Overview
Celta Vigo could only get 1 point at Real Betis' home ground in the most recent match, after conceding a goal in the 90+5 minute. In the past 4 rounds in La Liga, the home team's form at Estadio de Balaidos has been relatively unstable with only 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
One of the biggest problems for coach Claudio Gonzalez's team is their shaky defense. After 13 games so far this season, Celta have conceded 22 goals, the second worst in the league (only Real Valladolid with 25 goals conceded).
As for Barcelona, they are trying to recover from a surprising defeat against Real Sociedad. Facing Celta, this is a great opportunity for Blaugrana to take all 3 points. Celta has been their favorite "prey" in recent years, with 4/5 victories.
Remarkably, Barcelona won both of their La Liga games against Celta Vigo last season, both by just one goal.
Young star Lamine Yamal will not be able to play this weekend due to not fully recovering from injury. However, Flick's team is still very strong with the appearance of Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Pedri, Pablo Torre and Fermin Lopez.
Besides, main striker Robert Lewandowski is likely to return to play after recovering from back pain, the problem that caused him to miss the training session with the Polish team.
At this time, Barca is rated much higher than Celta in every aspect. With their class, it is very likely that the Catalan team will win to continue leading the championship race.
Human resources situation
As mentioned, Lewandowski could start for Barcelona from the start. However, Andreas Christensen, Ansu Fati and Yamal will all be absent.
On the other side of the front line, Celta will almost have the strongest lineup to hope to create a surprise against Barcelona. Only the cases of Luca de la Torre and Jailson still have to wait for the results.
Expected lineup:
Celta Vigo: Guaita, J. Rodriguez, Starfelt, Alonso, Mingueza, Sotelo, Beltran, Manquillo, Bamba, Iglesias, Aspas.
Barcelona: Pena, Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde, Casado, De Jong, Olmo, Pedri, Raphinha, Lewandowski.
The match between Celta Vigo and Barcelona takes place at 3:00 a.m. on November 24 (Vietnam time).
