Villarreal will be looking to return to winning ways when they welcome Celta Vigo to Estadio de la Ceramica for their La Liga Matchday 28 clash on Saturday night with kickoff at 20:30.
Villarreal were left empty-handed when they suffered a 1-0 defeat to Osasuna at away last weekend with Ezequiel Avila sealing the deal for the hosts. The defeat ended their five-match unbeaten run in La Liga while keeping them out of the European places.
The Yellow Submarine still remain in the European dugout with the side sitting just two points behind the sixth-placed Real Sociedad while are six points outside the top-four spots. Therefore they will be looking to quickly bounce back to winning ways as they aim at breaking into the European places.
Also a win on Saturday will massively boost their confidence ahead of their Champions League last-16 second leg against Juventus at away next week Wednesday. For the Saturday clash Unai Emery will draw confidence from their fine home form having claimed 28 points from their 14 home matches this season and they thumped Espanyol 5-1 in their last league match on home soil.
Meanwhile Celta Vigo bounced back to winning ways when they claimed a thrilling 4-3 victory against Mallorca at home last Sunday, with Iago Aspas netting a brace and the match winner in the 97th minute. The win ended their three match winless run in La Liga, picking up two draws and a defeat in the run.
However, they have how just lost one of their last seven league matches a run that has seen them climb into 10th and are only five points behind the eighth-placed Bilbao. They will therefore be looking to continue their good form as they eye a top-half finish.
They will draw confidence from their good form over Villarreal having only lost two of their last seven La Liga encounters, claiming four wins in the process, including the 4-2 victory in the corresponding game during the 2020/21 campaign.
Villarreal vs Celta Vigo head to head
Both sides have met in 33 encounters since 1998 with Celta Vigo claiming 14 victories while Villarreal have claimed 12 victories and there have been seven draws.
- Celta Vigo 1-1 Villarreal 20/11/21
- Villarreal 2-4 Celta Vigo 09/05/21
- Celta Vigo 0-4 Villarreal 08/01/21
- Celta Vigo 0-1 Villarreal 13/06/20
- Villarreal 1-3 Celta Vigo 24/11/19
Home
- Osasuna 1-0 Villarreal
- Villarreal 5-1 Espanyol
- Villarreal 1-1 Juventus
- Granada 1-4 Villarreal
- Villarreal 0-0 Real Madrid
Away
- Celta Vigo 4-3 Mallorca
- Atletico 2-0 Celta Vigo
- Celta Vigo 1-1 Levante
- Cadiz 0-0 Celta Vigo
- Celta Vigo 2-0 Vallecano
Villarreal team news
Villarreal will be without Alberto Moreno, Paco Alcacer, Gerard Moreno and Ruben Pena due to injuries.
Celta Vigo team news
Celta Vigo will only be without Hugo Mallo due to suspension.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
