Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero will host Friday’s La Liga game between Elche and Celta Vigo, the two relegation-threatened sides. Los Franjiverdes are stuck at the bottom with only four points in their pocket, and given their four-game losing run in Primera Division, home win should not be considered. To make things even worse for boss Pablo Machin, his men were beaten by Ceuta in their last league match.
Midfielder Gerard Gumbau is back from suspension, but both Domingos Quina and Gonzalo Verdu are banned for the match. Os Celeste, on the other hand, aim to recover from the Copa del Rey loss to Espanyol. The Galicians are eyeing their only second away win of the process, but given Elche’s shaky defence, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Carlos Carvalhal’s troops. The Portuguese tactician should have a full squad to choose from.
Highlighted Player (Enzo Roco):
Enzo Roco is one of the young and exciting defenders coming out of Chile in the recent times. The 23-year-old started in the youth teams at Universidad Catolica and moved up the ranks. He was promoted to their first team in 2011 and in three years with them played more than 90 matches.
He established himself in the first team and was an omnipresent figure at the back for the team that won Primera Division and Copa Chile titles. Roco moved to the Spanish club Elche on loan in 2014 and by the next year he was at their fellow Spanish club RCD Espanyol.
Roco’s international appearance started with the under-17 squad in 2009 while his senior international debut was in 2012. He was named in the 30-man list by Jorge Sampaoli for the 2014 FIFA World Cup but was cut from the final list.
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.