On the 15th of May, Celta de Vigo will play host to Elche in a clash of these two closely matched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. Celta de Vigo is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Barcelona. Memphis Depay struck first for Barcelona in the 30th minute on a feed from Ousmane Dembélé, then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added another in the 41st minute. Celta de Vigo is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Elche recorded a 0-2 loss against Atlético Madrid. Matheus Cunha scored the first goal for Atlético Madrid in the 28th minute, then Rodrigo De Paul added another in the 62nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elche couldn’t manage to score, and Atlético Madrid took the shutout win. Elche looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
Elche and Celta de Vigo last played eachother at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero on the 3rd of October. Elche won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 11000 spectators. Darío Benedetto scored the first goal for Elche in the 49th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Celta de Vigo was frustrated by Elche’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Elche ended the match with the shutout victory.
Elche hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Lee Kang-In and Pedro Bigas, and they each have 1 goal. Celta de Vigo is fortunate enough to have Iago Aspas in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
Hugo Mallo, Rubén Blanco and Carlos Dominguez Caceres are unavailable to play for Eduardo Germán Coudet’s team, while Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez’s Elche squad will be without Lucas Olaza, Lucas Boyé and Cacicedo Verdu.