- Villarreal has not lost in its last four matches against Celta in LaLiga (3 wins 1 draw) and has not received a single goal in any of them.
- At home, the Yellows have alternated a victory with a defeat in their last six matches against Celta in the league (3 wins 3 defeats).
- Celta is the only team against which Villarreal has scored five goals in two different LaLiga matches: 5-0 in May 2003 and October 2016.
- Villarreal has only kept its goal unscored in one of its last 11 matches in the Stadium of Ceramics (5 wins 1 draw 5 defeats), 1-0 against Getafe last February.
- The Galician team has only won one of its last seven games in the league (4 draws 2 defeats), 4-0 against Sevilla.
- Celta has lost eight points with goals received in the last ten minutes this season, more than any other team.
- Villarreal is LaLiga’s team that has received a higher percentage of their goals in dead-ball plays (43%).
- Roberto Soriano has only scored more than one goal in the league against three teams: Celta, Eibar and Atlético de Madrid (2). He scored two against the Skyblues in October 2016 at the Ceramics.
- Maxi Gomez has scored 14 goals in the league this season, seven of them after headers. Only Stuani (9) has scored more headers this season in the league tournament.
- In fact, the Uruguayan is the Celta player that has achieved the most headers in the same season in First Division since at least the 03/04 season.
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