Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Betis play host to Celta Vigo at their Estadio Benito Villamarin on day 13 of the new La Liga campaign. Los Beticos want to move closer to the Champions League berth, but Sunday’s football game will be anything but a walk in the park for the home side. All Aitor Garcia, Giovani Lo Celso, Marc Roca, William Carvalho, and Isco are out of contention with injuries for the home team.
Os Celeste, on the other hand, survived ten-man Getafe at the weekend, with Anastasios Douvikas scoring the only goal of the match. The Galicians aim to give fans yet another reason to celebrate, but seeing that Real Betis are tough to beat at home ground, the share of spoils is on the horizon this time out. Aforementioned forward Douvikas and midfielder Fran Beltran have joined Williot Swedberg, Pablo Duran, Sergio Carreira, and Jailson in Celta’s recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Rui Silva):
Born on the 7th of February, 1994, Rui Silva is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Granada in LaLiga. The Maia born started his football journey playing Futsal before eventually joining the youth setup at Maia FC in 2006. After six years of development, he got recruited by C.D Nacional and signed a professional contract with the club in 2012.
Two years later, on the 26th of January, 2014, he made his professional debut in a Portuguese Super Cup group game against Leixoes SC and kept a clean sheet. The 6ft 3-inch tall goalkeeper went on to make over 50 appearances for the club before leaving for Spain in 2017 to join his current club Granada FC on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
Additionally, the 25-year-old has represented Portugal at the youth level, winning his standalone cap for its under-21 team in a friendly against England on the 13th of November, 2014.
Highlighted Team (Celta 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.