Saturday’s hosts in this La Liga clash against Celta, Vigo, Granada, will be aiming to make it three wins on the trot in the Spanish top flight at their Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes as the home side look to reduce the 5-point deficit between themselves and 6th placed Villarreal.
Granada have claimed 3 wins out of their last 4 matches overall in La Liga with victories over Espanyol, Real Valladolid and Osasuna - the latter being a 3-0 win away from home last time out, and this has helped maintain Granada’s interest in a possible top six finish this season.
The hosts have won 8 of their 12 home matches to date this campaign while suffering just 3 defeats all term, and they head into this clash on home turf having won 4 of their last 5 matches with wins against Deportivo Alaves and Mallorca as well as the aforementioned wins over Espanyol and Real Valladolid.
In addition, Granada took all three points in the earlier corresponding fixture away from home at Celta Vigo, winning 2-0 at the Abanca-Balaídos.
Onto Celta Vigo then, and the visitors continue their battle against relegation as they hover dangerously just above the relegation zone, sitting fourth from bottom in La Liga but just ahead of third from bottom club, Mallorca, by virtue of a better goal difference.
However, Celta Vigo have done their chances of survival no harm at all in recent weeks as they’ve picked up wins against Sevilla 2-1 and Leganes 1-0 which has kept their heads above water so far, and they’ve suffered just 1 defeat out of their last 7 matches overall too.
It should be noted though, that both of these recent successes were recorded on home turf at their Abanca-Balaídos where they’ve won 3 of their total of 4 wins to date in this season’s La Liga campaign.
This therefore means that wins on the road have been at a premium with their one success on their travels to date being a surprise 3-1 win at Villarreal, but they’ve subsequently failed to win any of their following 5 matches on the road.
The bigger picture shows that Celta Vigo have managed to register just 1 away win from their last 24 matches on their travels, so the visitors look to have their work cut out against a Granada side who are looking for a fourth home win on the trot.