RAYO VALLECANO – CELTA VIGO | Thursday 7pm
Ten points in the standings divide the two teams. Twenty-one for the hosts, only eleven for Celta Vigo, who, sensationally, would also be relegated to the Segunda Division at this time. Now, the visiting side are honestly not in much danger of finding themselves fighting for safety in the long run – there are objectively poorer teams and the league table is very short at the back – but it would be good, in view of the World Cup break, to at least get out of the danger zone and train in the best possible way and without any major worries during the downtime.
In all of this, however, on the other side there is a Rayo Vallecano who can still smell the scent of Europe: only two points separate the hosts from qualifying for the next European campaigns. And the dream is there, attached, ready to be taken. Difficult, of course, but not impossible for a team that is proving to have a continuity of results out of the ordinary. In fact, there are now five useful results in a row for Rayo, with the icing on the cake last Monday that saw the important, and resounding, victory, made of enormous character, over Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid.
The Prediction
According to what has been said before, it seems difficult to think that Celta Vigo could pull off a coup even though they would need to. At best, the visiting team could come away from this match with a draw. The match should also result in at least one goal per team.
Rayo Vallecano-Celta Vigo
probable line-ups.
- RAYO VALLECANO (4-2-3-1): Dimitrievski; Balliu, Lejeune, Catena, F. Garcia; Comesana, Valentin; Palazon, Trejo, A. Garcia; Camello.
- CELTA VIGO (4-4-2): Marchesin; Mingueza, Nunez, Aidoo, Galan; Oscar, Beltran, Veiga, Cervi; Aspas, Larsen.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
