Celta de Vigo v Villarreal

Villarreal travel to Celta de Vigo on Sunday in La Liga.

The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Rayo Vallecano 3-0 at home, with two goals from Alexander Sørloth and one from Yerson Mosquera.

Celta, meanwhile, lost their last match, 3-0 against Deportivo Alavés.

With 54 goals in 33 games so far this season, Villarreal are scoring more than average in the league with 1.6 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 55 goals at a rate of 1.7 per game.

Celta, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.3. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.

In Sørloth, the away side have one of the league's sharpest shooters so far this season. He has notched 17 goals in 29 appearances, to sit second in the scoring charts.

His goal rate of one every 124 minutes is quicker than that of Jørgen Strand Larsen, the hosts' top scorer with a goal every 233 minutes, and a total of 11 goals in 32 games.

In the last 10 years, Celta and Villarreal have played each other on 19 occasions. Celta won five of them, Villarreal 11, and they drew three times.

On average, Celta scored 1.2 goals and Villarreal 2.1 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on December 20, when Villarreal won 3-2 at home.

Celta are 17th in the table after 33 games, of which they have won seven and drawn 10, earning 31 points.

Villarreal are eight places ahead of Celta in ninth, with 12 wins and nine draws putting them on 45 points.

The home team are in mixed form in La Liga, with two wins and a draw from their last six games.

With four wins and a draw over that period, Villarreal's form is much better – they have taken 13 points from 18, compared to Celta's seven.