On Fri Dec 17th, Celta de Vigo hosts Espanyol at Estadio De Balaídos in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Celta de Vigo recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Mallorca. Neither Mallorca nor Celta de Vigo could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while espanyol is fresh off their 4-3 win against Levante. Darder scored the first goal for Espanyol in the 6th minute, then in the 11th minute, Roger Martí sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jorge De Frutos , but fortunately for Espanyol it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Espanyol should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Loren Morón has been the most effective weapon for Espanyol lately. The Spanish attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. Both Franco Cervi and Santi Mina have been the hottest scorers for Celta de Vigo in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Iago Aspas is unavailable to play for Eduardo Germán Coudet’s team, while Vicente Moreno Peris’s Espanyol squad will be without David López and Landry Dimata.