PREVIEW | Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo: team news, lineups, predictions (La Liga 26/04)

Villarreal and Celta de Vigo go head-to-head at Estadio de la Cerámica this Sunday in the La Liga. The match will be broadcast live at 20:00 on Premier Sports.

Villarreal have picked up 61 points and currently lie in 3rd position. In their last game, Marcelino Toral's team drew 1-1 with Real Oviedo (La Liga 2025/26).

Celta de Vigo currently have 44 points and lie in 6th position. In their last encounter, Claudio Giráldez's team were beaten 1-0 by Barcelona (La Liga 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw.

Predicted lineups

Villarreal: Arnau Tenas, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Pau Navarro, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Dani Parejo, Pape Gueye, Alfon González, Tani Oluwaseyi, Nicolas Pépé

Celta de Vigo: Ionut Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Yoel Lago, Marcos Alonso, Javier Rueda, Fer López, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira, Pablo Durán, Ferrán Jutglà, Hugo Álvarez

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Villarreal

• Logan Costa - Rotura de ligamentos do joelho

Celta de Vigo

Last starting XIs

Villarreal ( vs Real Oviedo 2026-04-23): Arnau Tenas, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Pape Gueye, Dani Parejo, Alfon González, Tajon Buchanan, Nicolas Pépé, Tani Oluwaseyi

Celta de Vigo ( vs Barcelona 2026-04-22): Ionut Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Yoel Lago, Marcos Alonso, Javier Rueda, Ilaix Moriba, Fer López, Sergio Carreira, Ferrán Jutglà, Pablo Durán, Hugo Álvarez

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MANAGERS

• Marcelino Toral has faced Claudio Giráldez on four occasions, recording one win, one draw and two defeats

• Claudio Giráldez has faced Villarreal on four occasions, recording two wins, one draw and one defeat

• Marcelino Toral has faced Celta de Vigo on 25 occasions, recording 11 wins, six draws and eight defeats

TEAMS

• Away from home, Celta de Vigo currently have four defeats in their last 22 matches.

• Away from home, Celta de Vigo are on a run of three consecutive matches conceding goals.

• Away from home, Celta de Vigo are on a run of two consecutive matches without a win.

• Away from home, Celta de Vigo are on a run of two consecutive defeats.

• Celta de Vigo currently have one win in their last six matches.

• Celta de Vigo are on a run of six consecutive matches conceding goals.

• Celta de Vigo are on a run of four consecutive matches without a win.

• Celta de Vigo are on a run of four consecutive defeats.

• At home, Villarreal currently have one defeat in their last five matches.

• At home, Villarreal currently have one draw in their last 14 matches.

• At home, Villarreal are on a run of four consecutive matches scoring goals.

• At home, Villarreal are on a run of nine consecutive matches conceding goals.

• At home, Villarreal are on a run of four consecutive matches without defeat.

• At home, Villarreal are on a run of four consecutive wins.

• Villarreal currently have one defeat in their last five matches.

• Villarreal currently have two draws in their last 21 matches.

• Villarreal have conceded goals in seven consecutive matches.

HEAD TO HEAD

• Villarreal and Celta de Vigo have faced each other 41 times, with no advantage between Villarreal and Celta de Vigo: 16 wins each in 41 matches.

• At the Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal have the edge in their clashes with Celta de Vigo: 11 wins in 20 matches. Celta de Vigo have seven victories.

• In the Spanish league, the two teams have played 39 matches, with 16 Villarreal wins, eight draws and 15 Celta de Vigo victories.