Celta Vigo Galicians respond by lowering ticket prices

Following Celta Vigo's inability to fill more than the minimum requirement of 70 percent of the Estadio Balaidos in the first two league games of 2017/18, LaLiga have handed down a fine.

This percentage is set as the minimum attendance to be met in order to avoid a financial penalty.

Official figures have the game between Celta and Real Sociedad as attended by 16,961 fans, and the clash against Alaves watched by 17,384 people.

Celta host Getafe on Thursday night as their next home fixture, although there is concern that such a fixture is unlikely to attract a high number of spectators on a midweek evening.

The Celta board do not want to incur any further fines from LaLiga authorities, and have reduced ticket prices for the game in order increase attendance.

The Marcador and Gol stands will have tickets available for 15 euros (10 euros for under 25s) and the most expensive tickets in the grandstand will be 40 euros.

The low attendances at Celta's first two games were flagged up by the television cameras, which are placed inside the stands, are clearly show the empty stands, in particular those areas that are uncovered.