Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo prediction and preview
La Liga · Sunday 9 May 2027, 00:00 UTC
Match facts
Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Sunday 9 May 2027, 00:00 UTC · Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo preview
The La Liga fixture between Villarreal and Celta de Vigo is scheduled for Sunday 9 May 2027 at 00:00 UTC at Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal. Villarreal sit 9th on 12 points after 11 matches, while Celta de Vigo are 10th in the table with 12 points from 11.
Villarreal come into the game with a L-L-W-L-D run in the league (1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5), while Celta de Vigo's recent sequence reads L-D-W-W-L. Over their last 6, Villarreal have scored 1.3 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Celta de Vigo average 0.8 scored and 1.2 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Villarreal won 5, 3 games were drawn and Celta de Vigo won 2. Those games averaged 3.4 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 8. The most recent meeting, on 26 Apr 2026, ended Villarreal 2-1 Celta de Vigo.
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Form and table
- VillarrealLast five: D L W L L
- Celta de VigoLast five: L W W D L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Villarreal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 12 | WLDWL |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 | WDWDL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Péter Gulácsi, Santiago Mouriño, Renato Veiga, Alex Freeman, Carlos Macià, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Ayoze Pérez
Celta de Vigo expected line-up (3-4-3)
Ionuț Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Yoel Lago, Sebastián Cáceres, Aleix Febas, Javi Rueda, Ilaix Moriba, Hugo Álvarez, Ferran Jutglà
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