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Celta Vigo will take on FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga, with the hosts trying to improve what is a dreadful recent Head 2 Head record against the reigning champions.
Celta had a good start to the season, sitting in the 5th place with 10 points in the first 4 matches. The hosts are playing their usual brand of positive, offensive football, scoring 10 times in these 4 rounds but also conceding 5 goals. They are coming after a 2-1 win on the road against Sevilla and will be confident of producing an upset – but they will be wary of the fact that Barcelona won 8 of the last 10 matches.
Barca was topping the league before Atletico defeated Getafe on Tuesday and the Catalans will go again 3 points clear at the top if they manage to get a victory today. The visitors are playing impressive football, not much you can say against them and clearly the Supercup loss against Athletic Bilbao at the beginning of the season was just an accident. Barcelona allowed just 2 goals in the first 4 rounds, scoring 8 times.
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Team news & lineups:
Blanco and Jonny are out for Celta Vigo. Cabral and Hernandez are questionable. Barcelona misses Vermaelen, Rafinha, Douglas and Bravo.
Celta Vigo: Álvarez – Mallo, Cabral, Fontás, Planas – Hernández, Fernández, Wass – Orellana, Aspas, Nolito
Barcelona: Ter Stegen – Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba – Iniesta, Busquets, Rakitic – Neymar, Messi, Suarez
When an offensive Celta Vigo side takes on Barcelona, the logical instinct would be to think about goals. However, recent history shows that matches between the two sides are rather low scoring. The Head 2 Head shows that last year both matches finished 1-0 and neither team changed its philosophy since then. None of the last 4 meetings saw more than 3 goals and in each of them only 1 team managed to score.
Celta is struggling to find goals against Barcelona and that should be the case today as well, especially with Barca looking solid at the back. On the other hand, Celta is in top form and it won`t be easy for Barcelona either, particularly on the road. I expect an evenly matched encounter, with neither team able to create chances easily. The odds on the under / over market are excellent so I will tip under 3 goals to be scored in this one. Prediction: Celta Vigo – FC Barcelona 0-1.
Pick: under 3 goals
Odds: 1.98 @ Smart Live Sports
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 6.86
Event date: 23 September
