Celta Vigo vs Eibar Prediction, 1/24/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 1/21/2021

Game: Celta Vigo vs Eibar

Date: Sunday, January 24, 2021

Location: Estadio de Balaídos in Vigo, Spain

TV: beIN Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Celta Vigo (-100) Eibar (+270)

Nolito and Celta de Vigo (6-5-8, 11th in La Liga) host Eibar (4-7-7, 15th in La Liga) at Estadio de Balaídos on Sunday. The men protecting the net will be Ruben Blanco for Celta de Vigo and Marko Dmitrovic for Eibar. The line on this game has Celta de Vigo coming in at -100 and the Gunsmiths are at +270. The over/under opens at 2.25.

Celta Vigo played Betis in their most recent game and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 2-1. When talking about passing the ball, they finished with a 85.5% passes received percentage by completing 432 of the 505 targeted passes in their last match. Celta Vigo tried 6 dribbles in this contest and were successful in 4 of those tries for a percentage of 66.7%. Concerning shot accuracy, Celta Vigo finished the game at a 30.0% rate by landing 3 shots on target of 10 shots. Celta Vigo is averaging 1.21 goals per 90 (23 goals in total) and have accounted for 14 assists In all contests for the season.

Nolito is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Celta Vigo. Nolito has been given a starting assignment in 206 matches during his pro soccer career and he has earned 0.40 goals per 90 mins. The forward from Spain has earned 84 goals in 18,801 mins. He has accounted for 50 assists while accumulating 54 yellow cards thus far in his career. One more guy who should impact this match is Brais Mendez, the midfielder hailing from Spain. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 11 times during his career while scoring 10 total goals. Mendez has 5,919 minutes in 66 starts and has been handed a total of 11 yellow card cautions. He is averaging 0.15 goals per 90 minutes during his soccer career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Celta Vigo will be Ruben Blanco. Blanco has seen the field for 10,115 mins and has 304 saves in his career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.45 (163 total goals given up) and he has a save percentage of .681. The goalkeeper hailing from Spain has seen 455 shots attempted at him in 112 starting assignments. Blanco (41-30-43 mark during his career) has accounted for 30 clean sheets, which gives him a 26.8% clean sheet rate.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Eibar went home defeated by a final of 2-1 against Levante. They wrapped up this outing by completing 270 out of their 375 passing attempts earning a rate of 72.0%. Eibar earned a 47.8% successful dribble rate by completing 11 out of the 23 dribbles they attempted. Eibar connected on 4 shots tried out of their 17 shots tried which had them at a 23.5% rate in their last game. With 15 goals and 9 assists for all their matches, Eibar averages 0.83 goals and 0.50 assists per 90 minutes.

Kike should be able to be counted on for Eibar. He sports an average of 0.36 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 209 outings during his pro soccer career. The forward from Spain has been on the pitch for 18,448 minutes while scoring 73 goals. He has accumulated 31 yellow card cautions thus far in his career and has assisted on a goal 21 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Esteban Burgos, the defender born in Argentina. Burgos has been handed 42 yellow card warnings in 10,042 professional minutes (111 career starts). His goals per 90 min average during his pro soccer career is 0.11. He has scored 12 goals during his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 2 times.

Marko Dmitrovic will be looking after the goal for Eibar. In his career, Dmitrovic has allowed 252 goals while totaling 481 saves in 208 starts. He has given up 1.21 goals per 90 while holding a mark of 68-52-87. He has a save % of .670 and his clean sheet rate is 30.8%. Dmitrovic has accumulated 64 shutouts while defending 718 shots tried against him in 18,730 mins throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Eibar (+270)

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