Real Madrid can extend their unbeaten streak in the Los Angeles League to ten games so far this season when they visit Celta Vigo on Saturday. Los Blancos once again used successful tactics to close out life at home against Villarreal, an upcoming draw with their bitter competitor, Atlético de Madrid, and the first thing looming in the October world peak is a round trip to Balaídos . Carlo Ancelotti’s men are second in the Spanish top flight with 21 points from nine games and the Galicians are ninth with 13 points.
Celta entered the world rankings with a 1-0 victory over Las Palmas thanks to a goal from Borja Iglesias and Claudio Giraldez’s team is the third best local team in the Los Angeles League with 10 goals out of 15 scored in Vigo. This royal team has one win in four away games so far, even though Celta has lost its last eight games against Los Merengues. The Sky Blues’ last victory against Real in the Los Angeles League came about 10 years ago.
Ancelotti saw his team beat Villarreal just before the internationals drew with Atlético and lost to Lille OSC. The rest of October will be complicated with the visit of Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League before the visit of Barcelona later in the weekend. Real are on a three-game winning streak over Celta without conceding a goal, but their road strategy has been a topic this week. Kylian Mbappé has five goals in eight games in the Los Angeles League the year Vini Jr. and Rodrygo have three each, but the attack is not working as expected so far.
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- Chance: Saturday October 19 | Moment: 3 pm Eastern Time
- Location: Balaídos Stadium – Vigo, Spain
- Watch: ESPN Sports | Current: Fubo (isolation attempt)
- Odd: Celtic +450; Draw +320; Royal -167
story so far
Celta has four wins, one draw and four losses so far with 13 points in nine games to occupy ninth place in the standings. The Galicians have scored 16 goals so far this campaign and the best Barça, Real and Villarreal score more frequently. On the other hand, 15 goals conceded tells its own story, as it is one of the three worst tallies in the Los Angeles League so far. Real is not at its best, but it is still second and has the possibility of matching the space of Barça that will be presented later in El Clásico.
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Celtic: Iago Aspas and Ilaix Moriba are suspended after being sent off against Las Palmas and they are joined by Jailson and Luca de los Ángeles Torre to miss out. Jonathan Bamba is an uncertain year Carl Starfelt is expected to have a match, but Aspas nor Moriba may simply want Pablo Durán and Franco Cervi to start.
Imaginable Celtic XI: guaita; Manquillo, Starfelt, Alonso; Mingueza, Beltrán, Cervi, Álvarez; Durán, Iglesias, Swedberg.
Current: Thibaut Courtois is not certain, so Andriy Lunin will have to continue the year Dani Carvajal’s season ends due to trauma. Los Blancos will need to have Eder Militao and Vinicius again the year Dani Ceballos was in the team against Villarreal. Brahim Díaz and David Alaba are still out, but Mbappé and Jude Bellingham are expected to start the year. Lucas Vázquez will have to replace Carvajal.
Imaginable Current XI: Lunin; Vázquez, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Valverde, Tchouameni, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappé, Vinicius.
Prediction
It may be tight, but Real will have to beat Celta by one or two goals and either team will surely have a chance. The Galician hosts have more problems retaining goals than scoring them, so a small victory for Los Blancos sounds good. Choose: Celta 1, Real 2.
