This weekend also sees the final round of matches in the Spanish top flight and Saturday features this upcoming clash between Valencia and Celta Vigo at the Estadio de Mestalla with both teams seeking the best finish in the La Liga table possible, with financial rewards at stake.
11th placed Valencia head into this season finale having failed to win any of their last eight matches, which consist of five draws and three defeats - points picked up in stalemates with Cadiz, Rayo Vallecano, Levante, Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol have been offset by defeats to Osasuna, Villarreal and Real Betis.
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Results overall have also been fairly disappointing for Valencia as the hosts have racked up just three league wins out of their last 19 matches.
Which came in the form of victories over Mallorca, Granada and Elche, but slow and steady improvement has been made since the end of February.
Valencia have lost just three out of their last 12 matches which they’ll hope will spur them on towards one final win at home on Saturday.
The hosts will be without defenders, Guillamon and Lato through injury while defender Gabriel and forward Duro are both rated as doubtful.
Celta Vigo registered a 1-0 home win over Elche in last weekend’s La Liga action which became their second win at home on the trot after they had dismantled Alaves in a 4-0 rout at their Abanca-Balaídos ground.
However, Celta Vigo have also found league wins hard to come by in the latter stages of this season’s La Liga campaign as the visitors have managed to pick up just four wins out of their last 14 matches overall.
It is perhaps telling that three out of these four victories were achieved on home soil while the one win on the road came in the shape of a 2-0 win away at Athletic Bilbao.
But results away from home suggest that the visitors could struggle to pick up all three points on Saturday afternoon.
Celta Vigo have recorded just one win out of their last nine outings on the road but they have been hampered by a lack of goals on their travels - indeed, Celta Vigo have failed to score in five of these last nine away games.
The visitors will have to do without the services of defender Mallo, midfielder Cervi and forward Nolito who are all injured.
These two teams could cancel each other out here with this encounter fizzling out into a draw