PREVIEW | Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo: team news, lineups, predictions (La Liga 26/04)

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·24 April 2026

PREVIEW | Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo: team news, lineups, predictions (La Liga 26/04)

Villarreal and Celta de Vigo go head-to-head at Estadio de la Cerámica this Sunday in the La Liga. The match will be broadcast live at 20:00 on Premier Sports.

Villarreal have picked up 61 points and currently lie in 3rd position. In their last game, Marcelino Toral's team drew 1-1 with Real Oviedo (La Liga 2025/26).

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Celta de Vigo currently have 44 points and lie in 6th position. In their last encounter, Claudio Giráldez's team were beaten 1-0 by Barcelona (La Liga 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw.

Predicted lineups

Villarreal: Arnau Tenas, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Pau Navarro, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Dani Parejo, Pape Gueye, Alfon González, Tani Oluwaseyi, Nicolas Pépé

Celta de Vigo: Ionut Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Yoel Lago, Marcos Alonso, Javier Rueda, Fer López, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira, Pablo Durán, Ferrán Jutglà, Hugo Álvarez

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Villarreal

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Celta de Vigo

Last starting XIs

Villarreal ( vs Real Oviedo 2026-04-23): Arnau Tenas, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Pape Gueye, Dani Parejo, Alfon González, Tajon Buchanan, Nicolas Pépé, Tani Oluwaseyi

Celta de Vigo ( vs Barcelona 2026-04-22): Ionut Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Yoel Lago, Marcos Alonso, Javier Rueda, Ilaix Moriba, Fer López, Sergio Carreira, Ferrán Jutglà, Pablo Durán, Hugo Álvarez

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MANAGERS

Marcelino Toral has faced Claudio Giráldez on four occasions, recording one win, one draw and two defeats
Claudio Giráldez has faced Villarreal on four occasions, recording two wins, one draw and one defeat
Marcelino Toral has faced Celta de Vigo on 25 occasions, recording 11 wins, six draws and eight defeats

TEAMS

Away from home, Celta de Vigo currently have four defeats in their last 22 matches.
Away from home, Celta de Vigo are on a run of three consecutive matches conceding goals.
Away from home, Celta de Vigo are on a run of two consecutive matches without a win.
Away from home, Celta de Vigo are on a run of two consecutive defeats.
Celta de Vigo currently have one win in their last six matches.
Celta de Vigo are on a run of six consecutive matches conceding goals.
Celta de Vigo are on a run of four consecutive matches without a win.
Celta de Vigo are on a run of four consecutive defeats.
At home, Villarreal currently have one defeat in their last five matches.
At home, Villarreal currently have one draw in their last 14 matches.
At home, Villarreal are on a run of four consecutive matches scoring goals.
At home, Villarreal are on a run of nine consecutive matches conceding goals.
At home, Villarreal are on a run of four consecutive matches without defeat.
At home, Villarreal are on a run of four consecutive wins.
Villarreal currently have one defeat in their last five matches.
Villarreal currently have two draws in their last 21 matches.
Villarreal have conceded goals in seven consecutive matches.

HEAD TO HEAD

Villarreal and Celta de Vigo have faced each other 41 times, with no advantage between Villarreal and Celta de Vigo: 16 wins each in 41 matches.
At the Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal have the edge in their clashes with Celta de Vigo: 11 wins in 20 matches. Celta de Vigo have seven victories.
In the Spanish league, the two teams have played 39 matches, with 16 Villarreal wins, eight draws and 15 Celta de Vigo victories.