Villarreal vs Celta Vigo Prediction & Betting Tips (26 August)

The Yellow Submarine began its season of redemption by sharing points with Atlético Madrid 2-2 and it will have tried, Friday evening, to beat Sevilla FC in order to grab its first victory of the season to follow. It is important for Marcelino's men to continue, particularly at home, to regain their former place in the race for Europe or even better if the planets are aligned. Last year, Villarreal was the turkey of the joke by finishing the exercise in 8th place which prevents it from participating in European competitions this year. Depending on its result Friday evening against Valencia at home, Celta Vigo could well make this trip by being the great leader of the elite to follow.

And yes, as a reminder, the Galicians started with a victory against Deportivo Alaves 2-1 with a winning goal scored by the stainless Iago Aspas. The residents of Balaidos clearly have the squad to stay in La Liga but it is always good to remember that in the last two seasons, it has gone to the limit, limit.

The usual absentees due to injury are still on the flank, in this case Foyth, Pedraza and Denis Suarez. For the rest, the group should be complete with notably the returning loanee, Danjuma, scorer against Atlético Madrid or even recruits like Nicolas Pepe (ex-Lille), Ayoze Perez (Bétis), Sergi Cardona (Las Palmas, free), Arnau Sola (on loan from Almeria), the French Willy Kambwala (Manchester United), Pape Gueye (ex-OM), or even the now starting goalkeeper, Conde (Leganes). We will also note the recent arrivals of Logan Costa (Toulouse), Barry Thierno (FC Basel) and Junior Reims (Famalicao). In the reverse pattern, Hassan Haissem was transferred to Real Oviedo (D2), Manu Trigueros went there to Granada (free), Jorge Cuenca to Fulham, Sörloth to Atlético, Aissa Mandi to Lille, Filip Jorgensen to Chelsea, without forgetting the Chilean Ben Breteton Diaz to Southampton or the definitive departure of Mojica to Mallorca, although highly rated on the transfer market. Let's not forget to mention the departure of the important Pepe Reina (keeper) and Alberto Moreno to the promoted to SB, Calcio Como. For Celta Vigo, Luca de la Torre (ankle injury) will be absent for this trip just like Guaita.

To talk about the transfer window, the big loss is obviously Larsen, Norwegian international, author of 13 goals in La Liga last season. This is not the only one since Tapia (crucial, but too often injured last year) left the ship freely and Dotor Carlos (Real Oviedo) and Miguel Rodriguez (Utrecht) left on loan. Ditto for Carles Perez (Getafe), and for Manu Sanchez (Alaves). In the opposite direction, Manquillo permanently signed from Newcastle, Iglesias arrived from Bétis (on loan) and Ilaix Moriba from RB Leipzig (on loan).