La Liga Gameweek 35 Sun, May 9 · 16:00 Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
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Away travel766 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Villarreal—%
Draw—%
Celta Vigo—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Villarreal)

Forecast from 24 Apr

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Villarreal and Celta Vigo. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

VillarrealCelta Vigo
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
65 Current StrengthIn forecast 54
76 AttackIn forecast 36
73 DefenceIn forecast 61
79 Form indexContext 47
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Villarreal

Attack—
Defense risk—

Celta Vigo

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

VillarrealCelta Vigo
1.44 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.11
1.44 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.78
2.13 xGVia Att/Def 0.92
1.13 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.18
-0.69 Goals minus xGContext +0.19
67% Scored inContext 56%
11% Clean sheetsContext 44%
16.33 ShotsContext 9.44
6.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.63
39% On target shareContext 34%
11.11 Shots in the boxContext 4.67
68% Box shareContext 47%
9% ConversionContext 12%
2.89 OffsidesContext 3.00
12.00 Shots allowedContext 13.33
3.44 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.33
5.14 BlocksContext 3.44
3.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.44
77% Save rateContext 80%
60% PossessionIn forecast 50%
573 PassesContext 506
510 Accurate passesContext 438
89% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.87 Team ratingContext 6.87
11.11 FoulsContext 12.22
11.67 Fouls sufferedContext 14.44
1.78 Yellow cardsContext 1.67
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.11
This league season, per match · 9 and 9 games
1.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
2.12 xGVia Att/Def 0.99
1.30 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.16
-0.52 Goals minus xGContext +0.11
70% Scored inContext 60%
10% Clean sheetsContext 30%
16.50 ShotsContext 10.40
6.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.67
36% On target shareContext 32%
11.00 Shots in the boxContext 5.50
67% Box shareContext 50%
10% ConversionContext 11%
2.90 OffsidesContext 3.00
12.00 Shots allowedContext 14.50
3.70 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.80
4.63 BlocksContext 3.80
3.29 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.70
72% Save rateContext 77%
59% PossessionIn forecast 49%
560 PassesContext 497
493 Accurate passesContext 431
88% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.82
10.40 FoulsContext 11.90
12.10 Fouls sufferedContext 13.60
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Villarreal
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km621 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 79 · 10 pts vs 6.2 for an average club · +2.2 vs expected
  • D17 OctH · Elche0–02.1 xPts
  • W13 OctH · Napoli3–11.7 xPts
  • L10 OctA · Real Madrid0–10.7 xPts
  • W20 SepH · Levante3–11.9 xPts
  • W17 SepA · Malaga3–11.5 xPts
Celta Vigo
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel766 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 47 · 7 pts vs 7.3 for an average club · +0.3 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Alaves2–11.5 xPts
  • L15 OctH · Juventus1–21.2 xPts
  • D11 OctA · Elche0–01.2 xPts
  • W19 SepH · Racing Santander5–01.5 xPts
  • L16 SepA · Omonia Nicosia0–11.4 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Villarreal Celta Vigo
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7La Liga 2026-2027, 2 May7La Liga 2026-2027, 2 May
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km766 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways621 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 41 / 1 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Villarreal Last XI · not confirmed
4-4-2 · vs Elche (H) 0–0, 17 Oct
25P. Gulácsi(G)
23Sergi Cardona 2Logan Costa 8J. Foyth 3A. Freeman
10Alberto Moleiro 16Carlos Macia 14Santi Comesaña 11I. Akhomach
21T. Oluwaseyi 22Ayoze Pérez
Celta Vigo Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-3 · vs Alaves (H) 2–1, 18 Oct
13I. Radu(G)
21S. Cáceres 18Yoel Lago 20Javi Rodríguez
23Hugo Álvarez 6I. Moriba 30H. Burcio 5Sergio Carreira
19W. Swedberg 9Ferran Jutglà 24C. Driouech

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Villarreal Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Celta Vigo Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Villarreal · Home 1.00points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
1-1-2
Scored
1.50
Conceded
1.50
Celta Vigo · Away 1.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
0-4-0
Scored
0.25
Conceded
0.25

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 4 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 10 of 12 meetings

5 Villarreal wins3 draws2 Celta Vigo wins
Goals per game1.80 – 1.60 Over 2.560% Both scored80% Clean sheets10% · 10%
  • 26 Apr 2026Villarreal2–1Celta Vigo
  • 31 Aug 2025Celta Vigo1–1Villarreal
  • 23 Apr 2025Celta Vigo3–0Villarreal
  • 26 Aug 2024Villarreal4–3Celta Vigo
  • 5 May 2024Celta Vigo3–2Villarreal
  • 20 Dec 2023Villarreal3–2Celta Vigo

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Villarreal9 games · scored 13 · conceded 13
1 0-15
2 1 16-30
5 6 31-45
1 1 46-60
1 1 61-75
4 3 76-90
Celta Vigo9 games · scored 10 · conceded 7
1 0-15
3 16-30
3 31-45
2 1 46-60
2 1 61-75
2 2 76-90
Villarreal10 games · scored 16 · conceded 15
2 0-15
4 16-30
3 5 31-45
1 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
6 5 76-90
Celta Vigo10 games · scored 11 · conceded 10
1 0-15
1 3 16-30
3 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
2 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.