The 7th round of La Liga fixtures takes place this weekend and the action begins on Friday night as Girona travel to the Estadio de Balaidos to take on Celta Vigo. Celta Vigo reached the semi-final of the UEFA Europa League last season only to be eliminated from the competition by Manchester United. They failed to qualify for European football this season and will looking at getting back on the top half of the table and contesting for a European place again. Girona won promotion to La Liga last season and have found life tough in the top division. This is the first time in their history they have played in the top flight and they will be hoping to stay.
Celta Vigo Form
Celta Vigo come into this game having despatched Eibar 4-0 away from home last weekend in La Liga. It was a great win for Celta Vigo who had won only 1 of their previous 5 La Liga matches. Their other win came at home against bottom of the table Deportivo Alaves and they needed that win last week to give them some confidence. In both matches Celta Vigo have won this season they have kept a clean sheet and will be hoping for more of the same in this game. At home, Celta Vigo have won 1 of their last 8 games, which was the 1-0 victory over Deportivo Alaves this season. That was their only clean sheet in their last 11 home La Liga game and they need to improve defensively.
Girona Form
Girona have managed to pick up just a single victory in their 6 La Liga matches this season. The win came in their second game of the season at home to Malaga and it was a good 1-0 victory. Coupled with the 2-2 draw at home with Atletico Madrid, Girona made a good start to the season. However, following a friendly over Ripoli, Girona have failed to win a game and have 3 defeats and 1 draw to their name in their last 4 La Liga matches.
The draw was 0-0 at Leganes last Wednesday and there have been defeats at the hands of Sevilla and Barcelona at home and Athletic Club away. Girona have failed to score a goal in their last 4 games and have yet to find the back of net away from home in La Liga.
Team News
Celta Vigo have a doubt over Nemanja Radoja but the rest of the squad are available. The hosts are expected to play a 4-3-3 formation with Pione Sisto, Maxi Gomez and Iago Aspas in attack. Girona are without David Timor and Jose Raymundo Luis Suarez who are both injured. They also have doubts over the fitness of Alex Granell and Marc Muniesa.
Top Betting Tips
Celta Vigo found some form last weekend at Eibar and will see this is a great opportunity to record back-to-back wins in La Liga against a team who have struggled in recent weeks. Celta Vigo are 8/11 to win the match with Ladbrokes. Celta Vigo will also want to keep another clean sheet having only managed one in their last 11 home games. Girona like to keep things tight and have failed to score in their last 4 games. Ladbrokes offer 9/5 for Celta Vigo to win the game to nil. Maxi Gomez has been the man in the goals for Celta Vigo and 3 of his 4 goals this season have been the first goal of the game. Maxi Gomez is 10/3 with Ladbrokes to open the scoring in this match.