Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd January 2024

Real Betis travel to Celta Vigo on Wednesday, when they pair of them go toe-to-toe at Abanca Balaidos in a exciting La Liga encounter.

Celta Vigo rank 18th with 13 points to their name from 18 matches, while visitors Real Betis rank seventh in the table on 28 points.

Although only separated by a few points, Real Betis will have their work cut out for them this coming Wednesday. Celta Vigo are favoured to maintain the lead they currently hold on Real Betis in the La Liga standings.

Celta Vigo scored ten goals, conceded 15 and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Real Betis are currently not the most scoring team in the La Liga, as they only found the back of the net ten times in ten matches. This is an average of just one goals a game in which they conceded six times, an average of 0.6 per game. They managed four clean sheets in these.

Celta Vigo won the last two meetings against Real Betis, as they followed up a 1-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 4-3 score.

Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Prediction

Celta Vigo Form

Consistency has not been a trademark for Celta Vigo recently, and their last three matches first saw them sharing the points in a 0-0 draw with Rayo Vallecano. This was followed by a 1-0 win against Granada, before they lost 3-2 against Villarreal. Celta Vigo only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Abanca Balaidos in the La Liga. They also drew four and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded eight goals.

Real Betis Form

Real Betis claimed two points from their last three matches. They started by losing 2-3 at the hands of Rangers, before drawing 0-0 with Real Sociedad. They secured a point in their latest encounter, a 1-1 draw against Girona. Real Betis are winless in their last six away games in the La Liga, in which they drew six and lost zero. They conceded four goals while scoring four themselves.

Celta Vigo, as well as Real Betis, have been keeping things tight in recent matches with goals few and far between. This suggests a close encounter shy on goals is on the cards on Wednesday.

Real Betis recorded zero wins from their last five games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected five points. They scored four goals while conceding four. Celta Vigo claimed two wins, seven draws as well as nine defeats in the La Liga this season. Real Betis show off six wins, ten draws and two defeats in the La Liga.

Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Squads

Celta Vigo Squad

Rafael Benitez will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Real Betis from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Agustin Marchesin (0/0), Ivan Villar (0/10), Vicente Guaita (0/9), Carl Starfelt (1/16), Carlos Dominguez (0/5), Javi Dominguez (0/0), Joseph Aidoo (0/6), Kevin Vazquez (0/9), Manuel Sanchez (0/14), Mihailo Ristic (0/7), Oscar Mingueza (1/18), Roberto Costa (0/0), Unai Nunez (1/18), Carlos Dotor (0/13), Fran Beltran (0/16), Hugo Sotelo (0/8), Jonathan Bamba (2/18), Luca de la Torre (0/16), Renato Tapia (0/10), Williot Swedberg (1/6), Anastasios Douvikas (3/14), Carles Perez (0/6), Franco Cervi (0/9), Iago Aspas (1/17), Joergen Strand Larsen (7/18), Miguel Rodriguez (0/8).

Real Betis Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Real Betis head coach Pellegrini will select from for his starting XI:

Claudio Bravo (0/7), Francisco Vieites (0/3), Guilherme Fernandes (0/0), Rui Silva (0/9), Abner (0/12), Andres Guardado (0/11), Chadi Riad (0/13), German Pezzella (1/17), Hector Bellerin (0/12), Juan Miranda (0/11), Marc Bartra (0/3), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (0/0), Youssouf Sabaly (0/3), Gines Sorroche (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (1/14), Isco (2/17), Marc Roca (2/17), Quique Fernandez (0/0), Rodri (0/13), Sergi Altimira (0/6), William Carvalho (0/9), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (1/16), Aitor Ruibal (1/10), Assane Diao (2/11), Ayoze Perez (4/17), Borja Iglesias (0/9), Juan Cruz (0/4), Luiz Henrique (0/10), Nabil Fekir (0/0), Willian Jose (6/15).

Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Team News

Celta Vigo have an almost full squad available against Real Betis at Abanca Balaidos with only one player possibly missing.

Celta Vigo are unable to field Joseph Aidoo this coming Wednesday against Real Betis, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Real Betis could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as eight players are nursing various problems.

Names like Hector Bellerin, Guido Rodriguez, Nabil Fekir, Claudio Bravo, Youssouf Sabaly, Marc Bartra, Rui Silva and William Carvalho most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Celta Vigo.

Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Lineups

Celta Vigo vs Real Betis H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Celta Vigo played against Real Betis. It finished 3-4 in a great La Liga match between the pair. Real Betis won four of the previous ten matches, with Celta Vigo claiming three wins in these ten encounters. The bookies have Real Betis to win this match at best price odds of 21/10.

Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Celta Vigo and Real Betis. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 4/5 with bookies.

Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Betting Tips

Joergen Strand Larsen found the target four times in his previous six matches, whereas Willian Jose just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Celta Vigo claimed two wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing four and losing four. Real Betis won three of their last 10 away games, as they also drew six and lost one of these matches. It is a little hit or miss who gets the first goal in, when looking at Celta Vigo's recent at Abanca Balaidos, They scored the opening goal six times in 10 here, whereas their visitors scored the opener in six of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Celta Vigo managed an average of 1.5 goals, with Real Betis averaging 1.5 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Celta Vigo’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Real Betis's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.