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La Liga leaders Real Madrid, despite losing only one league match this season, have been unable to fully capitalize on the recent struggles of their arch rival, the defending champion FC Barcelona, who scraped out a hard-fought win over third-place Getafe on Saturday. Los Blancos will now cap off the Spanish weekend slate with a Sunday night showdown against lowly Celta de Vigo, absolutely needing a win to open up some space at the top.
But the 18th-place side head into the capital city feeling at least some sense of momentum, coming off a significant upset over fifth-place Sevilla last weekend — a dramatic win on a stoppage time goal from Pione Sisto that ended an eight-match La Liga winless streak for the Celestes. A second straight major upset would lift Celta out of the relegation zone, and could also allow Barca to jump ahead of Real Madrid at the top.