Granada CF vs Celta Vigo prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-05-18 17:00.
[p]Granada host Celta Vigo on Sunday evening in their final home game before they make an immediate return to La Liga 2 next season. This campaign has been disastrous for the Nasrids, who have been in the relegation zone from September onwards, and history doesn’t offer much encouragement for their fans ahead of this weekend as their team has beaten Celta just once from 2013 onwards (D6, L9). [/p]
[p]After giving their supporters a glimmer of survival hope with seven points from three games in April, Granada have reverted to type, losing their last three matches, conceding nine goals and scoring one in that time. They lost 4-0 in their last home fixture to champions Real Madrid, but did win their previous two, and with all four of their victories this term coming at Nuevo Los Cármenes, they could still give their fans something to cheer here.[/p]
[p]Despite beating Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on Wednesday – the fifth time this season that they have come from behind to win in La Liga – Celta are not quite mathematically safe with two games to go. That victory means that they have now won three of their last five (L2) and begin this weekend sitting five points clear of the drop, but after accumulating only four points from their last seven away encounters (W1, D1, L5), their battle for survival could still go to the wire.[/p]
[p]Los Celestes will hope their strong record at Granada, somewhere they have not experienced defeat since the 2012/13 season (W3, D4), can help make sure that isn’t the case, and if Cádiz drop points in either of their final two matches, Celta will be staying up, so they should make the long journey south without too much trepidation.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Granada striker Lucas Boyé is ending the campaign in good form with three goals from his last six games, and seems to come to life in the second half, with ten of his last 12 goals having arrived after half-time. Celta have scored in just two of their last five away matches, but Jørgen Strand Larsen has been on target in both after the break, while he also netted the winner in the reverse fixture (1-0)[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Celta have scored a first-half goal in only one of their last seven away games.[/p]