Our prediction for this match:
Southampton
Match Time & Date:
01/08/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Celta de Vigo
Southampton quickly bounced back from a shocking 3-0 loss to Derby County, with the team beating Dijon 2-0 at the weekend. The Saints got back on course, but they aim to keep on raising their form in pre-season. The Premier League side play host to Celta Vigo at their St. Mary’s Stadium in yet another warm-up game and they certainly want to prove their worth in front of home fans. Shane Long, who found the net in the 2-0 win over Dijon, is likely to pose a big threat for the opposition defenders. Os Celeste, on the other hand, head into Wednesday’s football match following back-to-back draws against the likes of Cordoba and Sporting Braga and, no doubt, they would be happy with the share of spoils once again. Nonetheless, seeing that Southampton have turned their St. Mary’s Stadium into a real fortress, home win should be considered.
Highlighted Player (Fraser Forster):
Originating from Hexham, Fraser Forster is an English goalkeeper who spent his early career at Newcastle United, but surprisingly did not make a single Premier League appearance during the seven years at St James’ Park. Forster first showed promise during the loan spell with Norwich City, but it was the stint with Celtic that earned him wide acclaim and saw him become an England international.
After spending four years at Parkhead, the highly rated goalkeeper returned to the Premier League to sign for Southampton and he has since acted as club’s number one goalkeeper. Forster has been a member of the England national team since 2013, usually acting as a back up for Joe Hart, making a handful of appearances in international friendlies.
Forster was in the Three Lions squad at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, and with quite a few of good years in front of him, the towering goalkeeper should get the opportunity to win few more England caps before he retires from football.
Highlighted Team (Celta de Vigo):
Celta de Vigo is a Spanish football club from Vigo in the Galicia region. The club was founded in 1923 after a fusion between Real Club Fortuna de Vigo and Real Vigo Sporting. From 1997 until 2003 Celta de Vigo managed to become a strong team in the Primera Division. Highlight was season 2003/2004 where the club managed to reach the knock out stage of the Champions League but in the same season the team got downgraded to the Segunda Division.
Celta de Vigo hosts it’s home games in the Estadio Balaidos stadium which holds a capacity of 31 8000 seats. The club colors of Celta de Vigo are baby blue and white. The club is known by the nickname Celtinas and their biggest rival is Deportivo la Coruna which is from the same region as Celta de Vigo.
The biggest achievement of Celta de Vigo is winning the Intertoto cup in 2000 and reaching the final of the Copa del Rey in 1948, 1994 and 2001. Known players that wore the Celta de Vigo jersey are Jordi Cruyff, Diego Costa, Sasa Illic, Makelele, Nene and Sylvinho.
