Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th April 2025

When Celta Vigo come to a neutral venue for the LaLiga match this coming Saturday, Barcelona will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Barcelona have taken the lead in the LaLiga after collecting 70 points from their initial 31 encounters. Celta Vigo trail by 27 points after 31 rounds, leaving them as number 7 in the table on 43 points.

Although Celta Vigo trail Barcelona by double digits, beating the LaLiga leaders could hand them a serious confidence boost.

Celta Vigo are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 12 goals, and while Celta Vigo claimed two clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.2 goals per match.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday?

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Prediction

Barcelona Form

In their last three matches, Barcelona beat Borussia Dortmund by 4-0 and Leganes by 0-1, before losing against Borussia Dortmund by 3-1. Barcelona won five of their last six LaLiga matches at the a neutral venue, scoring 14 and conceding two along they way. They also drew once as they remained without defeat.

Celta Vigo Form

Celta Vigo have a win and a draw to show from their last three matches. They first finished even in a 1-1 draw with Las Palmas, before they won a game against Mallorca with a 1-2 scoreline. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Espanyol. Celta Vigo claimed two wins against three draws and one defeat in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches reads seven goals conceded and eight scored.

We expect Barcelona to make home advantage count but, the value bet could easily be the low scoring home win. We expect the guests from Celta Vigo to put up a decent fight.

Barcelona have taken 27 points from their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won eight of these matches with a scoreline of 33 goals to 14. Celta Vigo took 15 points from their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won four, scored 21 goals and conceded 22. Barcelona have a record of 22 wins, four draws and five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Celta Vigo have a record of 12 wins, seven draws and 12 defeats in the LaLiga.

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Squads

Barcelona Squad

Hans-Dieter Flick will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Celta Vigo from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Inaki Pena (0/15), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/6), Wojciech Szczesny (0/11), Alejandro Balde (0/28), Andreas Christensen (0/0), Eric Garcia (1/22), Gerard Martin (1/21), Hector Fort (0/12), Inigo Martinez (0/24), Jules Kounde (2/31), Pau Cubarsi (0/30), Ronald Araujo (1/8), Fermin Lopez (3/21), Frenkie de Jong (2/19), Gavi (1/19), Marc Bernal (0/3), Marc Casado (1/23), Pablo Torre (3/10), Pedri (4/30), Ansu Fati (0/4), Dani Olmo (7/18), Ferran Torres (9/24), Lamine Yamal (6/28), Pau Victor (2/16), Raphinha (13/29), Robert Lewandowski (25/30).

Celta Vigo Squad

Here is the full team squad of Celta Vigo. The 37 year-old Claudio Giraldez will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Cesar Fernandez (0/0), Ivan Villar (0/4), Vicente Guaita (0/27), Carl Starfelt (1/28), Carlos Dominguez (0/14), Javi Rodriguez (2/29), Javier Manquillo (0/10), Marcos Alonso (2/25), Martin Conde (0/0), Mihailo Ristic (0/6), Oscar Mingueza (3/27), Roberto Costa (0/0), Sergio Carreira (0/18), Damian Rodriguez (0/15), Fer Lopez (1/11), Fran Beltran (2/27), Hugo Sotelo (0/20), Ilaix Moriba (0/26), Jailson (0/13), Jones El-Abdellaoui (0/0), Williot Swedberg (3/26), Alfon Gonzalez (4/20), Borja Iglesias (5/30), Franco Cervi (0/6), Hugo Alvarez (4/22), Iago Aspas (8/24), Iker Losada (1/18), Pablo Duran (4/21).

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Barcelona, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. Ronald Araujo and Raphinha can't be called up by the Barcelona-manager, with both serving a ban.

Apparently, Celta Vigo have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Saturday. Oscar Mingueza and Ilaix Moriba racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Celta Vigo travelling party for their next match.

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Lineups

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday? Barcelona have been slightly more successful than Celta Vigo in recent meetings. With a 5-3-2 advantage going into this match, betting on Barcelona has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 3/10.

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Results

It seems highly likely we are in for a seriously entertaining match between Barcelona and Celta Vigo. The previous ten matches have been joyous affairs as over 2.5 goals came out no less than nine times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 4/11 at the bookmakers.

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Betting Tips

Scoring 25 goals during a LaLiga campaign is just the sort of form, every club adores in a player. Robert Lewandowski is out to extend his current momentum, and the upcoming game should be a good opportunity to add another goal to his name. Picking Robert Lewandowski to score seems like a no-brainer currently.

Barcelona won seven of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing three in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Celta Vigo won three of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing three and losing four. Barcelona should feel good about scoring this coming Saturday, since Celta Vigo managed a clean sheet only once in their previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Barcelona and Celta Vigo, with the former on an average of 2.1 goals a game. Celta Vigo scored 1.5 goals per game and both teams scored eight times in this run. Barcelona saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Celta Vigo's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.