Valencia vs Celta prediction and betting tipson January 17, 2024
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Game Prediction
Football is played quite actively in Spain these weeks. This time, the teams will also perform in the mid-week and will be especially active on Wednesday: several pairs will compete in the local Copa del Rey in one evening. Valencia will host Celta at the home arena. How will Benitez’s visit to the Mestalla, where he will be opposed by his own former footballer, Baraja, end? The experts of the website have made a detailed prediction for the confrontation on January 17, 2024.
Valencia can finally feel a relative comfort
“Los Ches” fell to the very bottom of the table a year ago. Having then parted ways with Gattuso, who had been called in the summer to replace the well-proven specialist, Pepe Bordalás, Peter Lim decided to protect himself from the rage of the fans by making Baraja, a midfielder of the “championship” generation, the new coach. Ruben can now become a cult mentor. After all, he quite confidently corrected the situation in the previous season, preventing relegation to the Segunda. Still, there is no such threat a priori now. Generally speaking, “the Bats” started with a couple of victories, and although they later slowed down, the club remains at the top of the table. Cadiz was defeated with a 4-1 score in the previous round.
Celta is gradually starting to come to life
“The Galicians”, to put it mildly, have not been particularly brilliant in recent years. Still, their ambitions remained and Vigo did not want to put up with the status of just a team avoiding the relegation into the Segunda. In order to change the state of things, the management called Benitez in the summer. Still, it was a miracle that he was not fired, because his wards were completely stuck in the relegation zone. The things started to work out more or less only in winter: first, the team had a series of draws, and then it finally won, albeit in the battle against Granada. However, the club lost to Villarreal, although it almost won back on “the Submariners’” field, after the higher mentioned success – 3-0. And the beginning of 2024 brought a home 2-1 score in the confrontation with Betis – this allowed jumping to 17th place. And the 1-1 draw in the struggle with Mallorca even made it possible to overcome Sevilla.
Previous head-to-head matches
This is a unique situation: “Los Ches”, although they played in the minority during 3 matches, managed to win 5 times in a row. And the opponents failed to score any goals only in November, also at Mestalla.
Free prediction for the match Valencia vs Celta on January 17:
The guests have no time for the cup tournament. We bet that “the Bats” will win the following battle in regular time (odd: 2.27).