Barcelona vs Celta Vigo - prediction, team news, lineups

Barcelona volition beryllium bidding to marque it 8 consecutive wins successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile they proceed their run astatine location to Celta Vigo connected Wednesday evening.

Hansi Flick's broadside are presently apical of the La Liga table, 9 points up of second-placed Real Madrid, portion Celta are sixth, 2 points wide of seventh-placed Real Sociedad.

Match preview

Barcelona person been comfortably the champion squad successful Spain's apical formation this season, picking up 79 points from 31 matches courtesy of a grounds of 26 wins, 1 gully and 4 defeats, and they are 9 points up of second-placed Real Madrid heading into the last straight.

Real Madrid volition person the accidental to chopped the spread to six points erstwhile they look Alaves connected Tuesday night, but it is incredibly hard to ideate Flick's squad giving up the title from this position.

Barcelona are bidding to marque it 8 consecutive wins successful Spain's apical flight, with their past league fixture ending successful a 4-1 occurrence implicit Espanyol successful the Catalan derby connected April 11.

Flick's squad were knocked retired by Atletico Madrid successful the quarter-finals of the Champions League, though, and it is expected to beryllium a engaged summertime transportation model for the Catalan outfit, with a caller centre-back and starting centre-forward apt to arrive.

Barcelona's past 2 fixtures with Celta person been thrilling affairs, with the Catalan outfit winning 4-3 astatine location successful the corresponding lucifer past play and 4-2 successful Vigo successful the reverse crippled earlier this term.

Celta besides suffered disappointment successful the quarter-finals of the Europa League, losing 6-1 connected aggregate to German outfit Freiburg, truthful La Liga is the team's sole absorption astatine this signifier of the campaign.

The Sky Blues are presently successful sixth, which arsenic it stands, would spot them suffice for adjacent season's Conference League, but they are lone 2 points down fifth-placed Real Betis.

Claudio Giraldez's broadside suffered a daze 3-0 location decision to basement broadside Real Oviedo successful the league past clip out, but they did triumph their past distant lucifer successful La Liga, signaling a 3-2 triumph implicit Valencia astatine Mestalla connected April 5.

Celta really person the third-best distant grounds successful Spain's apical formation this season, picking up 27 points from 15 matches courtesy of a grounds of 7 wins, six draws and 2 defeats.

The Sky Blues besides person a comparatively caller distant league occurrence implicit Barcelona to their name, signaling a 2-1 triumph successful May 2021, and Real Madrid would beryllium incredibly thankful if the visitors could permission with each 3 points erstwhile again connected Wednesday night. 

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Team News

Barcelona volition erstwhile again beryllium without the services of Raphinha and Andreas Christensen owed to wounded problems, portion Marc Bernal (ankle) needs to beryllium assessed.

Frenkie de Jong is apt to travel into the midfield connected Wednesday nighttime alongside Pedri, portion determination should besides beryllium a instrumentality astatine the backmost for Pau Cubarsi, who missed the 2nd limb of the Champions League quarter-final with Atletico done suspension.

Ferran Torres was fantabulous past clip retired and should support his spot up of Robert Lewandowski, portion Dani Olmo is besides successful enactment to clasp his spot successful the archetypal XI here.

As for Celta, Miguel Roman is retired of the contention and so retired for the remainder of the play owed to a breached foot, but the distant squad are different successful beardown signifier erstwhile it comes to their squad.

Borja Iglesias has had an awesome season, scoring 15 times successful each competitions, and determination volition beryllium different spot successful the last 3rd of the tract for the Spaniard.

Javi Rodriguez missed the team's past league lucifer done suspension, but the defender is disposable here, portion Carl Starfelt should besides instrumentality aft overcoming a backmost issue.

Barcelona imaginable starting lineup:

J Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsi, E Garcia, Cancelo; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Fermin; Torres

Celta Vigo imaginable starting lineup:

Radu; Alonso, Starfelt, Rodriguez; Carreira, Moriba, Vecino, Mingueza; Lopez; Iglesias, Jutgla

We say: Barcelona 2-1 Celta Vigo

Celta are susceptible of making this a tricky lucifer for Barcelona, and we are expecting it to beryllium adjacent successful presumption of the scoreline, particularly considering Celta's distant record, but the hosts should beryllium capable to get the occupation done to instrumentality different immense measurement towards winning the La Liga title.

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