Overview
Valencia has won 6/10 recent matches in La Liga, thereby escaping the danger zone and rising to 12th place, 7 points ahead of the relegation group.
Coach Carlos Corberan's team entered this match after a 2-0 victory over Sevilla, with goals from Hugo Duro and Largie Ramazani.
Valencia also showed impressive home form when they won 23 points after 14 matches at Mestalla, only lost 3 matches and conceded 15 goals at home in the 2025-2026 season.
Despite losing 1-4 to Celta Vigo in the first leg this season, Valencia has a 2-1 victory in their most recent home match last season. However, Los Che have only won 1 in their last 6 encounters with Celta, but will enter this weekend's match with more positive form.
Meanwhile, Celta Vigo is having a stable season with 10 wins, 11 draws and 8 defeats after 29 rounds, winning 41 points to rank sixth, 3 points more than Real Sociedad and 3 points less than Real Betis.
Coach Claudio Giraldez's team entered the international break in March after losing 3-4 to Deportivo Alaves, but managed to win a ticket to the Europa League quarter-finals after a 2-0 victory over Lyon in France.
Celta will face SC Freiburg in the Europa League quarter-finals, with the first leg taking place in Germany on April 9.
Notably, Celta has the third best away record in La Liga this season with 24 points after 14 matches, only behind Barcelona (28 points) and Real Madrid (30 points).
The blue team also has the most solid away defense in the league when they only conceded 14 goals, equal to Real Madrid.
Personnel situation
Valencia will be without Mouctar Diakhaby, Dimitri Foulquier, Copete and Julen Agirrezabala due to injury, while Filip Ugrinic is considered a notable addition to the starting lineup.
Largie Ramazani - a player who played prominently in the victory against Sevilla - is likely to continue to start on the wing. In attack, Hugo Duro is expected to keep a starting spot, after scoring 9 goals for Valencia this season.
On the other side, Celta Vigo does not have the services of Matias Vecino and Miguel Roman due to injury, while Iago Aspas still leaves open the possibility of playing.
In attack, Ferran Jutgla is in high form when scoring a double in the match against Deportivo Alaves, thereby increasing his record to 4 goals after the last 3 matches and is likely to continue to start.
Meanwhile, Borja Iglesias is also expected to start, having 15 goals and 3 assists in 39 appearances in all competitions this season.
Expected lineup:
Valencia: Dimitrievski, Nunez, Comert, Tarrega, Gaya, Rioja, Almeida, Rodriguez, Guerra, Ramazani, Duro.
Celta Vigo: Radu, Alonso, Starfelt, Rodriguez, Carreira, Moriba, Sotelo, Mingueza, Swedberg, Iglesias, Jutgla.
The match between Valencia and Celta Vigo takes place at 9:15 p.m. on April 5 (Vietnam time).
