Valencia vs Celta Vigo LaLiga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Valencia have lost two of their last three LaLiga games against Celta de Vigo (W1), as many defeats as in their previous 11 games against them in the competition (W5 D4).
At home, Valencia have just lost one of their last 11 LaLiga games against Celta de Vigo (W7 D3), going down 0-2 in March 2016, when Celta de Vigo’s Hugo Mallo scored his first goal away from home in the competition.
Valencia have lost three of their 11 LaLiga games in 2020/21 played at Mestalla (W3 D5), their highest tally of losses at home at this stage of the season in the top-flight since 2016/17 (W4 D2 L5).
Celta de Vigo won their last LaLiga game 3-1 against Elche, ending a run of six games in a row without a win in the competition (D3 L3). Only once this season they have won consecutive league games (four between November and December 2020).
Valencia have collected 24 points after their first 23 LaLiga 2020/21 games (W5 D9 L9), their lowest tally at this stage of the season in the top-flight since 1985/86 (22 points, assuming three points per win), a season when they were relegated for the only time in the top-flight.
Celta de Vigo have scored a league-high 62% of their goals in the first half this season (18/29).
Valencia’s Carlos Soler has scored in two of his four LaLiga appearances at Mestalla against Celta de Vigo (two goals in total) and in those two games, his goal was the winning goal (3-2 in April 2017 and 1-0 in February 2020).
Iago Aspas has scored five goals in his last six LaLiga appearances for Celta de Vigo against Valencia, including a brace in the reverse fixture this season at Balaídos.
Santi Mina has scored four of Celta de Vigo’s last seven goals in LaLiga, scoring in each of his last two appearances in the competition; he last scored in three LaLiga games in a row in January 2017 (3).
Valencia’s Javi Gracia has won two of his three home managerial LaLiga games against Celta de Vigo (L1), both as Málaga boss and keeping a clean sheet in each.
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