursday's squad through injury, leaving his availability for Sunday in doubt.
Randy Nteka will at least be a useful backup option for coach Perez after he returned to the squad last midweek, ending a three-match injury absence.
Latest expected lineup Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano
Celta Vigo:
Guaita; Rodriguez, Lago, Alonso; Mingueza, Moriba, Sotelo, Alvarez; Aspas, Alfon, Duran
Rayo Vallecano:
Batalla; Balliu, Lejeune, Aridane, Chavarria; Ciss, Diaz; Ratiu, Palazon, De Frutos; Garcia
Latest football commentary Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano
Celta are on course for a top-seven finish for the first time since 2015-16, after winning three of their last four games.
The Galicians picked up home wins over Villarreal and Sevilla, sandwiched by a narrow defeat to Real Madrid, before beating Real Sociedad 1-0 at the Reale Arena on Tuesday.
Alfon Gonzalez scored his fifth La Liga goal of the season as Celta secured their third win in their last five away games, a result that leaves them four points clear of Rayo and Osasuna.
Claudio Giraldez's side will go into Sunday's game hoping to make it three consecutive wins in La Liga for the first time since May 2021 - a result that would secure them a Europa League spot with one game remaining.
Los Celestes will have added motivation as they have the fifth-best home record in the league, with 11 wins, three draws and four defeats from 18 games at Balaidos this season.
In addition, they are also unbeaten in their last six home games against Rayo (W4 D2), and have kept clean sheets in their last three matches.
Rayo Vallecano still have hopes of qualifying for the Europa League ahead of Celta, but their main target is to secure eighth place and end their 24-year wait for European football.
Inigo Perez's side are currently in the Conference League qualifying places, but they must be cautious as Osasuna are close behind on the same number of points, while Mallorca and Valencia are one and three points behind in ninth and tenth place respectively.
After picking up just one point from three games in April, Rayo returned to European contention with back-to-back 1-0 wins over Getafe and Las Palmas.
They looked set for a third win when Jorge de Frutos and Florian Lejeune scored to give them a two-goal lead in the first half against Real Betis on Thursday, but Cucho Hernandez and Isco equalised in the second half to deny Rayo the win.
Rayo need to quickly regain their spirits for the trip to Balaidos, where they have not won since their last visit in November 2013.
The visitors are also aiming to complete a double over Celta this season, having won 2-1 in the first leg in January.
Latest score prediction Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecano
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Celta Vigo vs Rayo Vallecanoas follows:
- Sportsmole:Celta Vigo 2-0 Rayo Vallecano
- WhoScore:Celta Vigo 3-1 Rayo Vallecano
- Our newspaper predicts:Celta Vigo 3-1 Rayo Vallecano
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