Celta Vigo vs Levante - prediction, team news, lineups

Celta Vigo volition proceed their pursuit of Champions League shot erstwhile they invited Levante to Balaidos connected Tuesday. 

The visitors, meanwhile, are searching for a 2nd consecutive triumph to boost their La Liga endurance hopes.

Match preview

Having won 13, drawn 11 and mislaid 11 of their 35 matches, Celta are sitting successful sixth spot successful La Liga and successful a beardown presumption to amended past season's seventh-place finish. 

As things stand, the Galician outfit are connected people to seal a 2nd consecutive play of Europa League football, though they are harbouring hopes of clinching Champions League qualification for the archetypal clip since featuring successful the 2003-04 competition.

Back-to-back victories person boosted Celta's hopes of a fifth-place finish, which volition beryllium capable for Champions League shot aft Rayo Vallecano's second-leg triumph implicit Strasbourg secured La Liga an other spot successful UEFA's elite nine competition.

Claudio Giraldez's broadside followed a 3-1 location triumph implicit Elche with a narrow 1-0 success successful Saturday's clash against Atletico Madrid astatine the Metropolitano.

Borja Iglesias's sublime chipped decorativeness proved capable to occurrence Celta to their archetypal distant league triumph implicit Atletico since June 2007, moving them to wrong 4 points of fifth-placed Real Betis up of their last 3 games against Levante, Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla.

Celta whitethorn fancy their chances of adding 3 much points to their tally connected Tuesday, having won 3 of their erstwhile 4 meetings with Levante, including a melodramatic 2-1 triumph successful November's reverse fixture, which came courtesy of Miguel Roman's stoppage-time winner. 

That said, they caput into matchday 36 with the second-worst location grounds successful the apical formation aft mustering 20 points from their 17 La Liga outings astatine Balaidos.

In opposition to their hosts, Levante are battling to debar an contiguous instrumentality to the 2nd tier, with 2 points separating them from information up of their midweek travel to Galicia.

The Granotes bounced backmost from a dense 5-1 distant decision to Villarreal with a comeback 3-2 victory against Osasuna connected Friday.

Victor Garcia netted a two-minute brace to cancel retired an ain extremity and an Ante Budimir effort, earlier Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera was sent disconnected connected the changeable of fractional clip for deliberately handling the shot extracurricular his box.

Luis Castro's broadside struggled to capitalise connected their numercial vantage until Karl Etta Eyong made the quality successful the 90th minute, netting his archetypal league extremity since October to occurrence his broadside to a 4th consecutive location victory. 

While they are unbeaten successful six games astatine the Estadi Cuitat de Valencia, Levante person taken conscionable 2 points from their past 7 distant matches since beating Sevilla successful January, which volition beryllium origin for interest for a broadside that volition caput connected their travels for 2 of their last 3 fixtures.

They person besides failed to triumph immoderate of their past 5 games against Celta since enjoying a tally of 3 consecutive head-to-head victories from February 2019 to July 2020. 

They tin astatine slightest instrumentality immoderate assurance from the information they person avoided decision successful 3 of their erstwhile 4 visits to Balaidos (W2, D1).

Celta Vigo La Liga form:

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Celta Vigo signifier (all competitions):

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Levante La Liga form:

L W W D L W 

Team News

The Champions League-chasing hosts volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon the injured trio of Carl Starfelt, Miguel Roman and Matias Vecino.

Javi Rueda is backmost from a one-match prohibition and could diagnostic arsenic the close wing-back successful Tuesday’s contest. 

Hugo Sotelo, Sergio Carreira and Iago Aspas are besides options to commencement if Giraldez decides to freshen up his lineup.

As for the visitors, they stay without the services of Unai Elgezabal, Carlos Romero and Ivan Romero owed to injury. 

Midfielder Kevin Arriaga is successful contention to commencement aft serving a one-match prohibition for an accumulation of yellowish cards.

Kevin Brugue, who featured arsenic a half-time substitute connected Friday, is besides pushing for his archetypal starting accidental since returning from a agelong wounded absence.

Celta Vigo imaginable starting lineup:

Radu; Rodriguez, Lago, Alonso; Rueda, Moriba, Sotelo, Carreira; Aspas, Alvarez; Iglesias

Levante imaginable starting lineup:

Ryan; Toljan, Dela, Moreno, Sanchez; Olasagasti, Martinez, Arriaga; Garcia, Brugue, Espi

We say: Celta Vigo 2-1 Levante

Celta person struggled to nutrient their champion signifier successful beforehand of their supporters this season, but they were capable to instrumentality 3 points from their astir caller location outing against Elche, and considering they are acceptable to look a squad that has mislaid 5 of their past 7 distant games, we deliberation the hosts volition bash capable to assertion the spoils.

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