In this week 30 match, on Saturday Apr 2nd, Celta de Vigo plays host to Real Madrid in a clash of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 11th placed Celta de Vigo is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Betis. Neither Celta de Vigo nor Real Betis could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Celta de Vigo is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while real Madrid sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Barcelona. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 29th minute, then Ronald Araujo added another in the 38th minute In the end, Real Madrid couldn’t muster any offence and Barcelona ran away with the shutout win. Real Madrid should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Celta de Vigo and Real Madrid last played eachother at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu on Sep 12th. Real Madrid won by a score of 5 to 2 in front of almost 20000 jubilant fans. Santi Mina struck first for Celta de Vigo in the 4th minute on a feed from Iago Aspas, then Karim Benzema tied it up for Real Madrid in the 24th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 54th minute on a goal by Vinícius Júnior.
Real Madrid is fortunate enough to have Karim Benzema in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 7 goals. Iago Aspas has been the most prolific scorer on Celta de Vigo in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.