Valencia will host Celta Vigo at Estadio de Mestalla this weekend in their final fixture in the Spanish top flight. Match day scheduled for May 21, 2022 at 18:30 EAT.
Valencia occupies the 11th position with 45 points in the table. Of the 37 matches played, they have won 10 times against 12 loses and 15 draws. Los Che have nothing to play for in this dead rubber of a match as they could neither get a European spot nor will fall into relegation at this point. Valencia have not been victorious in La Liga since the middle of March, drawing five and losing three of their eight matches since then, including a 1-1 with Espanyol last weekend.
Los Che held each other to 1-1 La Liga draw with Espanyol in their last fixture. In that game, Valencia had 52% possession, 18 shots with five of them on target and a goal scored by Maxi Gómez (37′). Espanyol got five shots with three of them on target and a goal by Raúl de Tomás (47′).
Meanwhile, Celta Vigo is at the 10th place on the standing with 46 points from 37 games. In their campaign they have picked up 12 wins against 15 loses and 1o draws. The Sky Blues have been relatively strong on their travels this season, picking up 21 points from 18 matches, and the fact that Valencia have struggled at Mestalla this term should hand them confidence. Celta has only lost one of their last four league matches, winning two of their last three.
Celta Vigo gets into this meeting off the back of 1-0 La Liga victory to beat Elche CF in their fixture. In that game, Celta Vigo had 49% possession, 14 shots with five of them on target and a goal scored by Denis Suárez (9′). Elche CF got 10 shots with one of them on target.
Valencia vs Celta Vigo head to head
Valencia boasts the upper hand in the history of this fixture winning 21 times out of the 47 meetings since 1997. Fifteen matches played out draws while Celta Vigo has won 11 times.
- Celta Vigo 1-2 Valencia 05/12/21
- Valencia 2-0 Celta Vigo 20/02/21
- Celta Vigo 2-1 Valencia 19/09/20
- Valencia 1-0 Celta Vigo 01/02/20
- Celta Vigo 1-0 Valencia 24/08/19
Home
- Espanyol 1-1 Valencia
- Valencia 0-3 Real Betis
- Bilbao 0-0 Valencia
- Valencia 1-1 Levante
- Real Betis 5-4 Valencia
Away
- Celta Vigo 1-0 Elche
- Barcelona 3-1 Celta Vigo
- Celta Vigo 4-0 Alaves
- Granada 1-1 Celta Vigo
- Celta Vigo 0-2 Getafe
Valencia team news
Valencia will be missing the services of Hugo Guillamon and Gabriel Paulista this weekend through injury, while Omar Alderete is suspended and Hugo Duro remains a doubt for the home side.
Celta Vigo team news
As for the visitors, Renato Tapia will miss the match through suspension, while Fran Beltran, Franco Cervi, Nolito and Hugo Mallo are also out of the contest.
Prediction and odds
Valencia is unbeaten in the league by these rivals in their previous two matches but they are without a home win in the past for matches in the league while Celta Vigo has not won against this opponent in the previous five league outings and they lost four out of their last six away league schedules.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
