Celta Vigo vs Elche Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd May 2026

Elche go up against Celta Vigo on Sunday for a LaLiga meeting at Abanca Balaidos.

Ranked as number 7 in the LaLiga standings, Celta Vigo, have so far collected 44 points this season, while Elche collected 38 points. This puts them up as number 14 after 33 rounds.

Celta Vigo are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Elche and odds favour them to pull it off.

Celta Vigo go into their next LaLiga match, scoring a humble average of 1.5 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding 18. That amounts to an average of 1.8 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Elche scored 13 goals, conceded 15 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Celta Vigo took a hit when Elche handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 1-0 win.

Celta Vigo vs Elche Prediction

Celta Vigo Form

Celta Vigo endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 1-3 against Freiburg, before Barcelona won 1-0, while Villarreal claimed a victory in a 2-1 match. Celta Vigo claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the LaLiga. They also drew zero and lost four, scored ten goals and conceded 11.

Elche Form

Elche look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Valencia, who were defeated by 1-0. Then, Atletico Madrid got outclassed in a 3-2 win, before beating Real Oviedo by 1-2. Elche managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 13 time and letting in six.

Celta Vigo need to show they are capable of rising to the occasion after the recent setbacks, losing their previous two matches. We favour them to get a real boost of out playing in front of their home crowd and to claim a win.

Celta Vigo recorded 18 points following five wins from their last ten games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 13 goals, but also conceded 11. Elche claimed two wins and 13 points from their last 17 encounters with teams in the top half of the LaLiga, while scoring 18 goals to 30 against. Celta Vigo claimed 11 wins, 11 draws as well as 11 defeats in the LaLiga this season. Elche are looking at nine wins, 11 draws and 13 defeats in the LaLiga.

Celta Vigo vs Elche Squads

Celta Vigo Squad

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

Ionut Andrei Radu (0/33), Ivan Villar (0/0), Marc Vidal (0/0), Alvaro Nunez (0/23), Carl Starfelt (0/19), Carlos Dominguez (0/8), Javi Rodriguez (0/28), Javi Rueda (2/22), Joseph Aidoo (0/8), Manu Fernandez (0/13), Marcos Alonso (1/28), Mihailo Ristic (0/4), Oscar Mingueza (1/29), Roberto Costa (0/0), Sergio Carreira (2/29), Andres Antanon (0/0), Fer Lopez (1/12), Hugo Sotelo (0/19), Ilaix Moriba (1/32), Jones El-Abdellaoui (2/20), Matias Vecino (0/4), Miguel Roman (1/19), Williot Swedberg (4/24), Yoel Lago (0/7), Borja Iglesias (12/30), Ferran Jutgla (7/25), Franco Cervi (0/0), Hugo Alvarez (3/23), Iago Aspas (4/27), Pablo Duran (2/26).

Elche Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Elche players that the manager Eder Sarabia will choose from for the upcoming game:

Alejandro Iturbe (0/0), Inaki Pena (0/16), Matias Dituro (0/17), Adria Pedrosa (1/23), Albert Niculaesei (0/0), Buba Sangare (0/8), David Affengruber (1/31), Hector Fort (1/10), Leo Petrot (0/30), Nico Salvador (0/0), Pedro Bigas (1/24), Victor Chust (0/26), Aleix Febas (2/32), Alex Herraiz (0/0), Alex Sanchez (0/0), Federico Redondo (0/11), Gonzalo Villar (1/7), Grady Diangana (1/17), John Donald (1/16), Josan (0/16), Marc Aguado (1/30), Martim Neto (2/24), Tobias Christensen (0/0), Yago Santiago (0/9), Adam Boayar (1/7), Alvaro Rodriguez (5/29), Andre Silva (9/26), German Valera (4/32), Lucas Cepeda (1/8), Piri (0/0), Rafa Mir (8/27), Tete Morente (1/8).

Celta Vigo vs Elche Team News

Celta Vigo could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Elche. Celta Vigo have to alter their line-up, as both Matias Vecino, Oscar Mingueza and Ilaix Moriba get a day in the shade.

Celta Vigo vs Elche Lineups

Celta Vigo vs Elche H2H

Celta Vigo were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Elche, but did win the reverse match 1-0, though. Celta Vigo were a little more successful than Elche in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 5-2-3 advantage. Naturally, betting on Celta Vigo has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 3/4.

Celta Vigo vs Elche Results

A high scoring match is a fairly rare occurrence when Celta Vigo face Elche as under 2.5 goals happened in eight times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 11/10 with the bookies.

Celta Vigo vs Elche Betting Tips

Andre Silva shows decent form right now for Elche, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the LaLiga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Celta Vigo, who are strong favourites this coming Sunday. Siding with Ferran Jutgla also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six LaLiga matches.

Celta Vigo claimed a modest four 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 five. Elche won two of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost seven of the games in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Abanca Balaidos since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Celta Vigo. The same occurred in nine of the last 10 league games away from home for Elche.

Under 2.5 goals happened eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Celta Vigo managed an average of one goal, with Elche averaging 0.7 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Celta Vigo, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Elche played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.5 goals themselves during this run.