Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th March 2026

When Real Madrid come to Abanca Balaidos for the LaLiga match this coming Friday, Celta Vigo will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

One spot behind the leader of the table, Real Madrid have claimed 60 points after 26 rounds, while Celta Vigo have amassed 40 points and are now ranked as number 6 in the LaLiga standings.

Celta Vigo aim to spring a surprise when clashing with Real Madrid on Friday after a series of matches without defeat. Three points could ignite a real spark in the squad before their upcoming LaLiga fixtures.

Celta Vigo scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing nine goals against. This is an average of 0.9 goals against per match with five clean sheets along the way.

Real Madrid scored 22 goals, conceded seven and held on for a clean sheet in four of their last ten matches.

Celta Vigo beat Real Madrid by 2-0 in their most recent match, while Real Madrid claimed a 3-2 win in the match prior to that.

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Prediction

Celta Vigo Form

In their last three outings, Celta Vigo won 2-0 against Mallorca, beat PAOK Thessaloniki FC by 1-0 and hammered Girona 1-2. Celta Vigo won four of their past six matches on home soil in the LaLiga, where they also lost twice but drew none. They scored 13 goals and conceded four times.

Real Madrid Form

It is all or nothing with Real Madrid following one win in their previous three outings. They first went down 2-1 in an encounter with Osasuna to which, they replied by beating Benfica2-1. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 0-1 against Getafe. Real Madrid won four times in their last six away games in the LaLiga, in which they drew once and lost once. They conceded four goals while scoring 11 themselves.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid.

Celta Vigo earned six points from their last five matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed one wins, following seven goals scored while also conceding seven. Real Madrid earned nine wins and 27 points in their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They scored 27 and conceded 14 goals in these. Celta Vigo have a record of ten wins, ten draws and six defeats in the LaLiga this season. Real Madrid have a record of 19 wins, three draws and four defeats in the LaLiga.

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Squads

Celta Vigo Squad

Claudio Giraldez will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Real Madrid from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Ionut Andrei Radu (0/26), Ivan Villar (0/0), Marc Vidal (0/0), Alvaro Nunez (0/19), Carl Starfelt (0/17), Carlos Dominguez (0/7), Javi Rodriguez (0/22), Javi Rueda (2/19), Joseph Aidoo (0/5), Manu Fernandez (0/13), Marcos Alonso (1/22), Mihailo Ristic (0/4), Oscar Mingueza (1/22), Roberto Costa (0/0), Sergio Carreira (2/22), Fer Lopez (0/5), Hugo Sotelo (0/14), Ilaix Moriba (0/26), Jones El-Abdellaoui (2/16), Matias Vecino (0/2), Miguel Roman (1/18), Williot Swedberg (3/19), Yoel Lago (0/4), Borja Iglesias (10/23), Ferran Jutgla (4/18), Franco Cervi (0/0), Hugo Alvarez (2/17), Iago Aspas (4/22), Pablo Duran (2/20).

Real Madrid Squad

Here is the full team squad of Real Madrid. The 43 year-old Alvaro Arbeloa will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Andriy Lunin (0/0), Fran Gonzalez (0/0), Thibaut Courtois (0/26), Alvaro Carreras (2/23), Antonio Rüdiger (0/9), Daniel Carvajal (0/10), David Alaba (0/8), David Jimenez (0/2), Dean Huijsen (1/19), Eder Militao (1/13), Ferland Mendy (0/0), Francisco Garcia (1/7), Raul Asencio (2/18), Trent Alexander-Arnold (0/12), Aurelien Tchouameni (0/23), Brahim Diaz (0/18), Dani Ceballos (0/15), Eduardo Camavinga (1/19), Federico Valverde (1/25), Jorge Cestero (0/2), Jude Bellingham (4/18), Thiago Pitarch (0/1), Arda Guler (3/26), Franco Mastantuono (1/16), Gonzalo Garcia (4/21), Kylian Mbappe (23/23), Rodrygo (1/19), Vinicius Junior (9/25).

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Team News

At the time of writing, Celta Vigo have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Real Madrid on Friday. Matias Vecino, Oscar Mingueza and Ilaix Moriba can't be called up by the Celta Vigo-manager, with both serving a ban.

Real Madrid are juggling with four absent players on this coming Friday when travelling to Celta Vigo. Daniel Carvajal is ineligible for selection in the Real Madrid squad, as he is suspended.

Real Madrid need to do without Daniel Carvajal, Vinicius Junior and David Alaba, who are not fit enough to travel to Abanca Balaidos.

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Lineups

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid H2H

Real Madrid lost 2-0 against Celta Vigo in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 3-2 defeat, Real Madrid handed out in the match before. Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo nine times in last ten encounters, and the bookies have Real Madrid to win this match at best price odds of 19/20.

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Celta Vigo welcome Real Madrid as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies this coming Friday.

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Kylian Mbappe has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Friday, it is because Real Madrid bank on him to build on these numbers against Celta Vigo. The latter relies on Borja Iglesias, who found the target three times in six games.

Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Celta Vigo won six times and lost four as well. Real Madrid won six times, drew zero and lost four of their last 10 games away from home. It is a tough one to call who gets to draw first blood on Friday. Celta Vigo managed to open the scoring in no less than six of their previous 10 league games at home. Real Madrid have been equally quick to get off the mark, scoring the opener in six of their last 10 away games.

Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened five times. Celta Vigo managed an average of one goal, while Real Madrid averaged 2.6 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Celta Vigo, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Real Madrid, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.2 times goals per game.