Celta Vigo – Levante / La Liga – Although Celta didn’t win the last two matches they cling to the upper half of the table and are more than satisfied. Levante had a desperate start of the season and right now are on the penultimate place with the worst goal difference in the league, and are particularly bad when play at home. Celta had two tough matches and one point out of them is not a bad result, while Levante too won one point also in the away match. It is interesting that out of their six head-to-head matches in La Liga the hosts have never won, while the last season the result was twice 0-1. Begins: 24.10.2014 – 21:00 CET

Celta Vigo
It was probably expected that after the first defeat at home in the round before the last one Celta would head to a crisis that will be plagued with bad results, but something like that simply didn’t happen. Villarreal had indeed outplayed them at the Balaidos and the defeat of 3-1 was truly deserved, however, Celta had quickly recovered and have brought home a point from Bilbao in the last round, which was never an easy accomplishment, regardless of crisis that Athletic are going through right now.

They were a bit lucky in that match but they fought to the end and that one point was quite deserved. In the end the result read 1-1 and Nolito scored again, who now belongs to the famous Celta’s trio responsible for scoring goals. Nolito in fact just continued the series that Orellan started and Larrivey carried on later. Stopper Fontas didn’t appear in Bilbao because of a red card and now is injured so S. Gomez remains a stopper, while this time there will be no Orellan, because he had already accrued five yellow cards this season and Santi Mina seems to be a logical substitute.

Probable lineups Celta Vigo: S. Alvarez – Hugo Mallo, Cabral, S. Gomez, Planas – Radoja, Alex Lopez, Krohn-Dehli – S. Mina, Nolito, Larrivey

Levante
Levante is the penultimate in the standings and have won only once, which was the reason why they sacked coach Mendilibar. It was nothing unexpected, because the numbers are even worse than being in the relegation zone indicates. Levante have lost all four matches played at home and they didn’t score a single goal receiving 14 in the meantime. They can be justified to a degree by the fact that they were hosts to Barcelona and Real, who both loaded them with five goals. Villarreal defeated them, as well as Rayo Vallecano which wasn’t supposed to happen.

They won one match away and drew two more times, which is an encouragement for this match. On the other hand, they scored the least goals as a team, one on average in every second match and they received the most. New coach is Lucas Alcaraz, but in this match he will likely be Bea’s assistant. The question is can he change anything for the better, but he will certainly introduce changes in the team and we should expect that Victor Perez and Barral play from the first minute.

Probable lineups Levante: Marino – P. Lopez, Rodas, Juanfran, I. Lopez – P. Diop, Camarasa – Victor Perez, Ruben Garcia, Barral – Casadesus

Celta Vigo – Levante PICK
Levante could even be dangerous in this match, because they changed the coach and somehow manage to avoid defeats away, but Celta are currently too strong to miss the chance to make a new triumph and stop a series of two matches without a victory.

Pick: Asian handicap -1 Celta

Stake: 5/10

Odds: 1.71