Celta Vigo vs Valencia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd January 2026

Valencia go up against Celta Vigo on Saturday for a LaLiga meeting at Abanca Balaidos.

Ranked as number 7 in the LaLiga standings, Celta Vigo, have so far collected 23 points this season, while Valencia collected 16 points. This puts them up as number 17 after 17 rounds.

Celta Vigo are looking to avenge a disappointing defeat against Valencia in their last meeting. According to the bookmakers, a win for the home team looks like a likely scenario.

Celta Vigo go into their next LaLiga match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding ten. That amounts to an average of one per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Valencia scored seven goals, conceded 14 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.

Celta Vigo were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Valencia, but did win the reverse match 3-1, though.

Celta Vigo vs Valencia Prediction

Celta Vigo Form

Aming to remain unbeaten, Celta Vigo managed to beat Athletic Club 2-0, before drawing 2-2 with Albacete. Most recently, they had to settle for a 0-0 draw with Real Oviedo. Celta Vigo only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Abanca Balaidos in the LaLiga. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded eight goals.

Celta Vigo have already squandered enough points to put themselves under pressure, if they are to challenge for the title seriously in the LaLiga this season.

Valencia Form

Valencia have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Atletico Madrid, they came out empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 0-2 win against Sporting Gijon. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Mallorca. Valencia are winless in their last six away games in the LaLiga, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded 11 goals while scoring five themselves.

Valencia entered the season dreaming of medals, but find themselves far off track following a lousy run of form.

The crowd usually get a very entertaining encounter, when Celta Vigo face Valencia, and we see no reason for this to end this coming Saturday. The value bet lies with goals.

Celta Vigo recorded nine points following two wins from their last five games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored five goals, but also conceded three. Valencia claimed two wins and nine points from their last nine encounters with teams in the top half of the LaLiga, while scoring ten goals to 18 against. Celta Vigo claimed five wins, eight draws as well as four defeats in the LaLiga this season. Valencia enjoy a record of three wins, seven draws and seven defeats in the LaLiga.

Celta Vigo vs Valencia Squads

Celta Vigo Squad

Claudio Giraldez will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Valencia 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 (0/17), Ivan Villar (0/0), Marc Vidal (0/0), Marcos Gonzalez (0/0), Carl Starfelt (0/11), Carlos Dominguez (0/6), Javi Rodriguez (0/14), Javi Rueda (1/12), Joseph Aidoo (0/2), Manu Fernandez (0/9), Marcos Alonso (0/14), Mihailo Ristic (0/4), Oscar Mingueza (1/14), Roberto Costa (0/0), Sergio Carreira (1/14), Damian Rodriguez (0/2), Fran Beltran (0/10), Hugo Sotelo (0/12), Ilaix Moriba (0/17), Jones El-Abdellaoui (1/9), Miguel Roman (1/9), Williot Swedberg (3/10), Yoel Lago (0/4), Angel Arcos (0/0), Borja Iglesias (5/16), Bryan Zaragoza (0/15), Ferran Jutgla (2/14), Franco Cervi (0/0), Hugo Alvarez (1/9), Hugo Gonzalez (0/0), Iago Aspas (2/15), Pablo Duran (2/13).

Valencia Squad

Here is the full team squad of Valencia. The 42 year-old Carlos Corberan will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Julen Agirrezabala (0/17), Stole Dimitrievski (0/0), Cesar Tarrega (0/16), Dimitri Foulquier (0/10), Eray Coemert (0/3), Jesus Vazquez (0/11), Jose Gaya (0/15), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/7), Thierry Correia (0/12), Andre Almeida (0/11), Baptiste Santamaria (1/15), Filip Ugrinic (0/8), Javier Guerra (0/17), Lucas Nunez (0/0), Pepelu (0/15), Alberto Mari (0/0), Arnaut Danjuma (3/16), Daniel Raba (0/11), Diego Lopez (3/17), Hugo Duro (6/17), Largie Ramazani (0/8), Lucas Beltran (1/14), Luis Rioja (1/16).

Celta Vigo vs Valencia Team News

Celta Vigo could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Saturday. Oscar Mingueza and Ilaix Moriba can't be called up by the Celta Vigo-manager, with both serving a ban.

Celta Vigo vs Valencia Lineups

Celta Vigo vs Valencia H2H

Celta Vigo lost to 2-1 Valencia in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-1 win, which Celta Vigo dished out the match before that. Valencia seem to have a bit of a love affair with Celta Vigo, as they have beaten them six times in last ten encounters. The bookies have Valencia to win this match at best price odds of 29/10.

Celta Vigo vs Valencia Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Celta Vigo and Valencia. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies on Saturday.

Celta Vigo vs Valencia Betting Tips

Hugo Duro shows decent form right now for Valencia, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the LaLiga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Celta Vigo, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Williot Swedberg also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six LaLiga matches.

Celta Vigo claimed three wins, drew four and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Valencia won three, drew three and lost four of their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Celta Vigo on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target five times in Valencia''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams scored six times in the last ten encounters between Celta Vigo and Valencia, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Celta Vigo scored one goal on average, while Valencia pulled 1.7 goals on average. Celta Vigo saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Valencia, who managed to score 1.5 times in those matches.