Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th May 2024

Celta Vigo welcome Athletic Club at Abanca Balaidos in round 36 of the La Liga campaign. Only three matches remain this season, and important points are at stake on Wednesday.

The match this coming Wednesday has all the makings of a tight battle as Celta Vigo and Athletic Club look to bag a crucial win in the process.

Celta Vigo only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 16 for an average of 1.6 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Athletic Club scored 12 goals, conceded 12 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Athletic Club got the better of Celta Vigo in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 4-3 and 2-1, respectively.

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club Prediction

Celta Vigo Form

Celta Vigo are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Deportivo Alaves by a 3-0 score, before winning 3-2 against Villarreal. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 1-0 against Atletico Madrid. Celta Vigo won three of their previous six matches at Abanca Balaidos in the La Liga. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring nine goals to six against.

Many people had Celta Vigo down as candidates for the drop before the season, but rescue is still within reach, as the season nears its end.

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Atletico Madrid, they came out empty-handed in a 3-1 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 0-2 win against Getafe. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 2-2 draw against Osasuna. Athletic Club claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the La Liga. The scoreline from these matches reads eight goals conceded and six scored.

Athletic Club and Celta Vigo always seem to tread carefully, when taking on each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals the call this coming Wednesday.

Celta Vigo fought their way to one wins and three points from their last 11 games against teams inside the top six. They were on target nine times in these matches, but also let in 23 goals. Athletic Club recorded 20 points following five wins from their last ten games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 20 goals, but also conceded five. Celta Vigo have a record of eight wins, ten draws and 17 defeats in the La Liga this season. Athletic Club enjoy a record of 17 wins, 11 draws and seven defeats in the La Liga.

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club Squads

Celta Vigo Squad

Giraldez will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Athletic Club from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Ivan Villar (0/10), Vicente Guaita (0/26), Carl Starfelt (1/25), Carlos Dominguez (0/19), Javi Dominguez (0/0), Javi Rodriguez (0/0), Javier Manquillo (0/10), Joseph Aidoo (0/6), Kevin Vazquez (0/11), Manuel Sanchez (0/25), Mihailo Ristic (0/12), Oscar Mingueza (2/35), Roberto Costa (0/0), Unai Nunez (1/33), Carlos Dotor (0/16), Fran Beltran (0/30), Hugo Alvarez (0/10), Hugo Sotelo (0/15), Jailson (0/13), Jonathan Bamba (2/25), Luca de la Torre (1/30), Renato Tapia (0/19), Williot Swedberg (0/0), Anastasios Douvikas (6/29), Carles Perez (1/15), Franco Cervi (0/16), Iago Aspas (8/32), Joergen Strand Larsen (12/34), Miguel Rodriguez (0/0), Tadeo Allende (1/9).

Athletic Club Squad

Here is the full team squad of Athletic Club. The 60 year-old Ernesto Valverde will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/1), Unai Simon (0/34), Aitor Paredes (1/32), Daniel Vivian (0/31), Hugo Rincon (0/0), Imanol Garcia de Albeniz (0/7), Inigo Lekue (0/25), Oscar de Marcos (1/27), Yeray Alvarez (0/16), Yuri Berchiche (3/25), Ander Herrera (0/22), Benat Prados (0/24), Dani Garcia (1/15), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/26), Mikel Jauregizar (0/5), Mikel Vesga (3/26), Oihan Sancet (4/30), Raul Garcia (0/17), Unai Gomez (2/23), Alex Berenguer (6/32), Asier Villalibre (2/15), Gorka Guruzeta (14/32), Iker Muniain (1/19), Inaki Williams (12/32), Malcom Ares (0/11), Nico Williams (4/29).

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Celta Vigo, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Williot Swedberg and Joseph Aidoo are all absent from the Celta Vigo squad that faces Athletic Club at Abanca Balaidos.

Athletic Club have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Celta Vigo this coming Wednesday. Yuri Berchiche, Aitor Paredes and Yeray Alvarez racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Athletic Club travelling party for their next match.

Nico Williams won't be travelling with Athletic Club this time, as he nurses an injury.

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club Lineups

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club H2H

Athletic Club beat Celta Vigo twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 4-3 and 2-1, respectively. Celta Vigo won four matches and Athletic Club won four Matches of the latest ten encounters. Athletic Club came out 4-3 winners in the most recent meeting, though, and the bookies best betting odds on another away win at full-time are at 17/10.

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Celta Vigo took on Athletic Club. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies.

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Inaki Williams so far with 12 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt Athletic Club want him to continue this productive spell against Celta Vigoon Wednesday.

Celta Vigo claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing four. Athletic Club won four of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost four of the games in this run. Celta Vigo might win at Abanca Balaidos this coming Wednesday, but don't expect them to keep a clean sheet as well. They won just two games to nil in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Celta Vigo managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Athletic Club averaging 1.1 goals. Celta Vigo saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Athletic Club's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.