Celta Vigo Form and Lineup
In the last round of the Primera, Celta Vigo collapsed at Balaidos against Oviedo from the La Liga relegation zone (0:3) — the main outsiders of the Spanish championship created 1.71 xG in Vigo and produced five shots on target with 32% possession. The home team are in a dreadful state before such an important European fixture.
Important Celta Vigo numbers:
- Four regular starters are unavailable for Celta Vigo — Alvarez, Ristic, Roman, Starfelt.
- At home in La Liga, Celta Vigo have collected 17 points — only Levante have fewer (14).
- By xPTS, Celta Vigo have underperformed at Balaidos in La Liga by 6.85 points — the worst figure in the competition.
- Club legend and leader Aspas has not produced a goal contribution for almost two months. He has not completed a full match since mid-December.
Potential Celta Vigo Lineup (3-4-3): Ionut Radu — Marcos Alonso, Joseph Aidoo, Ancho Rodriguez — Sergio Carreira, Ilaix Moriba, Hugo Sotelo, Oscar Mingueza — Wiliot Swedberg, Borja Iglesias, Ferran Jutgla.
Freiburg Form and Lineup
In the last round of the Bundesliga, Freiburg won away to solid Mainz (1:0). The dark red side allowed only 0.55 xGA, while leaders such as Beste, Grifo and Troy came off the bench only for the final half-hour. The defence is excellent, and the main players have plenty of energy before the trip to Vigo — under such conditions it is quite realistic for the visitors to win again.
Important Freiburg numbers:
- Long-term injured players Osterhage and Rosenfelder remain out of the Freiburg squad.
- Grifo has produced 4+2 in 11 Europa League matches (only five players have more goal contributions). The Italian has become Freiburg's all-time leading scorer (107 goals in 350 matches).
- Since 19 March, over five matches Freiburg have created a solid total of 9.32 expected goals.
Potential Freiburg Lineup (4-5-1): Noah Atubolu — Philipp Treu, Matthias Ginter, Philipp Lienhart, Jordi Makengo — Maximilian Eggestein, Yohan Mansambi, Jan-Niklas Beste, Yuito Suzuki, Vincenzo Grifo — Igor Matanovic.
