Celta – Athletic in live

Min. 14The Athletic players complain about a lack of Murillo on Villalibre, but the referee has indicated a later committed on Nolito. Celta recovers the ball, since Villalibre's volley attempt has not smelled the danger in his area.

Min 12Celta has the ball, which has been in possession for a few minutes. There have been no notable actions since Mina's attempt.

Min. 11Very dynamic start in Balaídos, for the moment, Celta seems to want to stick their paw out more under the door, but Athletic knows how to make danger in a matter of two passes. Great match in Balaídos!

Min. 11FACT: Santi Mina has scored four goals in total in his last five LaLiga games and in 2020/21 (six goals in 23 games) he has already equaled his goalscoring record from the previous league campaign (six goals in 34 games).

Min. 09SANTI MINA HAS HAD IT! Against the celestes that Renato Tapia starts with a ball steal, the midfielder leads through the center, extends for Brais Méndez on the right, who assists Mina in the area, who sets up a shot from the small area that Unai Simón ends up controlling . The Celta is started and is liked now, which is besieging the visitors' goal.

Min 07Celta tries again, this time striking down the left wing. Aaron Martín drives away, combines with Nolito, who filters the pass to the small area for Brais Méndez, but the player cannot connect with the pass.

Min 06Very dynamic start in Balaidos, with arrivals for both teams and with balanced possession, for the moment.

Min. 04WHAT A LEFT-HAND OF VILLALIBRE! WHAT A STOP TO VILLAR! Fantastic play by Athletic, a touch of Berenguer on the front that finds Villalibre heeled on the left. The Athletic striker struck the ball with a claw, and forced the Celta goalkeeper to stretch and pull his reflexes to send the ball out. The clearest occasion of the meeting.

Min. 03Up the Aspas shot! The sky-blue forward's free-kick overcame the barrier, but he didn't get the thread and left very wide.

Min 02Clear, and dangerous, foul in favor of Celta. Unai López knocks down Denis Suárez near the edge of the area, and there will be a chance to set pieces for Coudet's team.

Min. 01First ball into the Athletic area that Iván Villar catches without complications.

Min. 01START THE DUEL IN BALAÍDOS!

Min. 00The 22 protagonists jump onto the pitch! The referee for the contest will be Jaime Latre.

Min. 007. Raúl García, who starts this afternoon together with Villalibre, has been very good at facing Celta since he wears Athletic's elastic. The Navarrese striker has scored four goals as a lion against the Galician team since his arrival in the 2015-16 season.

Min. 006. Marcelino García Toral, has only lost in one of his seven away games against Celta de Vigo in LaLiga (3V 3E), precisely in the last one, 1-0 with Valencia in August 2019.

Min. 005. Celta de Vigo have only lost one of their last eight matches at Balaídos in LaLiga (5V 2E), 0-4 against Villarreal on January 8, after having lost the previous three at home in the competition.

Min. 004. After their defeat against Atlético de Madrid (2-1), Athletic can chain two defeats in a row in LaLiga for the second time this season and the first with Marcelino García Toral.

Min. 003. Celta de Vigo have only lost one of their last nine games against Basque rivals in LaLiga (4V 4E), 1-4 in Balaídos against Real Sociedad last November, leaving a clean sheet in six of those games .

Min. 002. Since the beginning of the 2003/04 season, Athletic has won in six of its 11 visits to Celta de Vigo in LaLiga (3E 2D), its highest number of away wins against the same rival in the competition in this period (Also six against Osasuna, Levante and Racing de Santander).

Min. 001. Celta de Vigo have not lost in their last three matches against Athletic in LaLiga (2V 1E) and the last time they linked more without defeat against Bilbao in the competition was in 1999 (four, 1V 3E).

Min. 00Let's go with some data prior to the start of the meeting!

Min. 00Marcelino's casualties are Ander Capa, who does not travel due to an overload, while Iñigo Martínez will serve the last of his four games of suspension. The lions' bench will be made up of: Vesga, Ibai Gómez, Williams, Muniain, Ezkieta, Sancet, Yuri, De Marcos, Zarraga, Íñigo Vicente and Vencedor.

Min. 00As Marcelino already announced, there are rotations in Athletic's eleven, and the coach gives Williams, Muniain, Yuri, Vesga and De Marcos a rest. Thus, the Basque group comes out with: Unai Simón; Lekue, Núñez, Yeray, Balenziaga; Berenguer, Unai López, Dani García, Morcillo; and Villalibre will accompany Raúl García.

Min. 00On the Celta bench will be the Costa Rican goalkeeper of the subsidiary Patrick Sequeira, who replaces the one who is normally the substitute goalkeeper, Ivan Villar. Completing the bench: Beltrán, Ferreyra, Juncà, Aidoo, Solari, Baeza and Fontán.

Min. 00Coudet makes two changes forced by the losses of Hugo Mallo (sanction) and Rubén Blanco (injury), who will be replaced by substitute goalkeeper Iván Villar and by Kevin Vázquez on the side, who makes his debut as a starter replacing Mallo; and two technical decisions that leave Aidoo and Fran Beltrán on the bench, replaced by Araújo and Renato Tapia. Thus, Celta starts with: Villar; Kevin Vázquez, Aráujo, Murillo, Martín; Brais Méndez, Tapia, Nolito, Denis Suárez; Aspas and Santi Mina.

Min. 00We already have confirmed lineups from both teams! Various changes to both eleven.

Min. 00In the first round match, played in December in San Mamés, Celta won 0-2 with goals from Hugo Mallo and Iago Aspas.

Min. 00At a press conference, Marcelino also admitted that the celestial club had shown interest in his signing “at the beginning of the competition”, but then his idea and that of his coaching staff “was to train abroad, in a different competition”.

Min. 00After the extra effort that Marcelino's team has deployed in recent months on the occasion of the Super Cup and Copa del Rey, it is time to focus on LaLiga, the competition in which they are still looking to find their best rhythm: because they are very far away in time “, admitted the technician.

Min. 00For Coudet, Europe is not a discard, but neither is it the main objective: “We must not see beyond what this game is going to be. A victory would allow us to take a leap up, but seeing the position in the classification is not something that constantly crosses my mind ”. “The main objective is to maintain the category, then we can talk,” he added.

Min. 00Since the arrival of Coudet, who celebrates four months on the celestial bench, Celta has improved feelings and has gradually moved away from the relegation positions of the table (currently eleven points away). In addition, they have only lost one game in Balaidos (against Villarreal), thus adding five victories (Granada, Cádiz, Alavés, Huesca and Elche) and two draws (Eibar and Valladolid). The people of Vigo want to continue with the good local dynamics against Marcelino's lions, because with Chacho, Celta has achieved 17 out of 24 possible points in the matches played at home.

Min. 00Ninth (Athletic) and tenth (Celta), both with 33 points, a victory would bring one of the two closer to sixth place, Betis de Pellegrini, with 42 points. Eduardo Coudet's team comes to this match after beating Huesca 3-4 last Sunday, while Athletic beat Granada on Sunday, although they lost last Wednesday to Atlético de Madrid in a postponed match.

Min. 00Good afternoon and welcome to the match that kicks off the Sunday football match in LaLiga! Celta and Athletic de Bilbao will meet on the twenty-seventh day of the domestic competition, a duel that will be one of the last tickets for Marcelino's men to get on the train of continental competitions, an option that does not rule out a Celta that not long ago he had to be more careful not to sink into the lower positions of the table.