Celta Vigo-Elche is a match of the 31st day of La Liga and is played on Wednesday at 22:00: lineups, predictions, TV and streaming.
The La Liga standings are so short that Celta Vigo only needed to lose a couple of games to be in danger of relegation again. The Galicians lifted their foot off the accelerator after the two draws with Almeria and Sevilla, believing it was done by now.
In the lower reaches of the standings – Elche aside – however, they have started pedaling again, the salvation quota has risen and now Carlos Carvalhal’s men need to get to the fateful 40-point mark as soon as possible to breathe a sigh of relief and be sure of a place in the top flight again next year. Do not relax: Celta will have to regain the spirit of February and March, when they had managed to collect a long string of positive results, going unbeaten for seven consecutive days. Six are the points that today separate Iago Aspas and his teammates from third-last Valencia: not a few but not too many either, which is why the Portuguese coach, one of the main protagonists of the comeback, will not contemplate any other result than a victory against bottom-of-the-table Elche, already with one and a half feet in the Segunda Division and with chances of salvation now close to zero.
The green-and-whites barely scored 13 points, one of the worst records at the European level if we consider the top five leagues. On Sunday, they also surrendered to Valencia (0-2), taking their fifth defeat in a row: a negative streak in which Sebastian Beccacece’s team has conceded a total of 12 goals while scoring just one. Carvalhal should return to rely on defender Aidoo, while the presence of former Roma player Carles Perez is not certain. At home in Elche, the Argentine coach cannot have available Alamo, Carmona and Palacios, all three struggling with muscle problems.
The prediction
Celta Vigo can’t play with fire anymore and against derelict Elche they should get back to winning ways and put behind them the two defeats in a row to Mallorca and Real Madrid. It is highly likely that Carvalhal’s men will score at least two goals.
Celta Vigo-Elche likely lineups
- CELTA VIGO (4-4-2): Villar; Higo Mallo, Aidoo, Nunez, Galan; Carles Perez, Veiga, Beltran, de la Torre; Iago Aspas, Seferovic.
- ELCHE (5-3-2): Badia; Tete, Enzo Roco, Verdù, Mascarell, Clerc; Guti, Gumbau, Fidel; Milla, Boyé.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-0