Atletico Madrid vs Celta Vigo - prediction, team news, lineups

Fresh from their elimination successful the semi-finals of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid volition proceed their La Liga run astatine location to Celta Vigo connected Saturday evening.

Atletico are presently 4th successful the La Liga table, 10 points supra fifth-placed Real Betis, portion Celta are sixth, 3 points supra seventh-placed Getafe successful the conflict for Europe.

Match preview

Atletico came up conscionable abbreviated against Arsenal successful the semi-finals of the Champions League, going down 2-1 connected aggregate, and their main absorption volition present beryllium connected ensuring that they are erstwhile again operating successful Europe's starring cupful contention during the 2026-27 campaign.

Diego Simeone's broadside are presently 4th successful the table, 10 points up of fifth-placed Real Betis, truthful they would unafraid a top-four spot with a triumph successful this fixture.

The Red and Whites bushed Valencia 2-0 astatine Mestalla successful their past league lucifer astatine the commencement of May, portion their past location La Liga fixture ended successful a 3-2 occurrence implicit Athletic Bilbao.

The disappointment of their semi-final exit successful the Champions League volition instrumentality a portion to get over, but they volition beryllium bidding to extremity their play with 4 wins implicit Celta, Osasuna, Girona and Villarreal.

Atletico person picked up 43 points from their 17 location league matches this season, portion Celta person the third-best distant grounds successful the division, claiming 27 points from 17 games.

Celta volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-1 triumph implicit Elche, which proved to beryllium their archetypal occurrence successful Spain's apical formation since the commencement of April.

The Sky Blues person a grounds of 12 wins, 11 draws and 11 defeats from their 34 league matches this season, with 47 points leaving them successful sixth spot successful the division.

Claudio Giraldez's broadside are truthful presently successful a Conference League position, and they are six points down fifth-placed Real Betis, truthful qualifying for the Europa League erstwhile again volition beryllium difficult.

Celta person lone managed to triumph 27 of their erstwhile 132 matches against Atletico successful each competitions, but the past 2 games betwixt the 2 sides person finished level, including a 1-1 successful Vigo past October.

The 2 teams besides played retired a 1-1 gully astatine the location of Atletico past season, but Celta person not flooded the Red and Whites since September 2018, portion their past league distant occurrence implicit the superior squad was backmost successful June 2007.

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Team News

Atletico volition again beryllium without the services of Pablo Barrios and Nico Gonzalez connected Saturday done injury, but the hosts are different successful beardown shape.

Julian Alvarez lone lasted 66 minutes of the semi-final 2nd limb against Arsenal, and it is improbable that the Argentina international, who has had immoderate fittingness problems of late, volition diagnostic from the commencement here.

Alex Baena and Alexander Sorloth could some beryllium handed spots successful the last 3rd of the field, portion Johnny Cardoso, Rodrigo Mendoza, Nahuel Molina and Clement Lenglet whitethorn besides diagnostic successful the archetypal XI.

As for Celta, Miguel Roman and Carl Starfelt volition miss the lucifer owed to wounded problems, portion Matias Vecino volition necessitate a precocious fittingness trial up of the match.

The visitors volition decidedly beryllium without the services of Javi Rueda, though, with the wing-back picking up a milestone yellowish paper successful the triumph implicit Elche past clip out.

Oscar Mingueza is expected to beryllium introduced into the broadside arsenic Rueda's replacement, portion Borja Iglesias, who has scored 13 league goals this season, should besides instrumentality to the archetypal XI.

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Molina, Le Normand, Lenglet, Diaz; Mendoza, Cardoso; Simeone, Baena, Lookman; Sorloth

Celta Vigo imaginable starting lineup:

Radu; Nunez, Lago, Rodriguez; Carreira, Lopez, Moriba, Mingueza; Alvarez, Iglesias, Jutgla

We say: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Celta Vigo

Celta volition beryllium bidding to bushed Atletico distant from location successful the league for the archetypal clip successful astir 20 years connected Saturday, but are expecting Simeone's squad to bounce backmost from their Champions League disappointment to assertion each 3 points.

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