Deportivo la Coruna vs Celta Vigo Prediction, Betting Tips & Preview

Deportivo la Coruna play host to Celta Vigo in La Liga on Saturday. Read our Spanish football predictions to find out why a home win is the betting tip at Riazor. Deportivo were out of their depth in a 4-0 defeat away to Barcelona last time but are back in calmer waters here. Meanwhile, Celta put in a poor display and lost 0-1 at home to Villarreal.

Deportivo la Coruna vs Celta Vigo Preview

Deportivo have shown improvement in recent matches, so Cristobal is unlikely to tinker with his side. That will mean Luisinho continuing to play second fiddle to Fernando Navarro at left-back and Lucaz Perez leading the line. Florin Andone is still struggling for fitness while both Gerard Valentín and Fede Cartabia are definitely ruled out.

Celta Vigo welcome back both Hugo Mallo and Iago Aspas from suspension and the poair will slot stright back in at centre-forward and right-back respectively. That will mean Brais dropping to the bench and Daniel Wass returning to his preferred right midfield position, after deputising in defence last week. The visitors have no fresh injury concerns.

Team Predictions Deportivo la Coruna vs Celta Vigo

Deportivo 4-2-3-1 formation: Martinez; Navarro, Sidnei, Schar, Juanfran; Borges, Guilherme; Lopez, Colak, Gil; Perez

Celta Vigo 4-4-2 formation: Blanco; Jonny, Cabral, Gomez, Mallo; Sisto, Lobotka, Hernandez, Wass; Aspas, Gomez

Deportivo la Coruna vs Celta Vigo Betting Tips

• Deportivo have won 3 drawn 1 and lost 6 of their last 10 matches
• Celta Vigo have won 4 drawn 1 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Deportivo have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 2.1 goals per game
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Celta Vigo have scored an average of 1.2 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Deportivo’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Celta Vigo’s previous 10 matches

Deportivo la Coruna vs Celta Vigo Prediction

Deportivo were always unlikely to get anything away to Sevilla and Barcelona but got the job done in a 2-3 victory at Las Palmas and won their last home match 1-0 against Leganes. They remain in a precarious position but can make it three games unbeaten at the Riazor with success here.

Celta Vigo made Barca pull out all of the stops to draw 2-2 at Camp Nou three games back. They were not at the same level when losing 2-1 at Valencia and clearly missed Iago Aspas last weekend. They haven’t been overly concerned about relegation this season but a defeat here will have them looking over their shoulders for sure.

Deportivo always look capable of scoring at home and they’ll take confidence from the fact that Celta Vigo have conceded at least two goals in ten of their last eleven away matches in La Liga. When Celta are on the road, there tends to be goals and that should be the case once more, though the tip is for Deportivo to get three points.