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Sevilla’s Title Challenge to Gain More Momentum With a Win Over Celta Vigo

Sevilla FC vs Celta de Vigo - 22/01/2022

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Sevilla’s Title Challenge to Gain More Momentum With a Win Over Celta Vigo
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Celta Vigo will pay a visit to the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium to face off against the title-challenging Sevilla just as the away side look to pick up some steam of their own and break into the top half of the table.

It has been a topsy-turvy season once again for Celta Vigo who look like they may struggle to improve on their eighth-placed finish that came last campaign.

They did win 14 games in 2020/21, and with just the seven and nine further defeats, it's hard to argue their case against such an in-form Sevilla side.

At the same time, their 24 goals scored and the 23 they have conceded has all but summed up their season so far and how it tends to go one way or the other for them. The club have been in excellent form in the league, however, despite losing to Real Sociedad just two weeks ago.

In the past five games, that loss remains the only one they have tasted as they drew with Mallorca, beat Espanyol 3-1, and delivered a 2-0 defeat to Real Betis and Osasuna to reestablish themselves as a threat to those in the top 10.

On the other hand, Celta were on the opposite end of one of the upsets of recent times in Spanish football, as third tier Atletico Baleares won 2-1 in the Copa del Rey earlier on in January.

It does mean Eduardo Coudet’s men are now simply fighting in La Liga until the season closes, and following such a dismal defeat, anything but a top eight finish would bring pressure onto Coudet’s shoulders.

Sevilla, however, couldn’t be asking for a much better season in many ways. They currently sit only four points behind leaders Real Madrid, and while it is expected that Carlo Ancelotti's men will win the title, the tide could change rapidly as both clubs have had just the two losses in the league so far.

Julen Lopetegui's men did fail to cash in on their game in hand during the week as they drew 1-1 with Valencia, but nevertheless, they are still unbeaten in La Liga since losing to Real back in October.

Sevilla just look too strong for almost everyone in Spain right now and it almost isn’t being talked about how close they are running in this title race. For this reason, along with Celta’s struggles, Forebet predicts a win for the second-placed side and a game that will see under 2.5 goals.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Es1
492922
1
2 - 0
2.14
17°
1.75
1.75 3.50 5.25 no no no
FT
2 - 2(0 - 2)
-
- - -
La Liga
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Real Madrid 95 38 29 8 1 61
2
Barcelona 85 38 26 7 5 35
3
Girona 81 38 25 6 7 39
4
Atlético Madrid 76 38 24 4 10 27
5
Athletic Bilbao 68 38 19 11 8 24
6
Real Sociedad 60 38 16 12 10 12
7
Real Betis 57 38 14 15 9 3
8
Villarreal 53 38 14 11 13 0
9
Valencia 49 38 13 10 15 -5
10
Deportivo Alavés 46 38 12 10 16 -10
11
Osasuna 45 38 12 9 17 -11
12
Getafe 43 38 10 13 15 -12
13
Celta Vigo 41 38 10 11 17 -11
14
Sevilla 41 38 10 11 17 -6
15
Real Mallorca 40 38 8 16 14 -11
16
Las Palmas 40 38 10 10 18 -14
17
Rayo Vallecano 38 38 8 14 16 -19
18
Cadiz 33 38 6 15 17 -29
19
UD Almería 21 38 3 12 23 -32
20
Granada CF 21 38 4 9 25 -41

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